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Do rabbits/bunnies chew through plastic mesh?

I'm making a rabbit hutch and I#92; have strong plastic mesh, not the metal mesh. Would the rabbits chew through the plastic mesh? It's really closed mesh as well. Please answer :)

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Plastic Bunnies
yum yum yum nice snack for the rabbits but yeah they can chew through the mesh quite easily and cats and fox's would get through it easily with one swipe at it
A rat can chew by tremendously much something this is housed in different than severe steel twine cages and glass aquariums. (the only reason it won't be able to chew by aquariums is that it won't be able to get a the tooth carry on the glass! ) a similar is going for plastic...if the rat has NO way of having a the tooth carry, it cannt chew in the path of the stuff...yet any the tooth carry and the cage is historic previous. Please notice that rats ought to have issues to chew on, for their front tooth proceed to strengthen, compensating for positioned on and tear on the tooth. So, provide rats complicated issues to chew on and that they are going to probable be some distance much less attracted to going everywhere that doesn't have food...and their cage has a relentless furnish of food.
Rabbits can chew pretty much any plastic. Even the hard plastic used to make some dishes or toys can be chewed by a determined rabbit. Plastic mesh is usually not too strong and could be easily chewed by a rabbit. With cages and anything that will contain a rabbit, metal or wire is best.
Plastic mesh would not only be really easy for the rabbit to chew through, but also a predator like a fox would have no problem breaking through it. Plus, if a rabbit accidentally ingests the plastic then it could be fatal. For a rabbit hutch you need strong gauge metal mesh, definitely no chicken wire or plastic mesh. 19 gauge mesh is probably the weakest you could go, ideally I would say 16 gauge mesh or lower. Make sure the gaps are quite close together to prevent other animals e.g. mice getting through.

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