Slant boards??

[trinityoaks]

Those of you who use slant boards under your cages: What is the minimum angle needed to keep everything moving off the boards the way it should? What material is best?

 

[ladysown]

i have an 8 inch drop. but it's not enough to keep everything moving off, I scrape them every morning. MOST liquid drains off.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Mine are corrugated plastic. They aren't slanted very much either, so I scrape as well.

 

[Fid]

I prefer straight up gravity to an inclined plane. Everything drops right down to the ground. I compost right under the rabbit cages and periodically do a complete clean out and transfer to the main compost location and mix it in.

 

[trinityoaks]

I prefer straight up gravity to an inclined plane. Everything drops right down to the ground.

That's all fine and dandy for the bottom cages, but not the top ones. I need to be able to stack them.

 

[Miss M]

I think I have a 4" drop. Most liquid drains off and some bunny-berries roll off, but boards need squeegee-ing. I use Coroplast.

 

[Fid]

I prefer straight up gravity to an inclined plane. Everything drops right down to the ground.

That's all fine and dandy for the bottom cages, but not the top ones. I need to be able to stack them.

Sorry, should've mentioned my cages are all on one level. Don't really have any space restrictions at my place.

 

[trinityoaks]

No problem, Fid! I do use gravity for my bottom rack. I wish I had the luxury of having all my cages on one level.

Miss M and MSD, where did you get your coroplast?

 

[Miss M]

I got mine at a sign shop. I bought 10mm coroplast, 3 sheets, for about $26 per sheet, if I remember correctly. Pricey stuff, but I wish I'd gone for the expense to begin with, instead of messing with corrugated metal!

They cut it in half for me and helped me load it in the trunk.

I just called around to places in town that make signs, and asked if they could sell corrugated plastic sheet. I priced several places before going to buy it.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

You need at LEAST 12" to get a good roll off. You will still be scraping some, but not as much. Get a long handled squeegee to scrape/push with.

 

[Miss M]

You need at LEAST 12" to get a good roll off.

I didn't have room for it, but it would have been helpful, I'm sure.

 

[OneAcreFarm]

You need at LEAST 12" to get a good roll off.

I didn't have room for it, but it would have been helpful, I'm sure.

I am sure it is harder when you have stacked cages....mine were only one level so ti was easier to have a steeper angle...

 

[MamaSheepdog]

There is no way I could get 12" with my set up either, unless the top cages were so high as to need a ladder to get to, or the low tier nearly on the ground! The scraping is no big deal though. I have been thinking that those with stackers could easily do slant boards too, as long as they don't mind scraping daily... which I think would be way easier than dealing with trays!

 

[Miss M]

That's right, you did do it with a single level!

 

[trinityoaks]

I'll be doing well to get 9". OAF, what were your slant boards made of? You just had them in your Rex shed, right?