Heavy breed floors

[tnokie]

I recently purchased some checkered giants. The lady I got them from raised them on solid wood floors with a couple inches of shavings,(changed every two days). She stated it was because of their size. Should I stick with this or will they do alright on wire floors?

[bluebird2o2]

i know people that keep flemish in wire cages.you will need resting boards.check feet weekly.bluebird

[Reauxman]

I have a friend who keeps Flemish and English Lops in wire cages. Both are fine. They are hard on cage wire though. She doesn't use resting boards. A well bred rabbit won't need a resting board, their feet will be heavily furred and won't become sore.

[Honorine]

I use wooden floors with my full grown Flemish, so do nearly all the Flemish folks up here, but I live in the North, and don't have to worry about practically year round fly problems, wood floors would be difficult to keep clean in the deep south I imagine. I cover mine with wood chips also. I have a friend who keeps her Flemish on wire, its not just the worry about sore hocks, which I've seen in Rex but never a Flemish, its the constant movement of the wire, the rabbits are constantly shifting and readjusting and spooking when the floors start bouncing underneath them. And when a 17 pound rabbit starts running around everything starts rocking, reason why I build sturdy wood framed hutches for the Flemish. You could try wire floors and switch them to wood if you have problems, me I'd just do the wood myself. JMHO

[cur huntin' kid]

My flemish has a box with a solid wood floor and a large run that is all wire. The wire needs to be strong and have lots of supports because mine didn't and i am now about to replace it.

[Terry W]

the hutch the Amish guy built me to try out has the wooden box, and 1/2 x1/2 wire floor mesh. Everything drops through it just fine. The hutch is darn solid--it was almost like putting a boulder in place when I took it off my truck and set it by the bunny trailer. Happily, the box portion is easily moved off the frame-- the huge mutt bunny seems quite comfy on the wire- though I have not weighed him yet.