What kind of cage should my holland lop be in

[Caitlyn C]

Alright so I bought my holland lop a plastic bottom cage because I didnt like how the breeder had him always walking on the wire. My vet agreed saying she’s seen a lot of sores on the feet because of it. Is the only reason for wire bottoms so the cleaning is easier? He seems to push all of the carefresh away and make an area where he can sleep on the plastic part. Any ideas? lol

[Deleted User]

Ok, here goes (I can’t believe I am telling you this)…. When my Henry first came into my life I had a carrier for him (admittedly he was free range from day one) but how stupid was I? (No, please don’t say…). Anyhow, within weeks of finding BB, he now has a house (small, cause he is free range 24/7) that we built. He has a floor with a layer of vinyl on top (yes, I heard the wire floors are a no no!) and it is big enough for him to lay down fully stretched out, stand up (height) and holds his water and hay, & the carrier is now his toilet. His food (pellets and veggies) is located with the dogs (cause that is where he chooses to eat). But as I said, keep in mind Henry is free range, why the smaller cage. If he wasn’t I reckon we would have made/bought a cage maybe 4/5+ times the size? Cleaning? The vinyl is sooooo easy – brush it out with the dustpan and brush, than a quick wipe over with a damp cloth – too easy! And it helps hold the mess in – his hay. I heard a LOT of BBer’s bunnies sleeping on the plastic floor – why? Who knows, but they do happily. If they didn’t like it, I guess they wouldn’t? Vinyl is sort of simular to plastic, and my Henry lays on it (he has too, it’s most of my house flooring, ha hah!). But, I have to laugh at myself, as I am writing this, I turned around to see Henry laying on the door mat – carpeted! Ha ha! Too funny! Dam bunny!

[DebbieP]

We have a 4 foot by 2 foot (I think) plastic bottom cage. One end has a plastic house (looks like an igloo). She used to sleep in there and kick all of the bedding out of that area and sleep on the plastic. We use carefresh natural bedding. After a while we just started putting the bedding in the cage, but not in the house part. Now she can roam free, but we still have her cage setup the same. She only seems to go in there to eat.

[NewBunnyOwner123]

For litter training purposes, I wouldn’t have ANY source of bedding in her living area and just have litter in the litter box. This way she won’t get confused and think her entire cage is a litter box. The buns seem to prefer the plastic of the cage anyways. Possibly because it’s cool and they have so much hair and can become warm quite easily.

[NewBunnyOwner123]

Also, can you post a topic in the welcome section about you and your bunny? Would love to see some pictures! From your avatar he looks so adorable!!

[rissakai007]

I love my current cage setup and my buns do too. I have a grid cage made from those grids and plastic circle secure pieces that people use as storage cubes/shelves. The cage is 2 grids wide, 5 grids long, and 2 grids high. The base is coroplast with 5inch raised sides. Then that is encased in a special 3layer fleece liner. The liner is similiar to a bed pad for bed wetters but it actually line the edges and tucks around the coroplast. I wash it occassionally at the laundry mat. Plenty of space for them to do bun things in the cage, though. Including running around and binkies.

[Eepster]

Most of use make our own habitats. Once you bunny is litter trained, you can expand his habitat with storage cube grids (aka NIC grids) or and xpen.

[Boston's Mama]

I have a plastic bottom cage too – 120 cm x 50 cm with a puppy playpen off that also
It’s super easy to clean – I wipe the base with non scented and alcohol free baby wipes daily and thoroughly dry with a towel – then twice a week I use a 50/50 solution of vinegar and water to clean the plastic base too. I use pine pellets ( a cat litter ) for his litter tray and blankets in the rest . I found my found my baby boy was also moving the blanket to sleep in the plastic base – I think it was to cool off… so I brought a tile big enough for him to lay on and placed that in one corner – now he goes to that when he wants to cool off and has stopped moving the blankets – also it wears down his nails which is a bonus

Wire bottoms are bad for their feet.

[Boston's Mama]

Oh also mine is still in litter training as he is only 9.5weeks old ( pretty much there now though!) so I place a tarp under his playpen and a blanket on top of that incase of accidents

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