I might add a third grid across to make it a bit larger that way. Good idea about the bed frame too – it’s hard catching a sick bunny hiding under the bed.

How many grids are on the side we cannot see?

If they’re not going to be locked up, you could actually do away with the condo altogether, or just do an open 3 sided space for litterbox, food, and water.

I was just lookin around and had to say…I have that towel liner in my rat cage.

Okay, okay, off topic. Sorry….

I don’t understand what you mean about the vertical jumping.  My largest rabbit- Griffin at 9lbs- I have him in 4 foot x-pen and I had to clip coroplast to the top to keep him in as he continued to get out.   I was not aware that larger bunnies should not jump.  When Griffin stands up to beg for a treat- and Schroeder is penned along side him- Griffin is almost twice as tall- so would have an easier time jumping since he can already get his front feet up.

I don’t understand that either… why shouldn’t big bunnies jump?

I’ve heard that larger bunnies may not be able to jump as high as smaller bunnies, simply b/c gravity is working more against them. But I’ve never heard it’s dangerous for them to jump.

Agree with Beka – I don’t think large bunnies should be made to jump things that are too high for them (if you were into bunny agility or something), but I don’t think there’s any reason they can’t jump whatever they want at home.

I’m not sure how large Peter is, but it seems like it’s easier for the bigger bunnies to jump onto shelves because when they stand up they’re already so close to the shelf.

Posted By Beka27 on 06/12/2010 07:19 AM
I’ve heard that larger bunnies may not be able to jump as high as smaller bunnies, simply b/c gravity is working more against them. But I’ve never heard it’s dangerous for them to jump.

And I am sure you are smaller than a basketball player but I am sure they can jump higher than you no?

My 15 lb flemmie cleared a 2 1/2 foot jump the day after her spay. Always jumps onto the couch and can binky about 2 feet in the air on a bad day…

I’m thinking the concern may be more so with landing. As Peter is a bigger rabbit, his muscle mass might impact on bones more on landing? Rabbit skeletons aren’t very strong. Hopefully Binkles will clarify soon.

I think some jumping would be good exercise for him though. Remember he probably stands taller (on all 4’s) than Little Bit, so the shelves mightn’t be too much of a challenge for him. For landing, you could always try foam mats under the liners if you’re concerned about that.

You might have already built the new cage by now…I was thinking make it the length of the bed and 2-3 grids high. Maybe add just one perch. Then you can add boxes and there’s room to move around on the floor level.

Do you have enough grids to turn it into a pen even?

We could add it. Post some pics in this thread and BB can put it in when she has a chance.

A new member posted this link in another thread and it actually addresses the height-jumping ability of rabbits. This is what I was thinking and trying to articulate when I made my reply (that Spidey so quickly shot down… lol.) He puts it much better than I did.

From this page:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Rabbits-703/2010/3/tall-xpen-checkered-rabbit-1.htm

There’s a ratio curve about weight/size and jumping ability, and it seems the mid size guys (5-8 pounds) are ideal size to mass to be able to get the most height. As they get smaller the size of the gate is harder to overcome, even though they have less weight to lift. As they get bigger though they have more muscle it’s harder to get all their mass and frame over that height.