Rabbit Housing: Cages on the Right Wall

My brother Joe just finished making the last two pieces of our all-wire rabbit cages this afternoon and he already hanged these on the right side wall of the rabbitry. The size dimension of the upper cages are 2 feet wide by 3 1/2 feet long by 18 inches in height. The bottom cages are 2 feet wide by 3 feet long by 17 inches in height to fit the space because of the half-post in the corner. Just above the cages on the right wall is a long window without any window frame. It is only 8 inches high by 8 feet long. This serves as a ventilation outlet which is why it is located high up near the roof to allow the hot/warm air to get out. The overhang from the roof protects this outlet from the rain and we covered this with a 1 x 1 inch wire mesh gauge # 16 to keep out the birds.

I lifted up the linoleum to show you the scrap GI sheet materials that we used in making the floor under the rabbit cages. My brother Joe, used a rivetter to join together the small pieces of scrap GI sheet materials to make the necessary size for the floor that would go under the cages. I bought some

cheap linoleum to cover and protect the GI sheet floor under the cages from being corroded by the rabbit's urine. We kept all these scrap materials in the old pigsty knowing that they would come in handy someday and they did when we built this rabbitry. It has helped us a lot in cutting down our cost. All of our all-wire cages are made of wire gauge no. 16 for the top and the sides and we used gauge no. 14 for the floor. My brother Joe made all of the cages with a lot of patience even if he sustained some cuts because the wires are hard and strong.