I've been keeping piggies for years, usually longer haired ones and have 2 hairy ones right now.
Someone in my area is looking to re-home a 1 yo english angora rabbit as they feel they aren't able to provide the level of grooming and care it requires. I'm really interested in the rabbit, and I do have the time and skill for the grooming AND coincidentally I also enjoy handspinning yarn and fibre arts as a hobby...so me and this bun could potentially be a really good match.
what I am concerned about is how to house the rabbit, bedding specifically.
Our piggies are on fleece, which is fine, but it is difficult enough to get enough hair off the fleece so as not to cause plumbing problems with the washer.
I think our washing machine would draw its line somewhere before angora rabbit. I know many angora keepers keep them in a wire bottomed cage, something I don't particularly like. I know woodshavings aren't an option for angoras as they'll cause matting.
I'm curious as to what other rabbit keepers think about litter training in conjunction with a wire bottomed cage, and then placing a piece of coroplast to cover most of the floor, with the wire exposed only at the edges, so that any extra poos roll off. Would this work out ok? I also don't want to end up with the bun sitting in her pee at all, as I would really like to try my hand at spinning her wool when she blows her coat off 4 times a year.
Is it correct to think that if she did pee outside the litter box, she would do it in the corner, so under this system, she'd be hanging her butt onto the part of the cage that was wire all around the edge? If this actually works...I could even cover the coro with something soft....
Plz lmk what you folks think of this
thanks
Heather=^..^=
Someone in my area is looking to re-home a 1 yo english angora rabbit as they feel they aren't able to provide the level of grooming and care it requires. I'm really interested in the rabbit, and I do have the time and skill for the grooming AND coincidentally I also enjoy handspinning yarn and fibre arts as a hobby...so me and this bun could potentially be a really good match.
what I am concerned about is how to house the rabbit, bedding specifically.
Our piggies are on fleece, which is fine, but it is difficult enough to get enough hair off the fleece so as not to cause plumbing problems with the washer.
I think our washing machine would draw its line somewhere before angora rabbit. I know many angora keepers keep them in a wire bottomed cage, something I don't particularly like. I know woodshavings aren't an option for angoras as they'll cause matting.
I'm curious as to what other rabbit keepers think about litter training in conjunction with a wire bottomed cage, and then placing a piece of coroplast to cover most of the floor, with the wire exposed only at the edges, so that any extra poos roll off. Would this work out ok? I also don't want to end up with the bun sitting in her pee at all, as I would really like to try my hand at spinning her wool when she blows her coat off 4 times a year.
Is it correct to think that if she did pee outside the litter box, she would do it in the corner, so under this system, she'd be hanging her butt onto the part of the cage that was wire all around the edge? If this actually works...I could even cover the coro with something soft....
Plz lmk what you folks think of this
thanks
Heather=^..^=