Your rabbit cage has to keep your rabbit comfortable
There is some debate about what material to use on the floor of your rabbit hutch. Some people prefer a solid floor to the hutch and others prefer a wire floor. There are positives and negatives to each.
A solid floor is fine, metal is always better than wood for a number of reasons. A metal floor is much easier to clean than a wooden floor and does not soak up odours like wood does.
A wire floor allows the droppings to fall through the wire, thereby reducing the need for cleaning. This assumes of course that the cage is off the ground. If you put your rabbit hutch on legs then using a wire floor makes the cage cleaner because the droppings fall through.
However it is also important to understand that rabbits don’t like walking on wire. They don’t like walking where their feet are likely to fall through and so it’s much better, if you want the droppings to fall through, that you look for material which provides wider areas for the rabbits feet and smaller holes. Plastic slats can do this job well.
Of course if you’re putting your rabbit hutch directly onto the grass you don’t need any floor at all, except for in the sleeping area. But you need to remember when you pick up your rabbit hutch that you need to remove the rabbit before carrying the hutch to new grass or he may fall out.
Here is an interesting video about what to use on the floor of your rabbit hutch.
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