NIC condo flooring

[NickiM]

I made my bunny a nic condo and it was holding up perfectly fine for the last 6 months but he figured out he can rip up the vinyl flooring. Everywhere I look it suggest the plastic stuff for flooring but no places by us carry it (i checked home depot). Im afraid tile will be to heavy and expensive. Any suggustions thanks

[RabbitPam]

A lot of people use coroplast, which is what many signs are made out of. They can come in squares or very large sheets that make a good cage bottom. They can be hard to find, so you might try your yellow pages for local sign making companies and call to see if any are selling it. I had once found a guy who sold squares on line, but he’s gone now. There’s someone on ebay selling guinea pig cages with coroplast bottoms, so they might respond to an email requesting just the coroplast.

[skibunny8503]

I found coroplast at Pakatans (sp?) but I think that’s just a local place by us….it’s like a Michaels. So maybe try a craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby. On Sandy’s cage we didn’t have anymore coroplast so we actually used cardboard (not good if they pee on it but she’s pretty good about using the litter box). You’ll have to replace it every once in awhile because they’ll chew it up. I love the coroplast though, easy to clean.

[jerseygirl]

Vinyl again but cover in sea grass mats? On the base level you could make the vinyl piece bigger so the edges are on the outside of the condo rather than the inside maybe?  Or use adhesive vinyl tiles.

[Beka27]

Vinyl might not be strong enough. It works well for some bunnies, they leave it alone… You could try a tarp… if you have a platform, the peel and stick tiles are very cheap and easy to clean.

[della luna]

 I came across these panels: http://www.amazon.com/Storage-Solut…amp;sr=8-6  this morning.  Does anyone think that they would work for flooring in a NIC cage?

[Nat]

I would use coroplast. Like another said, try Michaels Arts and Crafts Store. I would be surprised if they didn’t have it… call me crazy but maybe Home Depot or something?

PS- Hey, della luna. Its meee, Nat Loves Rats of GooseMoose. Are you della luna of GM?

[della luna]

^ yes indeed I am! Hey Nat!

[MooBunnay]

I use those peel and stick vinyl floorboards that Beka was talking about, I got them from Home Depot and they were not very expensive. We put rugs on top of the floorboards, however, if your bunnies like to chew you will probably want to put seagrass on top of the mats. Also, are they pulling up the vinyl in the corners of the cage? If so, you could just buy a couple tiles and put them in the corners where they like to chew.

[jerseygirl]

If so, you could just buy a couple tiles and put them in the corners where they like to chew.

Oh yeah! That would be the simplest thing. Good thinking!

Della Luna, that product looks good. I wonder if the panel sizes could be used with the normal NIC cube grid panels. That could work for flooring provided the levels were supported with wood dowel. My only concern is if a panel cracked and exposed sharp edges, but if it’s covered in rugs or some other material, this may be remedied. Since you were looking at these, does this mean you are keeping the bunny you found?!!!!!

[NickiM]

thanks 

I’m gunna try coroplast I checked arts and craft stores, home depot, and costco on their websites but they didn’t have it so I think I will have it shipped. Does anyone reccomend a website or something?

[kralspace]

Sign shops use clorophast (sp) to print signs on, mine will even cut it down for me if they’re not busy because it comes in a huge sheet.

Tell them what you’re using it for so they don’t think you’re a competitor doing signwork…lol. The lady at the shop I use says they have guinea pig people come in quite often for it.

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