Is having a rubber foor in bunnys NIC cage bad?

[ntloser]

I am starting to re-think the idea of the rubberflooring in the NIC cage. When i got the rubber home, I washed it welland then used clorox sanitizing wipes. I thought this would help ensureno pea leaked through onto the house floor. There is also a black "pan"from the bottom of a dog cage that bunny spends most of his time on. Iam wondering if the rubber is a bad idea. Maybe I should put a blanketover it?

 

[Pipp]

Depends what your bunny likes to chewon. I've got a linoleum addict, a blanket junkiieand a newspaper freak. Oh, and theunder-the-bed-bunny who has chewed a big hole inthemattress. Then there's the drywall enthusiast.

Play it by ear. Or teeth.

sas :biggrin:

 

[ntloser]

I am just wondering if the strange smell fromthe rubber, even though it has been cleaned, may disturb bunny. Also Iam not sure if the rubber is toxic.

 

[HoneyPot]

You don't want the bunny to eat the rubber -every rabbit I own (3) has a thing for rubber and will eat it everychance they get.

You can put the rubber down and see if they try to eat it - if they do, take it away right away.

I use cardboard (which is safe for them to tear and eat a tiny bit),some other members use Choroplast which is used to make signs, otherstill use wood or pegboard which you can get from home improvementstores pretty cheap.

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Nadia

 

[ntloser]

So far so good. He hasn't chewed on the rubber mat.

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Personally, I wouldn't use it.

BunBun, now at the bridge liked to chew buttons off remotecontrols-made of rubber:disgust:. We had to learn to keepthem off the couch and on the table.

 

[ntloser]

A firnds bunny used to do that. I am going to get a different bottom.

 

[~BunBuns~]

If he hasnt chewed it i guess it would be fine!