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Forum HOUSE RABBIT Q & A House Safety

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    • Ana
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        I want to get my bunny a new house, but I’m worried about two things: a) if I get plastic ramps/ledges, will she chew through it? (She doesn’t seem to be a big chewer yet.) b) If I get wire, and cover it with carpet, will she just eat the carpet?  Do bunnies need paper/pellet/wood bedding, or is fabric okay?

        Thanks!


      • Sarita
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          My recommendation is to get her an x-pen or a puppy pen rather than a cage. The cages that you purchase at pet stores are totally inadequate for rabbits.

          You can put a carpet with a piece of linoleum under it for the flooring for the pen.


        • Beka27
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            yes, i second an xpen if you want something easy to clean up and set-up/move around.

            some people do condos, which are inexpensive, but they do take time to construct and you need tools to make the levels.

            this is what i have, they are two xpens joined together, total size 8 x 4 feet.  one xpen is 4 x 4 feet if made square…


          • MooBunnay
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              I have ex-pens as well. They are great because you can move them around to clean the floor around them, you can re-shape them to fit different areas in your room, and you can find cheap carpets at places like thrift stores, or Big Lots. The bunnies will usually chew the carpet if they can get to the edge of it. So, as you can see in Beka’s photo, they can’t get to the corners of the carpet, which is usually the most tempting part for them to start chewing at.


            • Kokaneeandkahlua
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                Absolutely-rabbit cages are more suitable for hamsters….Definitely build your own!!


              • Beka27
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                  along the lines of what MooBunnay said, i do have the corners of the rug outside of the pens. the lighter color rug is a very large 8 x 10 rug that i bought and cut down on one side to fit snugly in the one half of the room. the pen is at least three inches from the wall on every side. in this picture you can see how i have just laid the rug over the existing carpet. the buns are littertrained, but just in case, this protects the floor. if it gets beat up in a year or two, i can buy a new one (60 bucks at a bulk store like Sam’s or Costco) and no damage done. i have ziptied leftover NIC grids to each side to prevent the lil rascals from running behind and chewing the edges of the rug.


                • Scarlet_Rose
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                    That’s a very nice set-up Beka! I too would recommend something other than the rabbit cages sold in the pet store and definately no hutches either. The cages sold in pet stores are too small and the hutches are too as well as the wire bottom being very bad for your rabbit as they have a multitude of problems like sore hocks, catching nails and tearing them out. A very lage wire dog crate works well too, NIC condos are very nice, but like Beka mentioned do take some time to construct and you will need to use certain tools like a saw and wire cutters and will need zip ties (cable ties), NIC panels, 1 X 2″ lumber to support the shelves, lining the shelves, cutting it to fit and what is really important is constructing it properly so that it doesn’t bow or have some structural problem and it can take quite a bit of trial and error. I’ve made several, even one for a Chinchilla and I’ve got it down to a science now and find that I improve with each one and cut back the time I take to a couple of hours when I have all the supplies at hand – that includes making a cart for it.

                    So, if you have a lot of room x-pens are really nice. If you have a smaller space and don’t want to or can’t do a NIC condo, a very large wire dog crate works nice, and you can put a shelf in there with a towel lining the bottom of the cage and of course offer free-roaming time as they really should not be kept confined in a smaller home 24/7.

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