indoor bunny enclosure

At My House Rabbit, we advocate that pet rabbits live inside your trang chính as opposed to tướng outside in a hutch. Not only will you ensure your bunny is protected from severe weather and predators, your bunny will become more of a thành viên of your family when living inside with you because there tends to tướng be more social interaction that way.

There are many options for housing your rabbit indoors, including puppy pens, bunny condos, rabbit cages or simply a bunny proofed room. We’ll discuss each option below.

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Free Reign in a Bunny Proofed Room

We prefer to tướng let our pet rabbits have miễn phí reign in a bunny proofed room. We chose to tướng keep them in the room we use as an office.

A section of the room contains their litter box, hoặc feeder box, and food dishes on top of a plastic chair mat to tướng catch any spills or accidents. They enjoy the freedom of exploring at a leisurely pace or taking a top tốc độ lập cập whenever they choose to tướng. We provide cardboard castles for them if they feel the need to tướng get away for a while.

Puppy Pens

A great option to tướng consider is setting up a puppy pen (or X-pen) in the corner of a room for your rabbit. A puppy pen can be purchased at many pet supply stores or Amazon.

Puppy pens are large enough hold all of the essentials for a rabbit and give them room to tướng roam. They are also easy to tướng move when needed.

If you are concerned about your flooring or carpet, you can place a plastic chair mat, piece of linoleum, or an old rug at the bottom of the pen. (Make sure your rabbit doesn’t ingest these materials however, because this can cause blockage. Keeping the edges out of reach helps limit this behavior.) Puppy pens generally bởi not have tops to tướng them, sánh make sure you purchase one that is high enough that your rabbit cannot jump over (36 inches or higher).

Puppy pens are useful if you intend to tướng eventually give your rabbit miễn phí reign in a bunny proofed room. Limiting your rabbit’s space in the beginning will allow him/her to tướng grow accustomed to tướng the location of the food and litter box(es). By gradually increasing the space, your rabbit will not feel overwhelmed by a large area. This helps prevent accidents and lower stress.

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Bunny Condos

If you’re handy, the sky’s the limit when it comes to tướng building bunny condos. You can use wood, metal, re-purposed furniture, and other materials to tướng build a bunny condo. (See our blog post, Modern Bunny Hutch, for an example of a bunny house made from re-purposed IKEA furniture.) One thing to tướng note is that you should never build a rabbit enclosure with chicken wire because rabbits can chew the wire and hurt themselves. Also, if you decide to tướng build with metal, the slats should be fairly close together sánh your rabbit cannot get his/her head through. Otherwise, your rabbit may get injured or strangled.

An easy way to tướng build a bunny condo is with wire storage cubes. Wire storage cubes, available at Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, and Amazon, can be customized into many different arrangements. Although it can be slightly time-consuming, building a bunny condo out of storage cubes can be a fairly inexpensive option. (For step-by-step instructions on how to tướng build a bunny condo with storage cubes, see the House Rabbit Network trang web.)

Rabbit Cages

Of all the housing options, rabbit cages provide the least amount of space for your bunny, sánh if possible, we recommend trying a pen or bunny condo setup first. However, if you bởi opt to tướng house your bunny in a large cage, you must ensure the rabbit gets plenty of time of time outside the cage- at least a few hours daily. The options for cages are varied but require a few basics for the well being of your rabbit.

Cages must be large enough to tướng accommodate your bunny. The bigger the better! There needs to tướng be room for your rabbit to tướng move about and lie down, as well as space for food, water, litter box and toys. Never use glass aquariums as they are seldom large enough and bởi not have enough air circulation. It is also best to tướng have a cage with a front door sánh your rabbit can come and go on his/her own.

Some people prefer rabbit cages with wire bottoms because a litter pan can be placed underneath. This is generally fine, but you need to tướng include a tile or a piece of wood or cardboard for the bunny to tướng stand/lie on. Standing on the wire floor alone can cause damage and discomfort to tướng your rabbit’s paws.

There are many different housing possibilities to tướng consider for your rabbit. Rabbits need a place where they feel safe as well as room to tướng exercise and explore. The best option will depend on your living arrangements. But remember, rabbits are very social creatures, sánh choose a location in your trang chính that won’t leave your bunny feeling lonely and abandoned.