Keeping hay in the cage

Hi everyone! Last night I had a big clean out of the buns' dog crate/pen and the rest of the hallway. As always there's a huge amount of hay that falls out the back of the hay rack and out the back of the crate. It's up against the wall but with the skirting board, there's a gap which gets gets filled up with hay. I tried putting some cardboard down there but it doesn't fill the gap and also gets chewed. Last night I put a couple of storage box lids down there but there's still a gap. It wastes so much expensive hay and also makes them frustrated because they can't get to it.

Ideally, I'd have a metal panel or something that fixes to the cage so no hay can get out at all and won't be chewed but I haven't seen anything like this.

Has anyone else managed to solve a similar problem?

Even maybe a new hay rack that is closed off at the back might help a bit.

I seem to kill every thread I post on...even the ones I start

Maybe forget the hay rack idea... I've never had one... Don't like them.

My buns get all their hay in either food storage boxes/litter trays/or 64L storage boxes.

They won't eat it any other way unfortunately. The rack is over a storage box litter tray but anything that falls in there gets left.

I always end up binning a bundle of hay that doesn't get eaten. I was putting it in the poo trays. But I stopped as Jacob was eating it and I thought eww you've pooed and weed on that!

Sorry that doesn't answer your Question. :lol:
All I know is hay gets everywhere round here, I seem to spend alot of time sweeping up.

Yeah you kind of have to get used to hay going everywhere when you have buns!

Thanks for replying.

Some people use these

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80010222

I'm thinking of getting one myself next time I go to Ikea. It has a solid back and there are holes that you can use to fix it to the cage, then all you do is stuff it with hay and they can pull the hay strands out through the holes.

Quite a few people use the metal hanging baskets

Like this:

http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/images/gardman-12-inch-green-wire-hanging-basket-with.jpg

Thanks, the ikea bag holder could work, though my nearest ikea isn't that near! I could have a look for something similar on ebay perhaps.

I'd worry with the hanging basket that they'd just jump in it, poop and then refuse to eat the hay!