Recommended height for a play pen?

[Hopper]

I am going to buy Hopper a pen to use when I take him places to play in outside. He will be supervised at all times and won’t be left in it alone.  How tall would be best for a large dutch mix? I don’t want him to jump out. Thanks in advance! 

[Vienna Blue in France]

That, my friend, is the million dollar question….. LOL
Is he a jumper? Mine can jump from a periscope position, with no effort, up to and over her head (ears!) height when standing up.
So definitely tall enough for him to stand up and then I would add another 50% on top of his stretch height (or 100% if the gates were up against a wall (to push off like a cat jumps – trust me, I found out the hard way!!! LOL))
You can always buy the cover / netting to go over it which will prevent him from being tempted to jump.
I bought one which has 8 individual pieces (gates, one of which has a door in) which are held together by drop pins that can go into the grass. You can then choose if you have a big space or not. and have an L shape, an octoganal shape, a square, a rectangle…… the shapes are endless! LOL

[redbunbun]

Our Tossu, a one-year-old 4,5kg New Zealand Red male, once jumped a 105cm puppy pen fence with ease right before my very eyes. Our French lop girl, on the other hand, doesn’t jump out of even a 40cm puppy pen. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that bunnies can and will jump incredible heights when properly motivated, but it does depend on the rabbit a bit!

If you do have a jumper on your hands, I would highly recommend covering the pen with a clothes-pinned sheet or something, or you’ll soon have an escapee rabbit! There’s no puppy pen in the world high enough to contain a rabbit who really wants to get over it. They’ve even been known to climb fences, as opposed to just jumping over it.

[Hopper]

Hopper is not a hopper at all (haha get it? LOL). I will probably get a cover and get a 40-60cm tall one. Thanks!

[Azerane]

I would personally recommend 60cm as a minimum, just for the sake of safety

[Hopper]

Ok That sounds good.

[Gina.Jenny]

Pippi and Gina both need a 4′ or 120 cm high run wall indoors to keep them in their allocated halves of the dining room. 3′ or 90 cm isn’t even a challenge for either of them, and neither of them are that big, with Gina being around 4 lb and Pippi just over 5 lb. Outdoors all four buns are kept in two enclosed metal runs.

And redbun is right, some bunnies can climb up like a cat, Gina does.

[Vienna Blue in France]

Oh yes def 60cm… 40 cm!!?? Mine would just step over that like Bunzilla without even engaging her super hopping powers! LOL

Put the top on straight away though, don’t let him jump out even once, ‘cos once they get the juicy taste of freedom, they magically bounce even higher…!! LOL

[Hopper]

Oops… Didn’t realize how short a 40cm was…. We use inchess but for some reason the pens are measured in cm. So, uh, looks like I am going to be getting 60+. If I have a 60+ (in cm) would the netting be okay or do I still have to get bigger?

[Gina.Jenny]

mine can hop over 90 cm without a secure roof, but it does depend on the bunny.

This is what I use outside, this is from a screen shot from the manufacturers image.

These aren’t too bad for price, fold flat, and are easy enough to move around on the grass

They are fairly secure, though a determined bunny could still burrow out! I had a cat come and sit on top once, it was soon a very wet cat, and the buns, though jittery weren’t too badly scared.

[Hopper]

That looks really nice, where could it be baught do you think?

[Gina.Jenny]

I’ve messaged you a link

[Sr. Melangell]

I bought Olly the highest pen I could find, its really a dog pen, he can jump 3 foot but, he’s not bothered about jumping now for some reason.

[dwiley]

Is a soft cover – like a sheet or blanket sufficient enough to keep them from wanting to jump out? Or do you all suggest a hard cover?

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