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Anyone any experience of bunnies on bark chips?

joey&boo

Wise Old Thumper
You can get untreated bark so on a toxic level I'm assuming its safe enough but how will bunny feet fare on it? Any thoughts / experiences ?
 
Yes :wave: my quad of bunnies had a run on bark chips over mesh. If you buy playbark it is untreated and safe. It does rot down a bit over time, from memory I think it lasted a year before it needed topping up, I think I used 3 or 4 bags from b&q for my 17x 10ft run, which gave a couple of inches depth. Luckily they didn’t poop on it much! It was cheaper than slabbing it and their feet were very cushioned on it.
 
Yes :wave: my quad of bunnies had a run on bark chips over mesh. If you buy playbark it is untreated and safe. It does rot down a bit over time, from memory I think it lasted a year before it needed topping up, I think I used 3 or 4 bags from b&q for my 17x 10ft run, which gave a couple of inches depth. Luckily they didn’t poop on it much! It was cheaper than slabbing it and their feet were very cushioned on it.



Marvellous, just what I wanted to hear
 
Our bark yard is now covered in bark. I think it'll be lovely for the bunnies to run on, dig in etc. Can't wait to try them on it
 
that's good to know - thanks. Was your run covered?

No, it was a home built aviary style run, it had weldmesh fencing around it and over it. It was in a relatively shady spot (failed vegetable garden area) it was on a base of hardcore several inches thick, topsoil a sleeper or so thick, then the bark. When the darlings dug out through all that and were running loose in the goats area of woodland, I meshed under the bark to stop further escape. I suppose although it was very shady and would have had a tendency to be damp, it was very well draining. The bark didn’t seem to soak up water too much at all, no soggy hocks :thumb:
 
cool. thanks for the info Zoobec. Ours will not be free draining as its on concrete in a very wet corner of Lancashire. As its just an occasional play area I can at least monitor if & when they are exposed to it. I can't see how it would be much different from lots of wildies stomping ground, although as I say, more exposed to the elements
 
I think it will be fine, it might just need topping up as it rots down. Mine never ate any of it, that I was aware of anyway.
 
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:lol: I love the purple colour you’ve used :love:

aw thanks. It was white last year that quickly went manky with the water dribbling down from planters so chose that as was on sale at work but I quite like it. It'll be better when the flowers bloom (& I get more)
 
It looks as though they approve :) The bark also looks soft for their feet.



Joey concurs it is suitably bouncy .

I hope Mouse likes it too, she's not tried it yet but has the most to gain from a comfier exercise space. She doesn't tend to like new things though
 
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