Picking a the Right Rabbit Cage

A secure and well-equipped hutch is essential for your rabbit’s happiness. Your rabbit needs access to a number of elements that will improve her quality of life in addition to safety concerns.

Your rabbit requires a litter box, as well as quick access to food and water. Rabbits require a place to sleep. The flooring of the hutch should be cushioned to safeguard your rabbit’s paws. Rabbit hitches must also offer amusement and area for movement.

There will be more issues if your rabbit’s hutch is outside. You must take into account the weather as well as the safety of your pet from predators. A hutch is just the start of your journey; it’s not the end. Making a rabbit hutch into a home requires a lot of effort.

DO I NEED A CAGE FOR MY RABBIT?

No cage is necessary for your rabbit. An untrained rabbit should, however, probably be kept in some sort of home base when you’re not home to oversee and at night when you sleep, such as an exercise pen (x-pen), a large cage, or some other protective housing. Check out the fantastic advice on x-pen living from the San Diego House Rabbit Society!

Rabbits are crepuscular, which means they typically rest at night and during the day, but are up and ready to play in the morning and at dusk. If you can, let them out in the morning as you get ready for work and during the evening when you are home.

If your house has been completely bunny proofed, your rabbit is comfortable with your home, and you are aware of what your rabbit does, there is no reason why he or she cannot have free rein of your house even when you are not there.

DO YOU AGREE THAT MY RABBIT MAY BE KEEP IN A CAGE WITH A WIRE FLOOR?

Rabbits were not made to survive on wire flooring, since they have rough feet. Your rabbit needs a resting board or rug to sit on if you have to use a cage with a wire floor; otherwise, she will spend all of her time in the litter box. It’s not perfect, though.

You can use a solid floor or one of the more comfy cages with plastic slatted floors. There shouldn’t be much of a mess to clean up, as long as your rabbit has a letterbox in the corner that he chooses as his bathroom. However, ex-pens or other types of settings are far simpler to locate, more accommodating, and better for both you and your rabbit.

WHAT HOUSING SIZE IS BEST?

Better is bigger! If your bunny is confined for a significant portion of the day, the size of his habitat should be at least four to six times that of your bunny when he is fully spread out. Sizes of enclosures should be chosen in combination with the rabbit’s exercise schedule and available space. One rule to follow is to provide 1-2 rabbits with an exercise area that is at least 24 square feet in size and at least 8 square feet in size, where they can play and run for at least 5 hours per day. Your rabbit will appreciate a two-story “condo” that you may build or purchase. The floors are joined by a ramp.

DOES MY NEW BUNNY PERMIT 24 HOUR LOSES?
Untrained rabbits should usually be kept in an enclosure at all times when you’re not home to watch them and while you sleep at night. Rabbits are crepuscular, which means they typically rest at night and during the day, but are up and ready to play in the morning and at dusk. If you can, let them out in the morning as you get ready for work and during the evening when you are home. If your house has been completely bunny proofed, your rabbit is comfortable with your home, and you are aware of what your rabbit does, there is no reason why he or she cannot have free rein of your house even when you are not there.

What can I do to improve the enjoyment of the rabbit’s enclosure time?

The term “nest” should be used to describe a rabbit’s base of operations. A unique location where he can feel protected and safe. She will like being in the nest if you make it fun, even if the door is open! Keep baby toys, a faux sheepskin rug, a piece of wood fastened to the interior (like a baseboard), and a good fruit or vegetable snack nearby for when you put him to bed at night. There are many entertaining wooden and cardboard play homes for rabbits in x-pens available today that your rabbit may climb and hide in, making his stay in his “home” much more interesting. You may locate them here, here, and here.

CAN A RABBIT BE ALLOWED TO RUN FREE IN THE HOUSE?

Your rabbit can be given free rein of the house (or a portion of it) even while you aren’t home if they are well-trained and the house (or the area they will have access to) has been suitably bunny-proofed. Your rabbit will be more enjoyable as a friend the more space she has to romp around in.

A rabbit may become bored even in large spaces where he has plenty of opportunity to go around. A bored rabbit is frequently a mischievous bunny. Your rabbit will create his own entertainment in your carpet, behind your couch, or beneath your recliner if you don’t try your hardest to give him plenty of toys, such as boxes, baskets, brooms, twigs, magazines, phone books, grass mats, etc.

CAN I ALLOW MY RABBIT TO RUN FREE INDOOR?

Anytime your rabbit is outside, always keep an eye on her. The neighbor’s dog can jump the fence, attack, or startle your rabbit to death in a matter of seconds.

Verify that no fertilizers or pesticides have been sprayed on the grass. Look around the yard for toxic plants and fence holes.