Depend on your rabbit(s).
One of my two rabbit will hate her life if she put her foot on hard floor. I took her to kitchen floor for about 30 to 60 minutes for five days straight. She never move. She HATE to be in homemade cage that come with hard floor (coroplast – type of flooring). So carpet is for her and good thing that she never chew or dig on carpet. However, she isn’t litter-trained even though she is already fixed. She will pee somewhere from time to time. I’ll have to replace carpet like once a year.
My another rabbit didn’t care but prefer to hop around on carpet because it is much easier but like to sleep on hard floor. He chewed on carpet.
So.. my female rabbit hate hard floor so I have to get carpet but my male rabbit will chew on it! How can I solve this problem?
I came up with a solution. Thin carpet.. yes very thin carpet.. not puffy thread coming out of carpet. It’s like a classroom carpet that you went to K-12 school.
The chewer rabbit will chew some of the corner of the carpets but I blocked them by placing heavy things cover the chewed spots. I noticed he NEVER chew carpet in middle of room? 0.o But that’s good thing!
Both of my rabbits are happy which is good!
Anyway, my point is that you should try to get thin carpet after your rabbit will be fixed (spay) which will improve your rabbit’s litter habit of going to litter box(es). Also try to observe your rabbit’s chewing behavior.. Is she chewing carpet in middle of room? No? then get thin carpet and heavy object to block that she will chew on. (From what I read, most of rabbits tend to chew near the walls or corners but make a double check with your rabbit’s chewing behaviors)
1. Why don’t you move turtle tank to other room? Rabbits NEVER like to be in hot temperature like 80 for rest of their lives. They like to be in 55 to 70 F.
Don’t bother to get hard floor if you want to cool down. I mean do you want your rabbit to hop for few seconds and realized it’s too hot and lay down on floor to cool down. Then later she will develop her habit of laying down for rest of her life just because it’s cooler not to move. (the more rabbit move, the more she will feel heat, heat come from energy burn)
2. Get a shark hand vacuum to clean your bird poops faster.
3. She more likely won’t have accident if you take her to vet for spaying her.
4. Get thin carpet
5. look at answer number 4 if your carpet isn’t thin.
Yes rabbits can hurt themselves by slipping on the hard floors. I dislike the idea of getting rugs. I mean, that’s very limited space and freedom for her to move.