Cages with slick plastic bottoms are especially bad for a bunny s feet and joints.
Plastic mat in rabbit cage for sore hocks.
Can cause sore hocks.
If you notice they are in the same place a lot check the hocks.
Grass mats for bunnies such as peter s woven grass mat.
Other materials must be provided for your rabbit to sit on.
Treating sore hocks can be time consuming expensive and lead to further health problems.
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Many store bought cages come with plastic bottoms.
Plastic mats such as eden farms mat for a bunny rabbit cage make a wire floored cage comfortable.
Lack of traction can cause painful problems in the pelvic and pectoral joints leading to arthritis and even splay leg.
If you currently have a wire mesh bottomed cage try an alternative.
In fact a nervous rabbit thump and stamps the rear limbs.
A wound on the feet if left untreated may cause rabbit sore hocks.
How to prevent sore hocks in rabbits.
So try your best to prevent this condition in the first place.
Sore hocks hurt and they can t move much.
8 wound on the feet.
The rabbit isn t hopping around much.
They are commonly sold in pet stores and used by many first time owners.
Lack of traction can cause painful problems in the pelvic and pectoral joints leading to arthritis and even splayleg an indoor rabbit needs soft cotton mats with rubber backing to provide enough traction for healthy locomotion.
Cages with slick plastic bottoms are especially bad for a bunny s feet and joints.
The rabbit will try and get off their hocks by hopping straight up in the air as much as possible.
It may also lead to sore hocks on rabbit feet.
Here are eight tips to consider.
Rabbit husbandry making resting mats for helping rabbits sore hocks out of ceramic tile we were for looking a cheaper safer alternative to using wooden boards or the plastic resting mats for.
An indoor rabbit needs soft cotton mats with rubber backing to provide enough traction for healthy locomotion.