Small Cage /w Pen or Large Cage?

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- 04/30/2009 at 11:04 AM
  ElfHome
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  I haven’t even adopted a bun yet (or multiple bunnies) but I am thinking of it. I am wondering if a bunny(s) would do best with a really big cage or if a small cage with a large pen is better? I think with the pen they would have more room to roam but I am worried that if I do have to put them in the cage for whatever reason (say an emergency) then it would not be comfortable for them.
  
  I don’t mind Bunny-proofing the whole house if I have to, either. I have a free flighted parrot who likes to chew on everything she can get her nosy beak on but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I am wondering if the rewards are also worth the risks when dealing with bunnies?
- 04/30/2009 at 11:34 AM
  Beka27
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  Welcome here!
  
  I would not do a cage at all. If your parrot is not a danger to the bunny, I would get an open top dog exercise pen or you can build an enclosed NIC grid condo. Petstore cages are too small and they are usually pretty pricey, not worth the money at all. If you are adopting a bun, he or she will likely already be spay/neutered and litterbox trained. You could do a rug for flooring, or get a scrap of linoleum to go underneath just in case.
  
  I’m not sure what you mean by if there is an emergency where you will need a cage? You will need a small pet carrier for trips to the vet, so if there were an emergency where you had to evacuate your home, you could use the carrier to take your bunny with you. I may be misunderstanding what you mean tho…
- 04/30/2009 at 11:53 AM
  Sica
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  My buns definately prefer a pen over thier 3 story condo, just give your bun a hidey box, someplace where he can feel secure and hide from hands and beaks!
- 04/30/2009 at 12:56 PM
  ElfHome
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  The biggest danger is that my parrot likes to toss food – if left unsupervised during feeding time, I’d have a very fat bunny with digestive upset.
  
  What I mean by emergency is if the heat died (which happens) and I have to pack up and head to someone’s house I can’t let Bunny live on his/her carrier. A large pen could potentially be harder to move.
  
  I use my bird’s travel cage to move her but when the last forced move lasted almost a week a travel cage was too small for her to live in. We did give her outside time but having a cage she could stay in for hours at a time without getting bored was a real help. We would not have been able to move an aviary, which was something I initially planned on getting for her. Personally I am leaning towards buying a pen and several hideaways for Bunny and storing an extra cage at my sister’s just in case.
- 04/30/2009 at 1:06 PM
  riibu
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  Pens really aren’t hard to transport since they fold flat and can just go in the trunk of a car, but I don’t think a cage for a temporary situation like that would do any harm.
  
  For the rest of the time, a cover for the bunny’s pen for when you’re not around shouldn’t be too hard to manage.
- 04/30/2009 at 1:15 PM
  Beka27
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  Oh I see. I experienced something similar to that this past weekend. We had a bug situation in the house and we had to remove our buns from the house for the day. We use xpens, so I folded up one of the pens… the 8 panels fold together accordian style: /\/\/\/\ and we took it to my parents house. It was very easy to move and set back up over there.
  
  If you were to get a cage, Marchioro makes a nice plastic bottom cage that is 2×4 feet. The problem is… it costs betw/ 80 & 100 dollars and is only big enough for one bunny, but if you really wanted a traditional cage, that would be the way to go. I would still do the pen in addition to that.
- 04/30/2009 at 1:36 PM
  3crazybuns
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  Well, The cage I decided on is a wire dog crate (48x30x34) then I took NIC cubes and made a pen area right outside the cage for him, I left the door on the cage, so that if need be I can close the cage door. This way he can stretch his legs and get exercise even when I can’t be there to let him out. I love the Dog crate, because the tray is very easy to clean, and it lines nicely with news paper, I built a shelf for it as well, and he loves to lounge on it, and I think being under it makes him feel pretty safe too. —> I got this idea from the picture on BB.com btw! =)
- 04/30/2009 at 2:04 PM
  Bunnies4ever
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  I have one of the large Marchioro cages for my Netherland Dwarf, Mr. Bean. He LOVES it! It’s big enough for him as he has his hidey box, litterbox and a slew of toys and chew toys. I have my bigger buns in x-pen set ups. I think Mr. Bean wouldn’t know what to do if he lived in an x-pen. He gets”out time” where he runs around my bunny proofed office. My other buns have their own room where they run around and play in when they are not in their pens.
- 05/01/2009 at 7:01 AM
  ElfHome
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  Thanks for your help, I now have several options to look into.
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