Zibb
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Can a cage with a wire bottom hurt Benny's feet?
When we first got rabbits it was for my daughter's FFA project. We built a traditional 3 cage hutch for our trio of Californians. I don't like dealing with cage wire because it IS easy to get scratched when you're trying to bend it. Looking back, I don't think we used the correct gauge wire either.Both the grid spacing and the gauge can make a big difference in how well the rabbit does on wire.I've made or customized a lot of cages for pets through out the years, and working with wire kills your hands. You have no idea how sore they were just from bending the wire into place and attaching it. I wouldn't want to stand on wire like that all day.
I really don't feel it's any extra work to dump the bottom of a cage/litter box vs a pull out pan though so it'd be the same either way work wise.
On the one hand, we aren't made like rabbits, so we can't tell from how it would be for us.
On the other hand, rabbits hide the fact that they're uncomfortable, so no one can say for sure that they're not uncomfortable.
My preference would to err or the side of comfort & use the smallest mesh possible. So it becomes, not wire or not, but if wire, what wire.
Yep. Agreed. Just making a point about litter trained buns.I agree that a wire bottom cageisn't necessary if the rabbit is litter box trained. However, the OP only asked about wire flooring on a rabbit's feet and doesn't mention whether their rabbit istrained or not.
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