Rabbit cages with their own hands: drawings, schemes

Breeding and keeping pets implies a greater degree of responsibility of the breeder and requires strict adherence to certain rules. One of the most important is the creation of acceptable conditions for the existence of the animal. They should be close to nature.

Rabbits have a high degree of resistance to various diseases. They are unpretentious to food and living conditions, easily multiply. But despite all this, animals need a properly organized dwelling.

To build a house for pets should be approached competently. This takes into account the number of animals, their sex composition and age.

What is needed for rabbit breeding?

To engage in breeding rabbits at home, special cash costs will not be required. It is necessary to have cages for animals, drinkers, containers for food. All this is easy to do by one's own hands.

Harvesting hay and branches can be done in the summer. Roots and vegetables can be easily harvested in their own garden. The main expense will be the vaccination of animals and the purchase of concentrated feed.

Recommended cells for rabbits

In each cell should be placed same-sex animals of about the same age, mass and character. Place adult animals and females with rabbits recommended in one- and two-section cells.

The sizes of rabbit cells have standard indicators:

• Length - 100-120 cm;
• Height - 50 cm;
• Width - 70 cm.

For young rabbits, wooden cages fitted with steel mesh are suitable. Their dimensions correspond to the size of the animals. For example, for 10 individuals, a cell with the same dimensions as above is acceptable, but its length should be 170 cm.

How to build a single-tiered cell?

Many are interested in how to make a rabbit cage with their own hands. Of course, if you have the right materials, this is not so difficult. The article presents drawings of rabbit cells. Also recommendations are given on the choice of materials for work.

To keep rabbits from the outside in the cell system, double-sided single-stage rabbit cells are the most popular.

The length of such cells is 220-240 cm and the width is 65 cm. The height of the wall in front is 35 cm. The roof must be with one slope, equipped with a visor protruding forward by 20 cm, and from the sides by 10 cm.

Two cells for food are built in the cage. The floor is made of metal mesh. The size of the cells should be equal to 18x18 mm or 16x48 mm. On the grid should be applied wooden slats, the width of which is 2 cm, and the connector between them is 1.5-1.8 cm.

Rabbit cages with their own hands with the right design should have a septum with a crescent whose width is 17 cm and a height of 20 cm. It should be located between the nest and the stern compartment in order to prevent the rabbits from penetrating the nest into the stern compartment. Laz is constructed at a height of 10-15 cm from the floor.

From the front side of the cage are hung two doors from the net, which lead to the feeding area, as well as two solid doors from the planks leading to the nest compartment. On the door leading to the stern, you need to hang a trough with a removable structure and drinkers.

A nursery is established for feeding with coarse fodder between compartments. The basis of them are two frames of wood, on which the net is stretched. The size of the grid cells should be 20x50 mm. The lower ends of the frames are aligned, and the upper ends are parted to the sides of the feed compartment. As a result, a V-shaped nursery for roughage is obtained.

What materials will be needed?

For the construction of a single-tiered cage on two individuals, the performer will need:

• Plywood area of 2 m ² .
• A mesh made of metal with a mesh size of 18x18 mm or a welded mesh of 16x48 mm (1.3 m ² ).
• A grid with cells 35x35 cm or 24x48 cm (0.6 m ² ).

Production of bunk cells

The level of costs for erecting a two-level cage for animals is not so high. This is because the design is simple. In addition, cash costs will pay off in the first months of use.

What materials will be needed?

To make a cell with two tiers you will need:

• Two sheets of wood fiber.
• Beams measuring 60x100 mm (4 pcs.).
• Fence rail fence (50 pcs.).
• Ruberoid size 4x2 m for the construction of a pallet.
• Nails.
• Paint.

What equipment is required?

• Two deep bowls covered with enamel (their diameter should be 220 mm).
• Tank for collecting manure (height about 300 mm).
• A pair of electric heaters VPI-03 (they are used for household purposes, immersed in water).
• Transformers for the reduction of 220x127 V (4 pcs for 8 cells).
• Five-liter cans of polyethylene (4 pcs.).

Cell construction

Rabbit cells need to be arranged according to how light will fall. The blind closed wall, where nursery boxes and feeders are located, should look to the north. This protects animals from wind and cold.

The roof is constructed taking into account that it hangs from the north by 90 cm, and from the south - by 60 cm. From the west and east the roof should be on a par with the exposed beams.

Rabbit cells bunk contain a stand-frame, the lower and upper tier. You can also build a roof from the roof. As a rule, use a transparent or semi-transparent material. Can be used and roofing felt.

The tier from above is a rider, that is, it will serve as a breeding ground for rabbits after the end of feeding with mother's milk. This room is made from different cells. One of them should be bigger than the frame.

The rider is divided into two parts by means of a feed box for feed that has exits on both sides. A common canister is also installed here. Each compartment should be equipped with a folding feeder for feed, crèche for fresh and dry grass. They look like an opening door. The door is attached to the car lock.

The floor is horizontal. Its basis can be made of wood rails, which are located at an angle of 45º, so that small rabbits can not hurt their paws. All the walls and doors of the cage are made of a lattice. The exception is the north side.

Below is the uterine stage. It consists of two compartments: nesting and walking. It can also include the same constituents that are present in the upper tier.

The compartment for the socket has a removable floor. It is located below the rest of the tiered area. In this compartment will be put matychnik. Before the rabbit brings the babies, she instinctively makes her way to him.

The rest of the socket must be stationary. It is equipped with a wall with a lap, overlapping the latch. The door to the nest is best equipped with hinges from below, so that when open it serves as a platform for the animal.

The walking department is provided with a floor of racks, located perpendicularly. This ensures the rigidity of the structure. In the zone for the walk is a canister drinker, a folding feeder and a feed hopper for mixed fodders. The nursery door is hung on the counter of the rear part of the walk. A door must also be installed for the appliance.

In the floor of the walking department a window is constructed under the end of the conical shaft, which is fastened under the floor of the upper tier. The pit is connected to a hopper equipped with a removable door and a manure tank. Thus, the rabbit cells will be cleaned at the expense of special doors, which will also make available the capacity for mixed fodder. The containers themselves are located under the inclined grids of feeders.

At the bottom of the cell frame is a compartment of electrical equipment. In parallel, this place serves as a rider for rabbits. It must be locked. For convenient loading of feeders, it is necessary to build it upside down.

The construction of the feeder for the mixed fodder has a housing with windows for rabbits, as well as a pallet. It is constructed from a grid with small cells.

All folding components must be equipped with handles, hinges and latches, and also if necessary mortise locks.

The side and front walls are tightened by means of a fine mesh, the working side can be covered with a grid with large cells.

Mini-farm from two-tiered cells

To build a small farm on the basis of bunk cells do not need a lot of space. One cell occupies 1.4 m ² . If you construct a farm from two rows and use eight cells with a gap between them of 70 cm (measured along the legs) and a passage of 110 cm, the farm area will be 25 m ² .

Each cell contains up to 25 rabbits at a time. In the lower part will sit a rabbit with a new offspring, and in the upper - the previous offspring.

Over a number of years, cells from two tiers were used on experimental farms and showed their high profitability and profitability. So their use is recommended to all farmers.

Manufacturing of a family unit - cells from three sections

To make rabbit cages by their own hands of such a design is a more complicated task. But such family units are very convenient for the reproduction of animals. In the central part the male lives, and on the sides there are rabbits.

Partitions of wood between the cell compartments are equipped with lasers with latch from plywood. They are designed for easy attachment of females to the male and return them back to their compartment.

What materials are used to construct the cage?

The basis of the frame can make bars. Walls on the sides, compartment for the nest with doors and partitions are constructed from a lining.

For the front wall a metal net is used. In the nesting departments, there is an attic - this is the free space between the ceiling and the common roof, where the female rabbits can rest.

An additional convenience is that the arrangement of feeders and drinking bowls is thought out in such a way that they are not susceptible to contamination and they can be filled from the outside.

Cages for rabbits according to the breeder's design NI Zolotukhin

The well-known rabbit breeder NI Zolotukhin has been breeding these cute animals for several decades. Such a wealth of experience helped him to design a new cage for rabbits.

Features of the breeder cells

• The floor is solid. Its basis is slate or plank.
• There are no pallets in the cages.
• A narrow strip of floor from the grid is only along the rear walls of the structure.
• The rear walls are installed with a slope, so that the waste of rabbits from the tiers located at the top do not fall on the rabbits in the lower tiers.
• There are no special queen cells. The rabbit itself builds a nest before childbirth.
• On the doors are attached the grain troughs that are turned outwards for filling.

The pattern of the rabbitry is presented below.

How to make cages for rabbits of dwarf breed by own hands?

If you want to house dwarf rabbits, then their cells are constructed in a different way. In the pet stores there are many different models. But it is not necessary to buy them. You can make a cage for your pet yourself, and it will not take long.

The structure consists of two walls on the sides, the size of which is 70x70 cm. The back wall is fixed in such a way that under the cage a lumen is obtained. The height of the back wall is 55 cm, length - 100 cm.

At the bottom of the cage are nailed meter racks. A metal net is attached above them.

The cell cover is made from a grid on the hinges. It is equipped with a handle. Under the cage a pallet is installed.

How to choose a grid?

When making rabbits, of course, you will need a net. In order for the manufacturer to better understand which grid option will be optimal, we recommend using a number of tips.

Many people ask themselves: is galvanized wire, a material made of steel or aluminum, suitable? It is better to choose steel construction because it is longevous.

To make a cage made of wood with mesh doors and floor, you should choose the net carefully so that it does not injure the paws of the animals. Experienced breeders advise using it with small cells. A material of metal is used. The thickness of the mesh is 2 mm, and the size of the cells is 16 × 48 mm. For the construction of the side walls of the cell, a galvanized mesh is suitable.

For the construction of the door, any kind of grid is used. It need not necessarily be welded. Use and wicker are allowed.

In the warm season, animals can be kept in a cage enclosed by a net. For it, a wicker construction with a thickness of 1.2 mm is suitable.