stacking cages- bunny falls?

[squidpop]

I'm trying to work on how to arrange my cages. I want to stack but if I do the top cage will be 5 feet off the ground. Is that too high? If I accidently didn't shut the cage door or opened the cage door while feeding and one jumped or fell out would a 5 ft fall kill it? The rabbits in the top cages will be Jersey Woolies or Netherland Dwarfs.

 

[Lizardslaps]

I would say its to high little bunny falling from that height is definitely gonna get very injured

 

[luvabunny]

Ummm, how many cages are you planning on stacking? I make my stackers 3 cages high, for big rabbits, and only make them 18" tall each, with 3" in between each cage and the door of the top cage is still not 5 ft off the ground.

With plans to cage dwarf sized rabbits, they really don't need to be that tall.

Nevertheless, if a bunny falls from ANY height, it is liable to get hurt.

 

[squidpop]

My cages are 24" high - but I have tables so was thinking of stacking two high on a table, which makes the top one 5' off the ground. But maybe I should probably get rid of the tables and make a platform 1ft off the floor to sit cages on- so then the highest cage would be 3 feet off the floor. Or stack up starting from the floor- but for some reason I don't like the idea of cages on floor.

 

[ckcs]

I have a stack of 3 cages that I built for our breeding Lionhead does and the top cage is around 6 feet off the ground. We had a kit fall through the wire and die recently. I was unable to easily add baby saving wire to the cage, so I made a square from from 1" x 4" wood that sits inside the cage to keep babies from falling out. That added benefit is it holds the baby rabbits back when we open the door, which is the size of the side of the cage. While a frame like mine may not be beneficial possibly a barrier board may work depending on the door.

 

[squidpop]

Putting some kind of barrier across the bottom to hold babies back when you open the door sounds like a good idea for all the cages. Thanks

 

[Frosted Rabbits]

I've had brand new babies fall from the top level of a three stacker, and crawl QUITE a distance, without passing away. It all depends on how they 'land' on the ground. The babysaver wire is really a blessing-- one less thing to worry about...

 

[jollysrabbits]

I have a double stacker top cage is 5'7" tall. Have had 4 rabbits fall, none ever injured, 2 were kits, they were nicknamed kamikazi. I swear this rabbit did a straight swan dive. After the last one I put up boards so they couldn't attempt suicide anymore.

 

[zee]

My cages open inward. There were a few times when I forgot to close the latch, and they never got out. I stack my cages 2 high (18" height). Sometimes they come over and look down when I open the door to feed them, but, they never jump out.

 

[squidpop]

I have a double stacker top cage is 5'7" tall. Have had 4 rabbits fall, none ever injured, 2 were kits, they were nicknamed kamikazi. I swear this rabbit did a straight swan dive. After the last one I put up boards so they couldn't attempt suicide anymore.

LOL
A couple of times when i put my mini lops outside in grass pens they get so excited they leap out of arms before set them down-so they are leaping from standing height down to the ground– and their heads are so big and their front legs are so short they just land straight on their face- and I always think kamikazi too. That's why I'll never put the lops up high- If they fell they would just land face first.

 

[Frosted Rabbits]

LOL
A couple of times when i put my mini lops outside in grass pens they get so excited they leap out of arms before set them down-so they are leaping from standing height down to the ground– and their heads are so big and their front legs are so short they just land straight on their face- and I always think kamikazi too. That's why I'll never put the lops up high- If they fell they would just land face first.

So THAT explains the squished-in faces!!! ancake: