Best mats for wired floors?

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- 07/14/2014 at 2:52 AM
  Very. Fat. Bunny.
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  Hi everybun !
  
  Though Mason spends most of his time outside his cage, I do put him back in when it’s bedtime. Currently his cage has a sturdy wire flooring with grass mats on top. The only area that is exposed is his potty area where he does his business and all the droppings go through the wires to the pan underneath. I have heard the critisism on wire flooring and the risks it can give your buns, but reassured bunnymamas and pops, his feet and sleeping area is sound. It’s just a 5 x 5 corner that is exposed so his fur isn’t matted in his feces and pee like it does when using a litter box. I was wondering if there were any other bunny parents that have wire flooring use any other kind of mats to place over the wires for their buns? I’ve used the clothe mats, towels, plush mats and Mason can chew right through them. It’s horrid ! I do like the grass mat because it is safe and he can eat it, but are there any other alternatives//creative substitutes that you guys use?
- 07/14/2014 at 7:13 AM
  Sarita
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  Moving to Habitat.
- 07/14/2014 at 8:46 PM
  Very. Fat. Bunny.
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  Oh thanks.
- 07/15/2014 at 12:16 AM
  Very. Fat. Bunny.
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- 07/15/2014 at 4:27 AM
  manic_muncher
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  I have one shelf that is wire. When my Bumpy occupied the kennel with that shelf in it, I had a sea grass mat on it, covering about half. He still had the option of laying 100% on the wire if he chose to, or sitting on the grass mat. Most times he sat on the mat, but frequently he would stretch out on the wire alone.
  
  Fast forward to now, Bumpy’s access to the kennel is blocked off, and a new bunny, Clyde, occupies that space (temporarily). Clyde started off with the grass mat also, however he’s a HUGE chewer, so the mat lasted like a day. Now that shelf has nothing on it, and Clyde lounges on the wire. I’m not too concerned about it, because he has the bottom floor (plastic) and his cardboard tube or his litter box filled with hay to rest in.
  
  If I had a situation where it were all wire, I probably would add a piece of indoor/outdoor carpeting, and secure it where he couldn’t grab the edges and chew on it. The carpet piling is so short he wouldn’t be able to chew it and its pretty tough stuff, so digging it shouldn’t cause it damage either.
- 07/16/2014 at 4:05 AM
  Very. Fat. Bunny.
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  Rough short carpet, got it !
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