MelissaPenguin
Well-Known Member
I know I had another post, but today when I got outside to put things together for my outside home, things went in a different direction than normally planned. Not only did the two smaller rabbits fit right through the fencing with no effort (I planned on boarding around the edge anyways, I just think it wouldn't be so easy) but we also moved the cage that they were in, right into the kennel as well, instead of building a whole new 'house' for them to hide in.
So here is what we ended up with. I dog kennel (7.5' x 7.5') with a tarp covering most of the top, aluminum siding around all 4 sides of the kennel, held in place with cinder blocks, and a larger wooden cage with the doors left open so the buns can come and go as they please.
Here's my question. I pulled all the weeds, scrapped up the dead plants from the winter, filled in the holes so the grown is moderately level, and left a small patch of grass along the edge of the kennel where their food bowl will go.
1) I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but naturally growing grass (no chemicals used on it in years) is okay from rabbits to eat, right?
2) Is cedar shavings okay for rabbits? Since I have a 'natural' dirt floor on the bottom of the kennel, I want some kind of shaving I can put down to help absorb moisture and things of this nature. Is cedar shavings okay? Should I use hay? If I use hay, won't they just eat it?
So here is what we ended up with. I dog kennel (7.5' x 7.5') with a tarp covering most of the top, aluminum siding around all 4 sides of the kennel, held in place with cinder blocks, and a larger wooden cage with the doors left open so the buns can come and go as they please.
Here's my question. I pulled all the weeds, scrapped up the dead plants from the winter, filled in the holes so the grown is moderately level, and left a small patch of grass along the edge of the kennel where their food bowl will go.
1) I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but naturally growing grass (no chemicals used on it in years) is okay from rabbits to eat, right?
2) Is cedar shavings okay for rabbits? Since I have a 'natural' dirt floor on the bottom of the kennel, I want some kind of shaving I can put down to help absorb moisture and things of this nature. Is cedar shavings okay? Should I use hay? If I use hay, won't they just eat it?