How to Stop X-Pen Moving On Wooden Floors?

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- 09/06/2014 at 8:56 PM
  PalmTrees
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  Hello. First time poster, but long time lurker here!
  
  Two of my bunnies share an x-pen at the rear of the apartment. Their hutch is in the back corner and pushed up so that one side is against the wall. On the other hutch side there is an x-pen secured with zip ties. The x-pen is then stretched out to the farthest wall and we sandwich it between the wall and the laundry hamper. It basically creates a long corridor for them. When we are home the bedroom door is open so that they can play in there (they also like to sleep in there).
  
  My problem is that the x-pen is on laminate flooring and my holland lop likes to push it around with his nose. He has figured out how to push the pen so that it slips out from between the wall and the laundry basket and then can escape into the rest of the apartment! I’m looking for a way to secure it to the floor, almost like putting rubber floor protectors over the bottom of the pen so that it cannot move.
  
  I really don’t want to have to bring the pen around and zip tie it’s other side to the other side of the hutch (creating that classic circle or square shape) because it’s not really enough space for the two of them and it’s nice for them to have the option of coming into the bedroom whenever they like. We have a small apartment so it’s the only place they can be.
  
  Does anyone have any ideas on how to secure it to the laminate flooring? I’ve considered a brick but it wouldn’t really fit in lol.
  
  Thanks for any help in advance!
- 09/07/2014 at 12:05 AM
  Flabebe
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  One thing that can help with the xpen attaching to the hutch is if you get (I forget what they are called) a clip thingy. I got a pair of two at my local dollar store, and you see them attached to camera cases and waterbottles (I need to find a photo!) That should slip to the hutch nicely if the xpen can reach a wired part.
  
  Now to save the floors: with the pen being attached to the hutch that part wont be able to move…much. to save the rest of your floors have you tried putting fleece under the xpen part?
- 09/07/2014 at 2:23 PM
  LittleBunnyPaws
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  Midas does the exact same thing, so I know how you feel.
  
  To stop this, I suggest building a wooden base to go around the cage.. You can see how other people did it in these pictures. (PS these pictures are not of my cage, I found them online.)
  
  There are also a few flooring options you can use to stop your bun from pushing around the x pen. You can use fleece blankets (which I use,) or you can use wood floor (which you can see in the second picture.)
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