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inparticular.ai
A Giant Flemish throwing their weight around at the hay rack is a very real problem — standard racks just aren't built for a rabbit that can weigh 10kg and pulls hay out with serious conviction. You need something that either mounts to the wall or has a genuinely heavy, wide base, and is large enough that they're not cramming their head into a tiny opening. Before I point you in a direction — is the enclosure indoors or outdoors, and are you working with a hutch, a pen, or a free-roam setup? That'll affect what'll actually work for you.
He's indoors, free-roam in the living room mostly, with a large pen area as his base. He's knocked over two hay racks already — one just toppled completely and one bent out of shape. He's about 9kg.
inparticular.ai
That tracks — at 9kg he's essentially a small dog pulling at a hay rack designed for a 2kg rabbit. Freestanding racks will almost always lose that fight. The fix for a free-roam setup is going wall-mounted or attaching to pen bars so there's nothing to tip. Can you attach something to the pen bars directly, or are you looking for something fully freestanding that can go in the open room?
I can attach to the pen bars, that would actually be ideal. I just need it to be big enough — the last one was too small and he'd pull whole clumps out and waste loads.
inparticular.ai
Perfect — pen bar attachment is the right call for a rabbit his size. The product I'd go with is the Kerbl Metal Hay Rack. It clips securely onto pen bars with metal hooks, so there's genuinely nothing to knock over — it's fixed to the structure. The opening is wide enough for a large rabbit to feed comfortably without cramming, and being metal it won't bend or warp when he pulls hard. It holds a decent volume of hay too, so you're not refilling constantly. It's widely available on Amazon UK and reasonably priced. The key thing is making sure it's clipped at a height where he can reach it easily — for a Flemish, position it lower than you might think, roughly chin height when he's sitting normally, so he's not straining upward.
That sounds good. Does it matter what type of hay I put in it? He seems to go through a huge amount.
inparticular.ai
Going through a lot of hay is exactly right — for a rabbit his size, hay should genuinely be 80% or more of his diet, so high consumption is a good sign. For a healthy adult Flemish, Timothy hay is the standard recommendation: good fibre, right calcium levels for an adult rabbit, and most eat it enthusiastically. Meadow hay is fine too and some rabbits prefer the variety. The one to avoid long-term as a staple is alfalfa — it's high in calcium and protein, which is fine for young rabbits but can cause issues in adults. For a 9kg rabbit, buying in bulk (5–10kg bags) is the practical move — it works out cheaper and you won't be ordering constantly.
Really helpful, thank you. I'll go with the Kerbl rack.
inparticular.ai
Good choice — once it's fixed to the pen bars you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner. If you ever want to add a second feeding point elsewhere in the room so he always has access when he's roaming, a second identical rack on a room divider or shelving unit works well. Enjoy your very large, very hungry rabbit.
