Hi everyone! I am new here and am new to rabbits! I’m sorry if this has been posted before, the search function won’t work for me!

I will be adopting a bonded pair of males within the next 2 weeks. I have done a ton of research and am still reading as much as I can, but I had a question I haven’t been able to find much information on. I thought this would be a good place to hear first hand experience.

My main question: Should I leave the boys in their cage for 24 hours before letting them out? I have heard differing opinions on this.

They will have their own room to live in, and eventually we will be working up to letting them have free range of the house just when we are home. Currently they live in a cage at their fosters’ and are let out to play everyday. Would it make them feel better to be in their cage at the start or just let them get used to the entire room? I won’t be bothering them much the first week or two other than everyday tasks with the buns and my guinea pigs (who will be in the same room, but up on tables high enough the buns can’t access) but I will be in the house to keep an eye on them. I really only have a cage area as a home base and in case there’s a situation having them in a cage is necessary, it won’t be closed on a regular basis.

If you have any other tips for me as a first time bun owner that would be appreciated as well! These boys had such a hard hard start in life the foster didn’t think they would even make it (abandoned, emaciated, worst case of ear mites the shelter vet had ever seen, among other things), so I’m very honored she accepted my adoption and I want to give them the best life I possibly can from the start!