
If I was to build a rabbit cage out of wood, is this safe for the rabbit?
I am planning on building a 2-3 story cage for a rabbit. I have heard that some types of wood are not good for a rabbit. Is there any wood that is safe? How can I prevent or discourage a rabbit from chewing the wood?
I'd recommend avoiding building the cage out of treated wood except for the bottom of the hutch legs (where they meet the ground, to prevent them from rotting, you may want to place stepping stones under the legs to keep the hutch from sinking over time). Treated wood contains arsenic which can be unhealthy for your rabbit to eat. Hardwoods are fine and so is regular pine. If you build it out of 2x4's, and plywood don't worry, it will take them a long while (years and years) to chew through the wood to the point of escaping. I had my rabbit hutches for over 20 years and they never chewed through. The cage wire will rust out long before they chew through the wood. Some of the main things you want to consider though is will it be easy to get your rabbit in and out of the cage. Will the cage be easy to clean out? Is the hutch in the shade to keep the rabbits cool in the summer? Is it built well enough to keep dogs out? Does your breed require a solid bottom floor (heavy weight breed) or can it utilize a wire bottom floor (light weight breed)? Wire bottom floors are much easier to clean, but if you have a heavy breed it will be hard on their feet and tend to give them sore hocks. Don't use chicken wire for the cage or any kind of thin wire. I recommend using rabbit cage wire, check out Da-mars or Klubertanz online for rabbit cage wire. Use 1"x2" wire for the sides and for the flooring if you're going to use wire us 1/2"x1" wire with a heavier gauge wire. Galvanized AFTER-WELDED wire is much better. If it's galvanized before welded, it will rust much quicker. Another thing I recommend is build an extended roof on it. You'll be thankful you did on those rainy nights when you have to go out in the rain to feed your rabbits. In the summer, your cage should be open (just wire) on two sides (the front and the back). In the winter, you want three sides closed in to prevent a wind draft and pneumonia. That can be done by tacking a piece of plywood, paneling or thick plastic on the back. Last of all, set a post 3-4 feet deep in the ground and brace your hutch against the post. The first couple of years I was raising rabbits we didn't do that and a couple bad storms came in and blew the hutches over in the middle of the night. It's no fun chasing your rabbits in the middle of a rainy night or the next day and trying to tip a rabbit hutch back upright. Thankfully we had a tractor to tip them upright.
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