One subject bought up by the referral vet was the flooring of the hutch as he may be allergic to shavings so i was thinking i could use vinyl flooring instead, does anyone have any ideas for me? :)

I have lined one hutch with vinyl flooring. It can be slightly slippy but I still use shavings and hay to prevent sore hocks. You can get the industrial stuff though which is not slippy and has a texteured surface but I think you'd still need to put hay on top.

With our previous bun who went in his hutch at night he had lino on the floor and hay and this other wood thing ( cant remember the name now, but it was similar to megazorb)

When Rosie and Jimmy used to go in the hutch at night, I again used lino on the floor and megazorb and hay.

I hope this helps.

One of my hutches has lino flooring the others i ust use newspaper. I haven't been using shavings much as i think that was what was irritating Buggles's eye.

How do you fasten the lino to the hutch floor? I think i may get some lino and just use hay?

All I did was cut the lino to size and then it fitted straight onto the floor to the hutch ( I didn't fasten it down, as I just took it out each time I cleaned it out) I forgot to add, before I put the megazorb and hay down, I put newspaper down on top of the lino.

Mine isn't fastened down as I find wee can seep under it so I taken it out and hose out the hutch. I depends if you bunnues are good and use their litter tray I guess, one of ine refuses to.

But it was my intention to use a silicone sealant around the edges to seal out the moisture so I could leave it in, I just haven't got round to it hehe hehe

The tube of silicone can be bought quite cheaply in the pound shops but you'll need an applicator gun. Some DIY shops sell it in a smaller tube that can be squeezed by hand but it is a fair bit more expensive.

Jon and i went to countrywide yesterday and found a horse bedding called medi bed, it has a natural disinfectant against bacetria, fungi and viruses and its dust free, tried it in his hutch and he seems to like it, it looks really cosy! so fingers crossed this helps, we have also re-positioned the hutches so he is away from the bush that could be causing part of the allergy :)

Hope it works hun.

I line the foster hutch with newspaper, tiles on top, then another layer of newspaper and load it up with hay.