Warning about wire floors

I havent seen any threads regarding this, so I thought I would make one with my own experience with wire floored hutches.

My rabbit Otis, may he rest in piece, got his toe caught in the wire on the bottom of his hutch, and this was the result;







So a pre-warning to anyone considering getting a wire bottomed hutch, or to anyone who is using one, cover that floor now, or risk this happening to your own....

Poor soul!

It is not such a common thing here in the UK, but still a good warning x

Ouch that looks very nasty.

Yea it wasnt too good! He had three ops in one that day....not long after the toe thing happened, his eyelid turned in and he had to have an eye lift on one side, and he also got neutered at the same time; so amputation of a toe, an eye lift, and a castration all at once, poor bun...

ETA: Actually, in my avatar, you can see that the fur around his eye (hes the sooty fawn on the left) is all shaved back, that pic was taken not long after the op

Poor bunny Hope the recovery goes well.

Here in the UK not many people use the wire bottom cages as they are thought to be cruel... (mainly because they are not good for bunny feet).. could you get your bunny a cage without wire? Or put something on top of the wire like hardboard/plywood?

This happened.....20 months ago, and he died a year ago...

His recovery did go well, but he died under mysterious circumstances 8months later. The cage is now covered with coir mats, and currently has my female bun Domino living in there