flemish giant cages?

[ohiogoatgirl]

looking at getting some flemish giants. what size cage do you all suggest? they will be young. weaned. but i plan to grow them up and breed them. suggested cage size for a buck? suggested cage size for a breeding doe?
i will be makin a cage for them to always be in. not one cage for until they get bigger, then another when they are breeding age, and another when they have a litter. i have heard of a few people doing that.
i will just be makin one cage for each that will be as big as it will ever need to be. i would rather let them have more space then perhaps *needed* rather then make a billion cages.
thanks

 

[drowe005]

I have 2 Californian does which aren't a whole lot smaller than the Flemish giants, that I recently built one cage, that is a double cage in one. Floor sizes measure 7 feet X 3 feet, making each of the two cages 10.5 sq. feet. I would imagine a cage similar to this would be more than sufficient for your Flemish Giants, if not slightly making it larger to 8 feet X 3 feet, making each of the cages 12 sq. feet, or if you really wanna give them luxury, bump it to 10 feet X 3 feet. Ill post a couple pictures of the cage I built to give you some ideas, and as you see now both of my Californians are in the same cage and still have plenty of room left over. They are about 5 months old now and about fully grown, in a couple weeks they'll be separated to their own cages. Now which one stays and which one moves next door??? ha Hope that helps or atleast gives you an idea of where to start from

__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:29 am __________

And as a separator of the two cages, I wrapped a 2X2, cut to the width of the cage, with hardware cloth, and attached it to a support at the roof. The caging used as a separator is pulled very tight, along with the walls, and there is no possibility of any rabbits feet slipping between the two. You could also use sheet-metal or plywood for this separator as well.<br /><br />__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:35 am __________<br /><br />One last thing, I'd say the 10 ft by 3 ft would be your best bet, leaving them 15 sq. ft each which would about 1 sq. ft per pound. I'd do 3 foot ceilings for them big boys too

 

[JessicaR]

I was told that the minimum size for a doe is 48" long 36" deep 24" high. Bucks cages can be a little smaller. Right now I have my 4 month old FG doe in a dog kennel that is 36"x24" and she is getting a bit crowded in it with the litterbox. Need to get the new cage built for her soon.

 

[drowe005]

I've never owned a Flemish myself to go off of for reference, but I have always heard its best to go with about 1 square foot per pound that the rabbit will weigh when he/she is full grown. I'd surely go with the 36" height being that they're the larger breed. And as for length , I'd say as long as he can hop a few times, then your good.

 

[Secuono]

Just watch out for those "deep" cages, anything more than 24in and it might be heck to get them out. Unless you have long arms.

You can make the cages as long as you want, but for that weight, I'd add a bottom support every 1.5 to 2ft. Also, make sure that wire is 14 gauge or stronger.

drowe005, A FG is 20lbs, how are your Cali's not that much smaller? Cali's are 7-10lbs. That makes them a world of a lot smaller.

 

[trinityoaks]

how are your Cali's not that much smaller? Cali's are 7-10lbs. That makes them a world of a lot smaller.

I don't know about drowe005, but my Cals are in the 12-14lb range.

 

[ohiogoatgirl]

thanks everyone. i just made another cage today for growing out kits. 30inch deep, 5foot long, 2foot tall. would this be a good size for FGs?

 

[Secuono]

how are your Cali's not that much smaller? Cali's are 7-10lbs. That makes them a world of a lot smaller.

I don't know about drowe005, but my Cals are in the 12-14lb range.

Are you getting them from a special line? I've only heard them 7-10lbs and mine are out of 9-10lbs family.

 

[drowe005]

My calis are pedigreed purebreeds that are about 12 lbs each as well, which is only about 30% smaller. now if it was 50% or more I wouldn;t have said that

__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:25 pm __________

And that 30% could be as low as 10% as I hear some FG's only reach 15 lbs

__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:27 pm __________

And one more thing, I could see the cage being able to be built too long or too wide, but I dont see how too deep could be an issue, unless you had birds...that is assuming when you say depth, you mean height<br /><br />__________ Thu Mar 22, 2012 4:27 pm __________<br /><br />And one more thing, I could see the cage being able to be built too long or too wide, but I dont see how too deep could be an issue, unless you had birds...that is assuming when you say depth, you mean height

 

[Secuono]

From front to back is what I meant. So 2H x 2W/D x 4L would be fine, but if the Width/Depth is 36in, it could be hard to reach all the way back there. You'd need to make the door large enough your own body could get into, right hieght so you can bend and reach and even have long arms just to get to any who stuff themselves into a corner.
Length, Width, Height, Depth changes depending on what you're talking about. In aquariums, it's Width and Height. Even though it makes more sense for Height to be switched out with Depth. Some people call Width being how wide, arm to arm instead of chest to back.
I think the English language is in need of a small revamping...so many words can be interchanged when in reality, it just confuses everyone, lol.


Didn't know there were Cali's so large, wish I could find a line that size. :/