So if you've read my post in the "hopping mad" section you know my rabbits now have to move to the horse stable at my mom's house instead of the wood floored buildings I wanted to use. After talking things over we are thinking of moving one stall divider to the other side in order to split the double stall over there for the horses and give the bunnies a double stall opposite the aisle from the horses and between the tack room and hay section. This is the warmest, most dry location, and right next to an electrical outlet. We have an issue of what to do with the floor though. One 12x12 stall is just compressed crushed lime which I know rabbits can dig through and the other is covered in several inch thick stall mats. We cannot have digging and the edge of the barn sits near level with the floor with no concrete barrier around it like the other buildings. In fact several stalls on the other side have holes going directly outside in the back of the stalls from erosion on the hill behind or the rats we had several years back. What will it take to keep them in the building? I'm debating just covering the whole floor in chicken wire and throwing the bedding on top. That will make some difficulty cleaning in the spring since we can't scrape right down to the ag lime but it should stop all digging. Or do you think just putting a 2' strip along the back of the stalls (the front ends at the concrete aisle) would work?
Will they eat the mats if I put a whole lot of shavings and pine pellets over them with plenty of hay and other stuff to chew on? I have a couple pics of the mats that I'll upload when I get back. They are pretty heavy duty but we did have a rabbit years ago eat through some thinner interlocking mats. I'm also debating just moving the mats to another stall so the whole thing is level ag lime to roll chicken wire across the 24' length all as one piece. Those suckers are heavy though.
Will they eat the mats if I put a whole lot of shavings and pine pellets over them with plenty of hay and other stuff to chew on? I have a couple pics of the mats that I'll upload when I get back. They are pretty heavy duty but we did have a rabbit years ago eat through some thinner interlocking mats. I'm also debating just moving the mats to another stall so the whole thing is level ag lime to roll chicken wire across the 24' length all as one piece. Those suckers are heavy though.