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Nesting Box

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Wooden Wabbit

New Kit
Hi,

I'm new to this forum and so I apologise if this question has already been answered. I have a pregnant Doe who is about to give birth and I was told to put a shoe box in her hutch so she could start nesting. She keeps ripping the shoe boxes apart so I'm not sure what to use. Any idea what I could use? Should I buy a wooden nesting box? Does anyone sell them?

Thanks in advance.
 
Nesting box re commendation cone from the USA where rabbits are routinely kept in wire floor cages, so without a solid floor box cannot nest.

In the UK they aren't neccessary- you bun will make a lovely best by rearranging her bedding and pulling fur - usually in a corner of the more private section of the hutch or in a hidy box if you provide one. Just give lots of extra straw and hay and she will do the rest
 
Agree with Whitelighter. Just plenty of bedding in the hutch and she'll do the rest herself. Of course, if she's in a wire cage then she will need a solid floor area AND some additional beding.
 
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