Is there a specific problem with them digging at fleece? Most bunnies will dig or rearrange to their liking

They do need something softer on the floor really. What about a rug? You can get natural fibre ones (sisal? I think) that won’t harm them if ingested.

@Sirius&Luna: It doesn’t have to be soft as long as it’s nothing synthetic or very harsh that could provoke sore hocks doesn’t it?

To keep floors dry from spilling water: Put the bowl in a litter box! Now you may be thinking “but Daisy, hay and poop will end up in there!”. You are correct indeed, that’s why you should use a separate (small) litter box with some bedding and just the water bowl inside.No food or anything else. I’m not sure if it works with your bunnies, but mine don’t use that box as their litter box and only hope into it to drink, so the litter in there stays clean for weeks on and and any water spillage is absorbed. Should somebunny ever decide to flip the entire bowl it’s fine as well because it will flip inside the litter box,keeping your floor dry.

If your buns decide to use that second litter box as a toilet as well, then you could put your bowl just in the main litter box if you have a large one. My “main” litterbox is very large, it’s roughly 4-5 bunnies in size. My 2 bunnies can hop and lay in it together and eat hay at the same time. I have put my bowl in one of the corners (it has 3 corners) as far from the pee/poop corner as possible and it stays decently clean, but hay will end up in there so you will have to refresh more often.

Also, I use vinyl as flooring, which is known to be good to prevent sore hocks. Just don’t pick a type of vinyl that’s slippery and you’re good to go! Cleaning is very easy: I just vaccuum it and then mop it with water+vinegar.

It needs to be not an entirely flat, hard surface, like wood or tiles are. My vet said that in the wild, they’re on grass, so really you want an uneven surface that simulates the texture of grass. She said the best you can do when you have wooden or tiled floors is have rugs, so that’s what I’ve done, but fleece has the same effect.

Unless you’re prepared to change their water bowl every couple of hours, I really wouldn’t recommend putting it in the litter box. Just get a heavy bowl that can’t be flipped over.

For a hidey house you could just use a plain cardboard box with entrances cut out. How much time out of their pen do they get because that looks very small especially for 2 rabbits? It looks like a hidey house would take up a significant chunk of space.

Tunnels are great to hide in but can also be used as “highway” to the other side of the pen, making it very space efficient as a hidey area and toy in 1 in my opinion, especially if they’re edible (willow tunnel for example). I also like using cardboard boxes with 1 or 2 entrances (and a hole cut at the top to prevent them from jumping on top of it and escaping the pen). They like destroying it and I give them a new one every few weeks with different entrances so that it is new to them again. 

Nice set up, the bed is adorable! I was going to mention the escape route but you spotted it already, ha! Maybe if you find a box big enough the bed can be inside of it to save space, then it will be like a tiny sleeping room.

@Sirius@Luna: Interesting, I didn’t know that! Too bad my bunnies eat and dig fleece (and rugs…And couches ) else I may have had considered the switch (it always looks so cute!).

I buy mine from Huisdierplein, Zooplus and BunnyBunch (if you Google the names you will find them, not sure if I’m allowed to link here), but if you’re not Dutch they’re of no use to you.

Binkybunny happens to have a willow tunnel: https://store.binkybunny.com/willow-tunnel-bb-15-p22.aspx. But there’s also plenty on Amazon! Hyacinth tunnels are also great: https://www.rosewoodpet.com/small-animal/activity-toys/naturals-toys-beds/hyacinth-tunnel as well as seagrass tunnels: https://www.rosewoodpet.com/small-animal/activity-toys/naturals-toys-beds/sea-grass-tunnel

Posted By bumpkin93 on 6/12/2018 4:36 PM

They’re out of their pen for about 8 hours a day. They’re really only in there if someone needs to run errands, or for night time. We are moving in a couple months where they will be free roaming.

Ah okay

My rabbits really like log tunnels. I get these ones: http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/pets/wooden-playsticks-large

Both bunnies love chewing on it but Buttercup also loves laying under it. She’s not one to lay for extended periods of time in an enclosed box/hideaway but she loves tunnels