Hay Rack/Containment Question

[maherwoman]

OK, here's our current predicament...

We normally have Maisie's hay sitting in a small whicker basket, butnow with the onset of hormones, that thing has literally in the courseof a couple days, kicked the bucket. It's not COMPLETELYgone, but boy it doesn't hold much hay anymore, let me tell ya!

So...I wanted to pick your guys' brains. I want to actuallyCREATE a hay container for her that would possibly attach to her cageand would be ok if she decided to chew it. Another thing, Iwant to make one out of something she cannot demolish.

I say I want to create one, because I've been able to see little faultswith the various commercial hay racks I've seen. Maisiedoesn't like her hay to be completely enclosed in something...she likesit sitting in a container of some sort, as a pile she can pick haypieces out of from the top. Does that makes sense?Kinda the same setup as just putting a pile of hay in abasket. She gets frustrated and angry if it's too compactedand she can't just easily get the piece she wants.

Any ideas?

 

[maherwoman]

Do you guys think something like this would work??

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?acti...uctId=44256-000001721-MB2412ST&lpage=none

 

[muchloveforbunny]

I never had a hay box for my rabbit. I just put it in a corner of her cage. But great idea. I'll have to keep it mind.

The window box idea? It could work. I just keep thinking of my windowboxes though. They fall over a lot. If you somehow attached it with awire, it might work. But personally, I never liked plastic windowboxes. They kind of wobble. I bet something wooden might be better.Then they could gnaw at the wood and it may lay more stable on thecage. That is just my opinion of course. Good luck with what youdecide.

:rabbithop

 

[maherwoman]

That's a great idea...I'll post a thread askingwhat kinds of wood are safe for rabbits. I know they havesome wooden ones at stores around here...

Thank you!

 

[bunnybunchof4]

Let me know what you end up doing, I'm lookingfor something better to do also. I pretty much just throw a bunch onthe bottom of their cage floors. And basically I lose a lot to thebottom of the cage. I bought the ones in the pet store and none of myrabbits liked them. Couldn't get the hay out easily and they evenknocked the whole thing down.

I'm thinking either something wood or maybe even metal would be good that could be attached to the side of the cage. Hmmmmmm

 

[maherwoman]

Ok, I'll let you know what I end updoing. So far my husband thought of the idea of getting amudder's container (ask someone you know that does construction) anddrilling some holes to zip tie it to the cage. I'll let youknow if that's what we end up doing.

 

[m.e.]

Check out Buck's Hay Rack:

http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=4588&forum_id=1

 

[Pet_Bunny]

We cut our Hay with a pair of scissors so it will fit in Pebbles bowl.

I know.... We are Bunny Slaves.

Rainbows!

 

[maherwoman]

Thank you so much, guys! I took a lookat that thread, m.e., and that hayrack looks PERFECT!! I wentahead and PM'd Carolyn to ask her how she made it, and such.

Thank you for your replies!!

 

[maherwoman]

We finally came up with a GREAT idea!!

We got a mudding container (hard plastic...ask anyone that doesconstruction...they'll know what it is) that cost about $2 each, andclipped it to the cage with a couple of medium-sized binderclips. Works GREAT. It's nice because it's kindatrough-shaped, so the hay just sits right in it. It's alsoonly a couple inches deep, so it's not too deep for them to be able toget hay out of. Not only that, but it holds the perfectamount!

We clipped it to the cage between the cage wall and their litterbox (weuse small cat litterboxes, and put it along the long side), so it'sright in the perfect spot. So far they LOVE them!