Hello, everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well.

I am having a bit of a snafu with bunny housing. At my old apartment, Jake was always free range because in such a small space (I was finishing up my undergrad), it just made more sense to bunny proof than to build a cage. Now that I’m going to law school, I have been able to find a much, much larger apartment (same rent, score! Lol) so I adopted Julie (who has become Yulie).

Anyways. The original plan was to have them both free range in my bedroom and hallway (see pics of their spaces below). However, I’m having second thoughts.

When I had to separate them to have Yulie fixed, I put her in a C&C cage in my living room attached to a large house (see pics of the house below and also Yulie modeling it when I first got it, lol!). She still goes in there at night and when I go to work or school. The pen is approximately 5×4 grids. She LOVES it, and I’m starting to consider making the pen wider & taller and having Jake join. There have been a few instances of Jake digging up carpet in my bedroom (thankfully, it’s super plush so it’s not noticeable) and I’m worried he will eat some. I put a ceramic tile down in the spot and he stopped digging there. But now I’m wondering if a C&C cage is a better option.

What are your thoughts? I know the volunteers at my local shelter are more pro-large cage than free range. I’m just having a hard time deciding.

Thank you!

*the free range set up in the bedroom was set up so they each had their own litter box (on a bed), a tent, a fleece, a couple toys, a water dish, and a tunnel. But lately, they’ve had no problem sharing lol.