ohiogoatgirl
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so I have this website that I skim a lot. my dad found it and I aptly save it as "dad's great big website of everything" :roll: cue the old song from that 'stanley' cartoon.. theres even an article there "camels and camel milk"! anyway there is a few on rabbits and I have thought about it a lot off and on and haven't seen really anything on it else. slat flooring in hutches.
here is the website link: fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
the hutches with bamboo or wood slat floor: http://fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/AG ... B101_6.HTM
So I have been thinking several things..
1) Joel Salatins farm has pasture rabbit tractors that use slat bottom to keep the rabbits from getting out but also able to eat through. obviously though a raised hutch would need smaller spacing than that so kits didn't get feet caught etc.
2) my experience with wood hutches has been good and bad. a lot of bad ie poopy mushy rotting of wire stapled to wood where the rabbits are on it. a lot of good with certain nest box types.
3) I really wonder on how well poops would actually fall through. and what the best spacing and slat measurements are best. here is copied from the page: "for the floor, you can use round pieces of wood, straight tree branches or pieces of bamboo about 3 cm in diameter, with a space of no more than 1.5 cm between them."
4) I wonder if this would be good for certain breeds more than rabbits in general. like Flemish giants which need the extra support and strength of flooring. but again with the spacing for poops to fall through. although I did once read a page/article that said about slightly angle the floor slats so poops roll away.
5) how badly on average would the rabbits actually wear the wood. mainly thinkin of chewing it at first. then of course from worry of poop build up etc.
thoughts? anyone ever had/tried it?
here is the website link: fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/INDEX.HTM
the hutches with bamboo or wood slat floor: http://fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/AG ... B101_6.HTM
So I have been thinking several things..
1) Joel Salatins farm has pasture rabbit tractors that use slat bottom to keep the rabbits from getting out but also able to eat through. obviously though a raised hutch would need smaller spacing than that so kits didn't get feet caught etc.
2) my experience with wood hutches has been good and bad. a lot of bad ie poopy mushy rotting of wire stapled to wood where the rabbits are on it. a lot of good with certain nest box types.
3) I really wonder on how well poops would actually fall through. and what the best spacing and slat measurements are best. here is copied from the page: "for the floor, you can use round pieces of wood, straight tree branches or pieces of bamboo about 3 cm in diameter, with a space of no more than 1.5 cm between them."
4) I wonder if this would be good for certain breeds more than rabbits in general. like Flemish giants which need the extra support and strength of flooring. but again with the spacing for poops to fall through. although I did once read a page/article that said about slightly angle the floor slats so poops roll away.
5) how badly on average would the rabbits actually wear the wood. mainly thinkin of chewing it at first. then of course from worry of poop build up etc.
thoughts? anyone ever had/tried it?