Deirdra is quite heavy so I worried about sore hocks, but they’re fine, her foot pads are beautifully furry actually. I stopped putting hay on the grate because it defeated the purpose, instead they now have a second huge hay rack attached to the side of their ‘bathroom’. I kept checking their feet but they’re fine. The bars of the grate have vinyl coating on them and are almost too close together to let her droppings through (LOL: another thing they only seem to make with dawrf bunnies in mind!) maybe this makes it easier on their feet. But you’re right, it’s nice for me to be with her for that time, D thinks I’m the treat fairy!

katie, the grated cage was given to me so it was available when Mops was a teenager with litter issues. He managed to make a mess of every other litter set up. He would toss even big litter pans or try to once I tied them down and dig and throw the litter over my carpet. It was noisy at night and my carpet started to smell but I wanted to keep him free-range in my room. Once I bonded him with Lint, I put Lint’s regular box down near Mops’ grated thing… Lint never used his box again but took to the grated cage right away. Then I bonded them into a trio to my big female Deirdra, I didn’t think they would share the grated cage but she too was determined to use it and make it her own. I stopped offering the other ones once I moved them into their condo. I don’t know why they like the cage with the grate as a toilet, but all three do. I like it a lot because I love how clean their underside is, and the fact that it saves on litter material.

Jersey, Deirdra has a hidey hole and also her shelf, and I am starting to place her treats in those spots where she won’t have to protect them like a dog does with a bone! — She would eat facing any which way on the grate, and only once it was munched down to a small piece she would lose it between the bars.

Busy Ruby! they say it’s a female thing to keep moving ‘furniture’ about…
BT: that reminds me– have you had any luck switching them to a bottle?
Haha, yes, Deirdra losing her treats, I pick them out, too! But since I have been sitting with them for treat time I have found out some more facts about their relationship. Wow, Lint and Deirdra are sooooo greedy and poor Mops doesn’t get half his treats! he likes to examine treats first, to see if he might like it now or later…. and –SHARK– there is Deirdra snatched it away already from under his nose! Then, comes along Lint, grunting, sneaking under Deirdra’s head and steals it right from her teeth! Lint needs a WiiFit Rabbit Edition for his anniversary coming up……