Waht breed of buns do you have? Some need different floors to others.

My Lionhead is totally fine on all floors because he has super furry little feets that basically act like slippers, but my Rex has very thin velvety skin on her ankles and therefore needs softer and non-slip flooring so she doesn’t develop sore hocks, or hurt herself sliding around. I originally went with soft carpet, but found that it gave her basically carpet burn, so now I have foam squares (made for kids to play on) laid down on top of the floorboards at the moment, and I plan on putting cork tiles in the new bunny room. The foam squares are great but they aren’t glued down so sometimes they chew the corners which could be an issue if your buns eat what they chew- mine are more destructive than hungry!

I find a variety of flooring is the best. My dorm room has three surfaces Gizmo regularly hops: foam puzzle mats covered with a fleece blanket, waxed linoleum tile, and a cheap $10 rug from Walmart. He tends to not like running on the tile, but if he gets warm he lays half on the rug and half on the linoleum to keep cool. His pen has the foam and fleece flooring and he tends to like to sleep there the most. He’s a checkered giant so his fur is kind fluffy, but his feet are in good shape. He has calluses on his hocks but no splits or irritation.

I started using a folded up fleece blanket in the pen, but now there are shards of hay stuck in the blanket… I can’t shake them out and they won’t vacuum out. How the heck am I supposed to keep them clean?? Any tips?

Shake them out, beat them like a rug, and then tumble dry on low before washing them. Just be absolutely sure you’re cleaning the lint trap in the dryer immediately afterwards. The tumble gets the majority of the hay out, and the washer will do the rest without getting clogged.

Early girl if you hang it outside on a washing line when it’s windy the hay will blow out

Thanks for the tips! However, I must be dealing with a difficult type of fleece! Also, I realized those shards of hay are probably seeds from the meadow grass mixture I got locally.

I spent too much time rubbing out as much as I could with my hands and gathering them up with a lint roller. Then washed and dried (and cleaned out the washer and dryer!) and that got most of it out. Not doing all that again lol!

My solution? Fold up those annoying fleece blankets and stick them in old pillow cases to make little beds. Works perfectly! No more seed heads stuck in my fleece!