Plastic poultry flooring?

alforddm · Sep 22, 2015

Has anyone tried the Plastic Poultry flooring?

http://www.qcsupply.com/93334-dura-slat-24-48.html

It's not terribly expensive. All I can get here is 16 gauge flooring wiring without doing a special wire order from Bass or another vendor. I'm already seeing rust on some of the cage bottoms and It's not even been a year :evil:

Preitler · Sep 22, 2015

Hm, aren't 1.1" x 1.1" openings rather big for rabbits`?

When I started my new hutches I saw plastic tiles for rabbitswith 1/2"x1/2" holes, but as far as I remember quite expensive.

So I made an improvised table saw with a small rotary saw, and reused some pallets. Note that the slots widen downwards. I brushed the slats with vegetable oil and heated them over fire, hoping that will make it more durable. (If you ever do that, get some rabbit pee and paint the wood with that afterwards - then they wont gnaw it :? )

Works great this far, I have 6 (was 8) growout bucklings in this hutch. Underneath I have plastic storage poxes from Ikea.

alforddm · Sep 22, 2015

Hm, aren't 1.1" x 1.1" openings rather big for rabbits`?

You are right. They might be a to big. I didn't even notice the hole spacing.

I found some others that have a 7/8" openings but they are more expensive. I currently have some flooring that is welded wire with a what I assume is a pvc coating. It's really heavy duty stuff like 12 gauge wire (the cage was second hand). The rabbits don't seem to have a problem with it though and it has 7/8" holes.

akane · Sep 22, 2015

Someone is trying polymax brand with guinea pigs https://www.farmtek.com/farm/supplies/p ... a2215.html It's slightly smaller openings but not by much. I wish I could find 1/2" openings and then I might even be able to use it with chinchillas. The wood slat idea I've also seen mentioned with other animals.

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