ldoerr
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So as most of you know my rabbits Shiny Things and Beauty were bonded. They got in a big fight so I am having to house them seporately. Currently 1 is in their 3.5x2x2 NIC cage. The other is in a medium sized wire dog crate that is probably 3 feet long and 18" wide. That is obviously to small for a rabbit (there is very little room for even a small litter box). I have been talking to my parents about building a new rabbit cage and I THINK that my mom is on board for it (it might be a Christmas present to me in the way of materials). I am HOPING to make it 4x2x4 devided in 1/2 so that each rabbit has a 4x2x2 cage. I would like to maximize the area in there that they can hang out on. I also want to be able to easily convert it to a 4x2x4 cage for when they get along. I had some initial thoughts that the bottom of each cage would be a full 4x2 grids, with a shelf in the shape of this [ but, flipped so that the long side was in the back and there is a gap of 2 grids in the middle of each shelf, so that the rabbits can stand and stretch. Then last night I had a thought on how to connect the cages for when they are getting along. I was thinking of making a section the floor of the top cage that was on hinges (or loose zip ties) and able to fold under the other part of the floor of the top cage. That way they could hop up onto the shelf in the bottom cage and then onto the floor of the top cage. Does this sound reasonable?
Now I have a question about what to use for the floor of the cage. My mom does not want to use wood because it is heavy and I will be moving quite a big (college student). I also do not want to use fleece for the majority of the floor because it can not be vacuumed very well, my rabbits pee on it, and I do not want to be constantly doing laundry. Any ideas that are light weight and relatively cheep? I also do not want to use carpet for many of the same reasons.
Finally I also need ideas for a 3x2x4 NIC cage incase my parents do not go for the 4x2x4 NIC cage. If you got this far thank you
Now I have a question about what to use for the floor of the cage. My mom does not want to use wood because it is heavy and I will be moving quite a big (college student). I also do not want to use fleece for the majority of the floor because it can not be vacuumed very well, my rabbits pee on it, and I do not want to be constantly doing laundry. Any ideas that are light weight and relatively cheep? I also do not want to use carpet for many of the same reasons.
Finally I also need ideas for a 3x2x4 NIC cage incase my parents do not go for the 4x2x4 NIC cage. If you got this far thank you