Unfortunately, rabbits are often awake later than you and wake up earlier, so there will probably be some noise. Some people have had luck putting a towel over the cage which can tell the buns that it’s time to sleep, but this isn’t guaranteed to work. You can also take away the noisiest toys and leave them with quieter activities, but if they get bored they’ll probably find a way to make noise anyway.

Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful! Plenty of people do keep buns in their room and do just fine. I think if you’re a reasonably sound sleeper you will probably do ok.

I had my rabbit in my room at my nighttime and he kept me awake from chewing on his toys to throwing his food bowl around. I finally got tired of not having much sleep and moved him to another room.

They can be loud at night. There really isn’t a lot you can do about that. My buns are in an adjacent room to my bedroom, and even with the door closed at night, some mornings they will wake me up. I’ve been known to have to trek over to their xpen at 5am and remove a loud toy or a cardboard box that was loudly getting dug or shredded. And I am not even a light sleeper… and if they wake me out of a dead sleep, not sure what people do who are light sleepers. Is there somewhere else in your house where you could have the bunny: family room, bun-proofed office?

I’d keep them out of the room if you can. I have no choice, in a studio, and being a light sleeper it troubles me sometimes. They take the hint to go to sleep soon after the lights go out, but they sometimes wake up much earlier than I do, or in the middle of the night, and can make some noise. The worst is if they thump. Beulah can wake me out of a deep dream because a thump on her cage sounds like a small explosion.

They might also learn your daily routine and start getting really busy around the time you’re supposed to be up, even if it’s a weekend and you wanted to sleep in. 😀

I am one of those people who live in a Bedroom with my two ( free range).

Yes. They can be loud at night. They were louder when I caged them at night, so I personally gave that up. My room, however, is Heavily rabbit proofed – Not that this means it is fail safe – they occasionally find new and interesting ways to get around, over or through my rabbit proofing.

They Generally bed down about when I do – 11:30 or so. Some nights they decide that additional Bunny 500 runs – including over the top of me in bed – would be fun. Last Sunday after I watched Paranormal Activity and scared myself senseless, Coco decided to jump up when I finally fell asleep and sniff in my ear. Jackson thought is was a great time to start loudly chewing a willow ball.

Needless to say, I did not get much sleep that Night.

All in all, however, I am a very deep sleeper.

They do, however, start up, as Beka described when the sun rises. That is prime Maze shredding time in their opinion. Occasionally it does wake me up.
If the food is not out by 7 a.m., they go crazy – jumping on me, racing around and generally making as much noise as two rabbits could possibly make.

This morning I was still asleep since my daughter had been up vomiting in the night and so I was late with the food. They DO not appreciate being late with the food, even if I was up half the night and it was Saturday.

I would say weigh your options very carefully. They are NOT silent animals. Coco is actually quite a snorer.

I don’t have a bun, but I would like to pitch in that with the animals in my room (rats and hamster) I find the noise they make actually soothing, like your not alone. In a good way, lol – not like stalker way haha. They are my babies; I love hearing them and what their up to

My solution with my freerange girl is to keep her out and awake during the day. She tends to sleep through the night very well. The other two certainly make their share of noise though, no matter how much attention they get. They have a more normal rabbit schedule (party from sun up to sun down). The bottles are kind of noisy if they aren’t full, so I make sure they are always full. Maybe you could foster a rabbit before you actually own one? That way you can keep him/her in your room and see if it keeps you up. Not to mention you’ll learn a bunch more things and find out if a rabbit is the perfect pet for you!

i agree with KytKattin, i think you should try to foster a bunny first, because bunny’s are a lot of work when i got my first bunny i was surprised on how much care and attention they need.

I’ve always had my rabbits in my bedroom. I kind of just phase out Saffron’s rabbit sounds now. Like an old creaky house – the first week you notice sounds, the next you don’t.

Sometimes my roommate sleeps in my bed, and last night he asked me what Saffron was doing. I didn’t even realize Saffron was making noise. haha. Turns out he was (loudly) chomping hay.

It’s weird though, the only bunny sound that ever really wakes me up is when they would thump. Thumping wakes me from dead sleeps.

Personally, I think you’ll be fine.

I suggest using a water bowl instead of a bottle, because that is about the loudest they will get. Bunnies are much quieter than a dog barking to be let out in the morning or a cat meowing all night, but you will get the occasional thud of them playing around…

actually, I find it’s much handier to have a water bowl, like one of those semi-shallow, wide ceramic dishes that are hard to push over in the free-range area, or wherever there is plenty of room so he’s not going around it or stepping in it all the time. then there’s less noise, no worrying about where to hang it, and it doesn’t drip or leak all over plus he’s kinda clumsy and sometimes sticks his face too far in the water and it’s really cute to watch him clean up all the water that sticks to his face.

I agree with Nat, for the most part, that hearing different munching sounds and slurping, is kind of soothing and reminds me that all is well with my bun. It’s when he Buddie does the Bunny 500 through his mini haven and his tunnels ending up in his plastic enclosed litterbox, that I think a lamp has fallen over or a phone book has crashed to the floor and if I wake up, I soon go back to sleep as I know from getting up, i’ll just find him grooming himself and all the commotion is over. So depends on what furniture he can run through, if any. But if enclosed in a pen that’s roomy at all, and even in a cage, rabbits will find ways to do the Bunny 500. If they have free run of the room, they’ll also make noise. Lash, my first bunny, didn’t wake me up some nights except in the morning if I’d rolled over on my side, she’d urinate in the small of my back and THAT would wake me up! But mostly she would find someplace to sleep and avoid a lot of noise during the night and day, because I gave her free run of the apartment.