are x-pens okay for babies

[Sara&Chance]

are babies fine in a x-pen. are they going to go through the bars? they are mini lop . the bunny is a foster that was breed before she came to the shelter.

[princessangrypeppers]

 I saw this awesome xpen setup for baby mini lops at this rabbit rescue’s website:

“This is a great setup for raising litters of foster babies who are messy and to get them started on litter box training. These are 8 week old mini-lops, the pool is 5′ wide and the ex-pen fits perfectly around it. It’s also great for dwarves. They can run around in circles really fast if there is litter or carpeting on the floor for traction. You can only get the baby pools in spring and summer. Summer 2008 they were about $11 at Walmart. The dog pen is about $60-70.”

 

http://brighteyessanctuary.org/housing.html#waikiki

 

[BinkyBunny]

one thing to keep in mind is that I have heard several stories of babies’ heads or small bunnies heads’ getting stuck between the bars. I don’t know how in the world they do this, but I have heard it happening enough that if you feel worried at all, I would go to home depot or some hardware store and get some wire netting to fasten to at least the first foot or so up (from bottom up). I used this kind of wire netting when I had bunnies that were separated by a pen, but knew they could bite through the pen. The wire mesh was a great way to prevent that and it could also prevent the babies from getting their heads stuck. I used zip ties to fasten it.

[Sara&Chance]

i think i will go with the pool. i have a few of them already.

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