Double Decker Cages????????????

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I have just completed my new rabbit shed and am in the process of making cages. My shed is 8 foot x 8 foot and will have a three hole 90 inch hanging cage on each side and an isle down the middle. If I could hang another row of cages under the first it would take me from a six hole rabbitry to a 12 hole. What can I use under the top row to catch or deflect the waste? Thanks, ET.

-- Ed Thomas (wilded@austin.rr.com), April 21, 2002

Answers

Ed, All are cages are double hung. My husband built me wood frames [the cages dont sit on the wood, they are hung] underneath the top row of cages. I have plastic trays that fit on the frame that catches all the waste. They need to be emptyied every other day.

-- tracy (murfette@stargate.net), April 22, 2002.

We use the steel from steel doors (separated from the insulation between the door layers) Sometimes you can get them out back of window & door factories that they are throwing away. You can push the pellets & urine off the back onto the floor or ground with a spade or shovel (it helps if you hang them from the bottoms of your top cages at a slant). Also you can scrub & rinse them with a hose.

-- Judi Amon (peacelane@certainty.net), May 03, 2002.

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