Rabbit cages?

Question

I need help deciding which kind of cage is best for a rabbit.

(Or my future rabbit)

At first, I thought a cage with a plastic floor would be most comfortable, but I recently discovered that an all wire cage is much more clean for the rabbit, because it is not stepping on p**p and pee when in the litter box, which apparently prevents tape and ringworms.

So...

Plastic bottomed cage: easier on feet, rabbit less likely to push hay and bedding out of cage, more privacy.

All wire Cage: No need for litter box, cleaner on paws which prevents diseases.

Which one would you choose? Comfort or Cleanliness?

I want to best possible cage for my (future) rabbit please.

Also, to rabbit owners who have a wire cage, don't rabbits eat their f***s the first time it comes out to get all the nutrients? Does that mean they can't do that with a wire cage?

That confuses me.

Answer 1

Good site for rabbit information

http://www.rabbit.org/

No wire floors - ever. They'll develop sore hocks.

Bunnies need LARGE cages. Most bunny cages are ridculously small for them.

We use the Marchioro Luna 102 cages  for our dwarf bunnies. http://www.shop.com/Marchioro_%28Luna_10... The floor has a plastic grid which is comfortable on the bunnies feet. It will also allow most of a non-litter box trained bunnies droppings to fall through. Be careful of similar looking ones that have a wire floor.

Our bunnies also have a dog crate playpen similar to http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js... so they have more room to play when they can't be out with us.

Answer 2

You may want to get a bigger cage unless you are going to have your rabbit out a lot. Try the link out below.

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.js...

Answer 3

Ok if you train ur rabbit to use a litter box then get the plastic cage

if not get a wire cage...and u should look for a second floor just so the rabbit can have more fun

make sure you buy the salt

Answer 4

we have the plastic one and our bunny likes it i hate haveing a bunny it's my sisters and she doesn't take care of it so it stinks lol and my friend has the wire and it's gross it's harder to clean and stuff i wouldn't want one it gets p**p stuck to the bars it walks on it still gets p**p on it's feet  don't get one there is nothing positive about them

Answer 5

A wire cage with a plasic container underneath it to collect the droppings.  The BEST alternative would be a pen that he could hop around in.  Most of the premade cages are very small and don't allow for exercise. My former rabbit lived in a little wire cage,until i felt sorry for him.  So i just let him live in a spare bathroom in the basement with a litter box.

Answer 6

Actually wire cages are horrible. Sure it keeps rabbits out of droppings but it also puts pressure on the feet and causes sore hocks.

If you're using a plastic bottom cage, all you have to do is litter train your rabbit to go in a litter box and then they won't be sitting in their waste /anyway/.

And yes rabbits should be able to consume their cecal pellets. Another good reason why solid floor is better.

You can build your own rabbit cage quite easily and cheaply: http://www.guineapigcages.com/

Just make a bigger one and add a lid and it's a rabbit cage!

I'd highly recommend spaying/neutering your rabbit. Fixing rabbits cuts down on many behavioral issues (marking, aggression, territorialism, humping), makes litter box training easier, and has some great health benefits. Unspayed female rabbits have up to an 80% chance of developing uterine cancer within their lifetimes. Read more on fixing bunnies and why it's a great idea:

http://www.petinfopackets.com/rabbits/ra...

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/spay-...

http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/r...

Additional rabbit care research material:

http://www.petinfopackets.com/rabbits/ra...

http://www.rabbit.org/

http://homepage.mac.com/mattocks/morfz/r...

http://www.guineapigcages.com/

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/det...

http://www.amazon.com/Rabbit-Health-21st...

Answer 7

I had a wire cage, but on one side I put fresh hay or alfalfa for my bunny to hang-out and nibble on.

I also let him run around the house and he learned to use a litter box.  Then I caught him chewing on the electrical wires, so I had to make sure these were out of the way.

Answer 8

I have had two rabbits in the past and two separate cages for them. One was a plastic bottom and one was an outdoor cage with a wire bottom.

Both of them seemed to work fine, although the structure of the wire bottomed one was made of wood and they sorta ate it...

The wire cage is ok (assuming everything goes into a container or whatever below) but I will warn you that in my experience at least, it was just as hard to clean as the plastic. And they did still end up having junk they were stepping in in certain places.

The plastic one worked fine, but mine didn't really use their litter box much so it was kinda just everywhere. If you really train them to use the litter box, that shouldn't be a problem. I didn't train them that well, though and they ended up not using it.

I really think that either of them would work. Oh the other thing with the wire one is with mine it sometimes leaked and their stuff got on the floor. So if it's inside you might want to make sure it won't do that. But honestly I think either should work. It just depends on if you'd rather have to switch out all the bedding in their cage often, or dump out the stuff from the container underneath often.

Answer 9

NEVER get a wire floor cage, it cuts their feet up.

Get a wooden of plastic hutch and clean it completely twice a week.

Also make sure that you get the biggets cage you can afford, keeping a rabbit in less that 2 square metres in inhumane.