Plexiglass

[BunnyMunchkin]

Its almost time to separate my babies and I am thinking about building them pens to live in until they are old enough to be fixed and then hopefully I can re bond them. I would still like for them to be able to see each other so I was thinking about making a plexiglass window in between each pen. Would this be a good idea or would it just stress them out being able to see each other but not being able to get to each other? 

[Bam]

It’s good for them to be able to see and hear each other. Plexiglass is good because they can’t reach each other to bite or mate (they can do both through cage bars).

[BunnyMunchkin]

Posted By bam on 5/01/2017 2:55 PM

It’s good for them to be able to see and hear each other. Plexiglass is good because they can’t reach each other to bite or mate (they can do both through cage bars).

That was my thoughts as well. I want them to still be able to see each other in hopes that they maintain some sot of bond that way but I don’t want them t be able to get at each other in any sort of way so I thought plexiglass would be perfect for that. I was just concerned that they might not understand that there was actually something there blocking them and would keep trying to get through the plexiglass to get to each other causing them stress. 

[Bam]

You’ll have to see how they’ll react of course, it’s common for buns housed next to each other to try and get to each other through netting/wire mesh as well. They can be very determined. I’d think plexiglass would be good for that too, they can’t really hurt their teeth on plexiglass like they can on cage bars or netting.

[BunnyMunchkin]

Posted By bam on 5/01/2017 4:25 PM

You’ll have to see how they’ll react of course, it’s common for buns housed next to each other to try and get to each other through netting/wire mesh as well. They can be very determined. I’d think plexiglass would be good for that too, they can’t really hurt their teeth on plexiglass like they can on cage bars or netting.

I think I will try it out and see how they react to it. For the other walls that aren’t being shared between pens, what kind of wire mesh is best to use? Is welded wire on a kiln dried pine frame ok to use?

[Bam]

Welded wire on a pine frame is what I used to separate my buns. (I had welded netting on two sides of the frame so there was a distance between, so the buns couldn’t reach in and hurt each other. Of course not necessary in your case.) Pine wood doesn’t have to be kiln dried because it’s solid. The buns can only eat so much of it in one sitting.

Welded wire is good for outdoors hutches and runs as well, because it doesn’t come unwound like chicken wire does if a rabbit or predator from the outside manages to bite through in one place.

[BunnyMunchkin]

Posted By bam on 5/02/2017 3:19 AM
Welded wire on a pine frame is what I used to separate my buns. (I had welded netting on two sides of the frame so there was a distance between, so the buns couldn’t reach in and hurt each other. Of course not necessary in your case.) Pine wood doesn’t have to be kiln dried because it’s solid. The buns can only eat so much of it in one sitting.

Welded wire is good for outdoors hutches and runs as well, because it doesn’t come unwound like chicken wire does if a rabbit or predator from the outside manages to bite through in one place.

Oh I didn’t even think about putting the wire on both sides of the wooden frame, that’s a smart idea! That would cut down a lot on my costs if I did that instead of using plexiglass at least on the side where the girls cage is going to share a wall with the other girls. I think I will still use plexiglass in between the girls cage and boys just to be safe.

My bunnies live in my formal living room that is now there room so no worries about predators but I would still like to have no escapees lol so a strong wire is best!

[Bam]

Wire on both sides of the frame worked well for my buns, but they were both males, so unwanted pregnancies was never a issue =) They could however throw themselves at the gate and growl (esp one of them) in fierce attempts at getting at each other. Most of the time they lay next to each other on either side of the gate though.

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