Do you have a Bunny Room?

[BinkyBunny]

 I’ve sort of done this backward… but see my lounge post  about this: https://binkybunny.com/FORUM/tabid/5…fault.aspx

[RubyRain]

Kind of…we have the bunnies in an X pen and smaller cage (will both be in X pen but Leo just got neutered so we have to wait another week) and that is in one end of the basement family room. This area is “walled” off with wire shelving units so the bunnies can run around during each one’s play time but not get to the rest of the furniture, cords, etc

It works well so far.

[armynurse]

unfortunatly, in my 600 sq ft apartment, my living room is my bunny room. But I have their 2 story cage in there next to my couch that I cover with a matching throw when I have company over. doesn’t bother me having them in there since i clean their cage every other day. They run around freely all day, so it’s nice having them out and about with me.

[SimonSays]

I just graduated my Simon to his own room today. I had him in an x pen with his cage at one end in my room for the first month. He’s a big boy and was outgrowing his space not to mention waking me up at night doing a solo bunny mosh pit! He now has my guest room all to himself. He seems pretty confident in there but goes back to his cage frequently to eat and nap…and poo (thank goodness). I’m just happy to be using the space for something fun instead of just storage.

[Boysclub]

my bunnies will have a room just for them when i move at the end of june!!! i am sooo excited!!!

[Carol]

My bunny Bean has her own room. I have her cage in a corner and I let her out during the day. I have a litter box for her in one corner and some toys out in the room for her. She loves it! She can come out and run around whenever she wants but she still has her cage to retreat to when she needs some alone time. Does anyone have any good ideas for ways to make the room more entertaining for her?

[miley14]

add a mirror
a tv
mine like to watch tv when there lazy/sick

[Rabbit lover]

Yes I am getting one we are closing of part of a room for my bunnies

[Bunnehs]

Yeaa kind of.. My bunnies live in the bathroom and hallway. But when i get home from school they get to play in the whole house ( excluding teh outside ): ) until I go to sleep which is like 10 pm.

[Yuki Kathleen]

Sorta…the bunnies cant completely free roam because it isn’t exactly closed (doesnt have a door) but they have a large c&c pen (2×6) cage that they live in along with a play pen, and harnesses to go on walks.And i keep all my supplies in there so i guess it sorta is…. I also let them roam my room when i am there.

[yannikin]

i live in a city and am jealous of all o fyou!!!!!

[SuperCheesetastic]

we let penelope roam the entire house except my room and the bathroom because we dont want her in the bathtub and my room is carpeted. we will sometimes let her roam for the entire day… she doesnt chew furniture thank god. i have read that some bunnies go to town chomping on wires and wood. heh.

[Cupcakesmom]

My Cupcake has a pen in the living room, but basically runs free in there. Its her space and she doesnt really care to venture any further than that. Dizzie has a spot in my scrapbooking room that I let her run around in during the day. She goes in her cage at night because she seems to forget about her litter box at night. She gets to run in the dining room and hallway when I get home from work too. She loves it and binkies all over! Cupcake loves to run in our basement as it is completely carpeted

[ripley294]

i just have a 24 square foot x pen and let them out some times

[Theresa]

I do now!

 

 

[samiboo]

nope zoo-zoo shares a room with me. which is just fine because she sleeps with me and if she doesn’t she throws a fit. she has her own cage, a little bed next to her toy box with all her toys and she has found some hiding spots on my closet and under the bed aslong as you can co-exsist together there is really no need for the bunny to have their own room. Don’t want them becoming anti-social or anything

[Miss Megan]

double post

[Miss Megan]

my rabbit lives free range in my room (recent hoping it works)

[Nikkisbuns]

I just adopted 2 buns who where from totally different places they just need up cumin to me at weeks apart they seem to get along fine but I have always had buns in a hutch I gave these guys a whole room what do your guys suggest for must haves they just have a hidey house and a few boxes n like 3 toys HELP!

[Nikkisbuns]

I just adopted 2 buns who where from totally different places they just need up cumin to me at weeks apart they seem to get along fine but I have always had buns in a hutch I gave these guys a whole room what do your guys suggest for must haves they just have a hidey house and a few boxes n like 3 toys HELP!

[jerseygirl]

Hi Menmybuns and congrats on the new bunnies!

You’re welcome to start a new topic for your question. That way more members will see it and offer suggestions.

Posts made in these pinned topics tend to get missed.

Tunnels are always a good addition. And some small tables perhaps? Rabbits like to have higher points to get up to, investigate what’s going on. And with tables, they can sit underneath also.

Checkout the habitat photos under BUNNY INFO tab for more inspiration. Also the link in 1st post of this thread.

[lula1128]

Kind of… I have a HUGE walk in closet and that’s they’re room. I let them out of the room for for hours a day and they are free range of the closet at night.

[Nikkisbuns]

Here’s a lil video I made of my boys room http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fGXDXWz5s0o

[LindsBeck]

I live inbetween two places.  At the one palce my bedroom is the bunny room and at the other place the living room(his area where his cage is)… my bunny is always free roaming.  He’s almost 5 months and free roaming has worked out well for me… he’s so well behaved and never gets into mischief. I always keep a close eye and have bunny proofed both houses. 

[BinkyBunny]

Posted By Menmybuns on 01/29/2013 03:48 PM
Here’s a lil video I made of my boys room http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fGXDXWz5s0o

Oh, oh, the link isn’t working. 

[smalz]

My two rabbits have the whole house, no cage. I installed a pet door to my room so when they ready they come in room. I am particular about them so I keep them close as possible. I have a room for them but I prefer them with me.

[Loverats]

 

[Loverats]

My bedroom. my rabbit sky spends most of the day in my room. He also likes going outside in a playpen. My rats use to be able to free range in my room but they tore it up way too much so they are in the bathroom now

[Hannah and Hunter]

I wish!! I definitely would but i dont have a spare room my bun only has a 2.5 x 8.5 which is pretty bad….. now if i could get rid of my siblings…>

[Big Brown Lop]

I’m moving and the air conditioned porch will soon be divided between two bonded pairs of buns. For now they are living in the entire house but get locked up at night

[LongEaredLions]

My bunnies have a 2 1/2 by 6 foot condo as a “home base”
But they are never locked in. At night they have a room(and their condo, which is in the room) and in the day they have the whole house.

[Yu]

I am so jealous of everyones bun being able to run around freely, as much as I would love to have my doing so.. I can’t since he is only 7week old and still pee and poo everywhere he goes…not to mention my house is a new home that was just finished a few month a go so I don’t want him to ruin the floor… However, I do let him out around the house running around a bit each day.. just that I have to keep cleaning his pees and pick up his poos… :/

[Kayota]

I do! I can’t let her loose because I have a small house and lots of things that have nowhere to go (=clutter!) but I picked up the kitchen the day before Mako came home and she’s been so good (picked up litter training in a day, would you believe it?) that last night I let her have the run of it while I slept and she still did just fine It’s pretty small (but bigger than a hutch or cage!) so both litterboxes are within easy reach. Now I just have to get a proper gate, right now she just has cardboard… not gonna last long!

[Egg]

Mine lives in the bathroom until we get home(just a few hours) and sleeps mostly, and is free until dark, where she has a tent on the large porch

[Priya]

I wish I had a bigger place so he could have his own space with a huge xpen and stuff. But no He lives in a cage and has the free run of the living room when he is out of it.

[Rex's Mama]

I wanted to make sure that our bunny was in the main living space with the rest of the family, but I did not want him to have access to the furniture until he is totally trained (2 accidents too many) right now he has a small dog kennel that opens to a big fenced in space in the middle of the living room. I am halfway through building an enclosure for him, it will be 6 feet by 2 feet each floor (2 floors) with a ramp and a landing. the second floor is a roof deck. It was really hard to find pretty bunny enclosures, so I excited about this and hoping to be finished in the next few weeks. I feel bad that he is in such a small space. We keep him in the cage during the day because I am worried about him getting into something and getting hurt, but he is let out whenever someone is home which is morning and nights.

[buddyboy]

I live in a studio apartment,and my buddy has full run.when i bought him almost 5 months ago,they asked me if i wanted to buy a cage,sorta shaking their head NO. They were do pleased to hear me say no,hes gonna be an appartment rabbit.so they gave me a big cardboard box to bring him home in. I cut a hole in the side of the box and put tons of hay in there.my bunnie likes to hop up on everything,bed,chairs,desk,nightstand,boxes in closet.so i put grip cloth on every thing so when he gets on things he wont slide off during the landing or jumping off. My whole room is like a kiddie park that everything can be climbed on. Does anyone elses bunnies try climbing on everything in the House?

[buddyboy]

I live in a studio apartment,and my buddy has full run.when i bought him almost 5 months ago,they asked me if i wanted to buy a cage,sorta shaking their head NO. They were do pleased to hear me say no,hes gonna be an appartment rabbit.so they gave me a big cardboard box to bring him home in. I cut a hole in the side of the box and put tons of hay in there.my bunnie likes to hop up on everything,bed,chairs,desk,nightstand,boxes in closet.so i put grip cloth on every thing so when he gets on things he wont slide off during the landing or jumping off. My whole room is like a kiddie park that everything can be climbed on. Does anyone elses bunnies try climbing on everything in the House?

[buddyboy]

I posted s long post,and its not showing up…just a test post here to see if this one works

[RetroSquid]

Gah, we have our buns spread out across the whole flat… along with the rest of the animals…

Navi has the ‘bun room’, Link has out bedroom and Daisy has a temporary pen in my office/dining area.
Our bun room, though, it is just a spare bedroom with a rug and some toys, truly enough space for a number of buns, but, because of having to build a pen for Daisy, the bun room had to sacrifice half of it’s rug, so now, the buns don’t like running around in there…
But, we’re getting carpet re-fitted today, and upgrading to Bun Room 2.0 (pictures will follow once we’ve got Navi back in there!

[Veronika]

Not yet. I usually bunny-proof my room and let my boy out regularly. He doesn’t seem interested in tearing up the blankets when he hops up on my bed (thank goodness) and has been very good about keeping his “business” in his litter tray. =)
He’s out right now, sitting atop his cage and chewing on one of his wood blocks.

[rissakai007]

Do any of you guys have problems with bunnies peeing on the carpet?? Or poopfests?

[BellaGracie]

We are in the process of making half of our office into a bunny room.  The don’t like Lino but it’s easy to clean.  Any suggestions for non slip safe flooring? Thx

[manic_muncher]

BellaGracie, I use a 6’x8′ piece of indoor/outdoor carpet that I picked up at Lowe’s for $18. I laid it over a shower curtain, so I could spot clean any areas and it not be able to soak into the actual floor. It’s flat piling, so easy to scrub with a sponge and kinda tough, I think even a digger would have trouble digging a hole in it. Also because it virtually has no piling, it dries fast.

[Ellis's Mom]

Ellis joined our family back in May. We originally built a 3ft by 4ft cage with wire shelving, going two sections high, about 28 inches. Within a couple of months, he mastered fence-jumping. Since we’re all on different home/sleep schedules, this wasn’t working. My daughter and her boyfriend made a larger cage (4ft x 6ft) for him using 4ft high gardening fence and cable channels/covers. We use an indoor/outdoor carpet mat – like businesses have at their entrances in the winter – for the base, since we have hardwood floors. Carabiner clips secure one section as a gate/door. In his space, he has a litter box, empty wine case, water bowl, pellet bowl, carpet and flannel remnants and an unfinished wooden shoe rack (2 levels). We use a wire “in-box” from an office supply shop, zip-tied to the cage wall for his hay (next to the litter box).

When we’re home, we keep the gate open and Ellis has bunny-proofed access to the front two rooms of the house. He won’[t go up more than one or two stairs, so he’s limited himself to the first floor so far. He seems to split his time between sleeping under the livingroom table and hanging out in his space.

So, not really a “bunny room”, but not full run of the house. Just like the rest of us, he has his own space, which we try to respect as much as we can.

[Ellis's Mom]

(Not sure if it’s proper bunny-etiquitte to reply to one’s own post here, but…)  Followup to bunny space question:

Ellis seems to spend a lot of his awake time nesting, arranging his toys, boxes, blankets, towels, etc, “just so”. He seems to be moving his wine-box den and shoe rack to follow the winter sun, just a few inches every couple of days, but about 60degrees from where we set it originally.

Is he practicing his own version of “bun shui”?  Rearranging things because he’s bored? Trying t attract a mate (even though he’s been neutered for almost a year)?

 How much will a thorough cleaning – vacuuming, washing the flannels and towels, putting in new boxes and cardboard for him – mess with his head? He seems happy, and the vet says he’s healthy (minor digestive issue today, but she told us what to do and not to worry), so I don’t want to interfere with something that’s going well.

On the other hand, his favorites seem to be getting a bit shabby and I’d like for him to have “nice things”.

(Ellis is our first pet ever, although my husband and I both had dogs when we were kid. He’s a bachelor rabbit (so far) since we don’t have the guts to try to take care of two yet.)

 Thanks for any help for this newbie bun-mom.

[manic_muncher]

Buns LOVE to redecorate! They love exploring, so switching out toys and cardboard boxes stimulates their minds. The only thing I will warn you about, from my own experience, is once he’s picked his spot to use the litter pan… that’s pretty much where he’s gonna go. So keep that in mind when you’re cleaning and moving stuff around. If you find you want to relocate the litter box (like if it is not in a good location such as the middle of the floor…) you will need to move it very slowly over a long period of time. They don’t use the box, they use the spot.

I made the mistake of moving the litter box to where it wasn’t in the way… I think maybe he counts the amount of hops or something to get to his potty spot. Hits the mark every time! Over the last 4 months, I’ve been S-L-O-W-L-Y moving his box, 1 inch at a time, towards the location I want. He was perfect with his litter box habits… but since I’ve been moving it, he now leaves stray poo balls where the box used to be, just outside the box. He does use the box the majority of the time, but not all the time like before I started moving it.

Bumpy spends a great deal of time throwing things around and flipping his boxes. I seriously think he just enjoys showing off how strong he is! LOL

[Ellis's Mom]

More input on Ellis. I did a thorough cleaning of his cage tonight, including shaking out his blankets, sweeping up loose hay and fur, etc. One wall of his cage is against an outside wall, and it’s the corner he likes to sleep in. Hoping he’s not too cold there, I put his flannel blankets in the corner to give him something to nest in. He hopped over (from where he’d been happily chewing on some wood), glared at me, and proceeded to move the blankets and towels off of the carpet corner, giving me that “those don’t belong THERE, you silly person” look the whole time. Once the space was cleared back out, he went back to his other bunny business.

So I think his issue is more “bun shui” than showing off. Which seems to fit his personality so far.

[xBunnyKissesx]

Hi everyone! .

My boy, Sienna (We originally thought that he was a girl lol) has free range of our guest room. He has his store bought cage by the window with a turned over whiteboard on top and some stairs so he can hop up on to the window sill. We also have an old bed on there he likes hiding under. Currently, he has three litterboxes. (He is litter trained, but there’s an issue with territory poops.) One is next to his store bought cage w/ his hay rack. He has 24 hour free range in what I call ‘The Bunny room.’

[michelleann31]

No bunny room exactly, the living room is where Pepper’s hutch and Dio’s pen are set up, but the rest of the house is bunny proofed so they get to go wherever they please pretty much all day long, they only stay in at night otherwise Pepper won’t let us sleep! We’ve tried before and she goes in the girls room and hops up on their bed to play, she hops up on our bed to play, and will do this all night. we have tried twice to let her have he run of the house at night and she is just too active. Once we get her and Dio completely bonded then we will see again, but for now they sleep in their houses at night. My husband says the night I was in the hospital to have my appendix out, the week before we got Dio, Pepper slept on the bed with him all night the day after my surgery while I was healing up in the hospital. Lucky daddy!

[Epitome]

Charlotte and Scooter sleep in their own dog crates at night, but they have free roam of the laundry/work/bunny room all day. Charlotte is a chewer, so there’s constant inspections to make sure all cords are up and out of the way. The both have tons of toys, but Charlotte like cords above anything I could buy for her.

[JackRabbit]

No matter how much space we give our three they seem to always want more! At this point I’m lucky they still allow us humans to live with them.

[NewBunnyOwner123]

Two of my bonded bunnies are free ranging a room that we call the bunny room. And then Bam is a singleton who was unable to bond (though very possible! I just decided to keep him a bachelor) who free ranges the rest of the house.

[Taffeta]

Dayglow is free-range during the day but goes into an ex-pen at night. Hagrid is in an ex-pen, but when they are bonded they will both be free-range all of the time.

[Smileitsshan]

My bun bun sleeps on my bed flopped at my toes or at my hand. He always has to be touching me. so sweet!

Talking about my bunbun I need help. I am new to this lovely page and can’t seem to find out how to start a topic. Really need to ask a question about Mr Oliver Twist….

[LongEaredLions]

Welcome Smileitsshan!
If you are starting out from the main forum listing, click on one of the forum sections (Diet and Care, The Lounge, etc.). At the top of the list of posted topics on the left side, there should be a blue button that says “New Topic.” Click that, type what you want it to say, and submit.
Let me know if you need any more help.

[Emmi]

They’re getting the spare bedroom, just finishing it. Huge condo, boxes and tunnels, tables to see out windows. Right now they just are in the living room in X-pen for three and Addie has Sam’s kennel to try to keep her quiet. Ha. She’s doing short track Bunny 500s and binky in place instead.

Cats and bunnies get along fine, dogs are firm believers in leaving critters alone less you get sharp claws and teeth on your muzzle. So once they prove they stay reliable on litter box use, probably just shut them in their room at night or if one of us isn’t home.

[emm_renn]

When I get my own place I am definitely making a bunny room! As of right now, my rabbit is a huge chewer and consumer of anything and everything. I’m thinking of doing this to keep her from chewing the baseboards:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b1/5a/4f/b15a4f6170756a6055b67df8117dd497.jpg
I hope that link works for you all. It would be a cute garden theme room with carrot tops poking out!

[LongEaredLions]

I have seen that too emm_renn. Utterly adorable.

[buns_honey_buns]

I’m a hippy, I’m not big on cages, and if I must I make sure it’s excessively large (ex I have ONE betta fish in a 50 Gallon tank, partly because his five gallon needs maintenance, even 5 gal is a bit big for a betta) anyway. My apt has a closet between the ex office (all my stuff is in the kitchen now) and my room, and it’s literally a walk through closet. So I let her have the house (minus the laundry room, too dusty, and dangerous, and the kitchen) and at night I put her in her room, and open the closet so she can come and go depending on mood / temperature.

[emm_renn]

You all are so lucky you have well behaved bunnies. That or you all are very good at bunny proofing

[buns_honey_buns]

I wanna say it’s a bit of both.

[Annes Animals]

Well, kinda. It is the laundry/ hamster/ bunny room!

[colleenbunny]

Yes and no. Pepper has his own room for when we aren’t home. When someone is available to watch Pepper he has free roam of the house

[CrazyButIKnowIt]

When I’m at uni my two live with me in my bedroom in their 3 storey cage and are free roaming in my room and on the landing when I am there. Moving for next year so hopefully will have a bigger room or they will be in the living room as my house mate is getting 2 guinea pigs over summer (I hope they get on and we can let them out together). When I am at my parents we have an old wendy house that was repurposed as a dog kennel so has a run on it with a flap, the dog doesn’t like it so my girls have taken it over! they love it. The more adventurous of the two can run around outside and the quiter can sit inside on her ledge and watch the world through the window…

[Kash]

My rabbit has a room, and I do not. xD

When I got Pascal I swore that he would only be allowed to roam while supervised, that has since changed and now he rules the roost! But he stays in his cage at night, mainly because if I don’t he will jump on my bed and demand attention!

Basil just got neutered a couple weeks ago so he hasn’t moved into my room yet since he and Pascal aren’t bonded. He does get to run around our living room with CLOSE supervision since he isn’t afraid of hardwood and goes anywhere and everywhere you don’t want him to!

Soon I will be rooming with two boy buns instead of just one, hopefully Basil has good litterbox habits like Pascal >.<

[Speckle The Bun]

My rabbit went from living in a small outdoor cage to a 10×12 room all to herself and she took very well to her litterbox! So yes she has a bunny room!

[pepperbunnymomma]

My rabbit took over a closet that she stays in when we arent home its bunny proofed and bigger than a cage, she has a baby gate as the door so we dont actually use the closet wooden door

[vanessa]

I took a spare bedroom, and divided it in half with an x-pen. For the floor, half is 10ml plastic, covered with puppy pee pads, then vetrinary fleece bedding. On Guin’s half, the area next the the fence is towl instead of fleece, because she seemed to want to pee on the fleece at the fence. So now that it is towel, she only pees in her litter box. The other half of each side, is plain carpet. I recently removed the x-pens, and brought in NIC cubes. I made a NIC separating fence, and a 2-story hideout. On Lancelot’s side, his hideout has fleece bedding on the second level, while Guins has towel and a soft dog mat. She tends to like to pee on the fleece when it is at a perimiter. But she doesn’t pee on the fleece in the middle of her space. They each have a large box with holes cut in so they can hop in and out, and shred the cardboard. I use brown paper packaging inside the boxes for something they can dig and tear at. I give Guin 2 of everything, coz the cat likes to use her accommodation. They have 8inch corrugated pipe to crawl thru, Guin has a cat cube to hide in, and Lancelot’s double story is slightly larger than Guins, with a 3rd level for hay storage. Lancelot has a cat bed in the closet. I give them maple branches to chew on, corn stalks, lava rocks, and apple sticks. Lancelot only chews on the softer cardboard. Probably due to his prior teeth pain.Once they are bonded, I’ll remove the dividing fence, leave the two separate double-story structures, and let them out in the rest of the house while the dogs are put away.
Their litter boxes are those large concrete mixing tubs. I think they are 7 gallon volume. Anything smaller than that, and Guin will use the floor space next to it. Looking at her size, the vet was surprised she only weighs 7lbs. She is physically quite large. Everyone expects her to weigh 10lbs.

[vanessa]

I was worried about how they would behave in the house, coz while Guin was outside, she and her pal chewed on every thing imaginable. They had munched power chords, garden hoses, you name it. Indoors, they do better. I still give them maple branches to chew, lots of hay, cardboard, and other petstore-rabbit chew toys, and they have left the molding and carpet alone. And the furniture. Well I first sprayed bitter apple on all the 90-degree angles of wood furniture, and put away the electrical chords. They have really been super good.

[BunsAndDolls]

Both of mine just stay in the living room…Toby is out all the time. He’s not a big chewer (not on furniture and other things), and he doesn’t venture off of his rug much, so he’s totally free-range. He’s got a corner of the living room to keep all of his toys and his bed and such and he hangs out there, or on the couch. KitKat has the opposite corner, but she has to be in her pen when we are gone. She’s new to the house and she’s much more curious than Toby is, so I’m pretty sure she’d eat everything if we weren’t paying attention. Her pen gets opened up every afternoon as soon as we get home though, and she’s free-roam all night until bedtime…so she has a good 5-6 hours out every day with more on weekends.

I love having them hang out in the living room with us all the time <3

[Cookie'sOwner]

Sort of. I let Cookie free-range in my room with supervision.

[Cookie'sOwner]

Sort of. I let Cookie free-range in my room with supervision.

[MK]

Coco has an x-pen in my room, and has free run of the whole room when I’m at home. He has amazing littler habits, so it works out fine, but he also destryed my fan cord one day when he got past the bunny-proofing It’s much better now! He’s a silly bun thought, he will NOT leave the rug or his blanket and walk on the wood floor, unless he’s going under the bed.

[vanessa]

@MK – Silly Coco indeed. Just like my Guin. Once she realised the floor outside her room is wood, she refused to step out of the room.

[MK]

@vanessa isn’t it funny what habits buns have!

[BunnyMama]

My bun (Lissie) only poops in her cage, so she is allowed free run of the entire house from sun up to sun down! Sometimes we let her out at night too, when she’s too fast to be caught (she hates going to bed!). I’m hoping to give her a bigger cage just because her’s is your average pet store cage. She never spends time in it though during the day. And as to bunny proofing… well, she chews the baseboards, the leather couch, the antique coffee table, the computer cables, everything. I’m shocked my parents haven’t killed her yet (just kidding, my father adores her!)

[Sgt.Pepper and Jojo]

This is really funny, because when I first got my buns and joined this forum, I thought “Wow that would be nice, but is never going to happen!” Now, in our new apartment it kind of has! We have a 2 bedroom, but there is an “extra” room in between the living room and second bedroom, where Pep and Jojo have two x-pens put together. We’re developing a plan for how to bunny-proof the whole room for them, though. In our lease they have to stay penned, so we’re thinking of laying down 2x4s along the baseboards, then using x-pens to go all around the room (so they are still technically penned, and can’t get at the woodwork to chew it). 

[vanessa]

That sounds like a great idea! I like having the buns in the spare room. Ideally I’ll bond the quartet and remove the dividing fence.

[neumkat]

my bun and i share my room- whats hers is hers and whats mine is hers lololol 

[cait]

When Newt and I are staying over at my parents house he stays in what used to be the dining room, he has a pen for when we’re asleep and he’s out during the day with baby gates at the door so the dogs don’t try and “play” with him. The room is now referred to as “the bunny room” even when we’re not around.

[dragonzmyst]

I have a French lop; due to her massive size she has her own room. It’s our sunroom… I cordoned it off with some high fencing and she loves it. Her cage is still in there for now, but that’s huge too and takes up a ton of room so I’d like to get her used to having her den, litter box and food/water dishes outside of it for now. Not sure if she’s going to appreciate that though, lol. We have a lot of birthdays/anniversaries coming up where family will be coming over, and I want her to still have her cage so she feels like she can jump in there and hide when people (and noise) come.

[Q8bunny]

Nope. I have a bunny house.

My lionhead is free range in a bunproofed flat. No restrictions whatsoever.

[Lil Leo]

   Hi all.. I adopted a 15mo old bun 1mo ago from humaine society so he was neutered.. At first he shared a room with my daughter but she has since moved out so he has a whole room to him self.. I sometimes cage him at night in a large dog kennel where his food..water and litter box are located.. he is fully litter trained and surprisingly hasn’t destroyed the room.. Few scratches in corners but I have put tall cardboard in the corners to detour that behavior.. He has TONS of toys hay treats and cardboard hide outs.. I spend time with him in the AM hours.. peek in on him threw out the day and always spend time with him in evening.. We have a dog so bun has not ventured out of room..plus he wont let me pick him up so really for the best till he gets more use to me.. Things have been going very well BUT the one question I do have is he ok spending so much time in the room alone?? I do have a 44inch wood and wire dog gate which I put up so the door can be open.. I guess im just looking for reassurance that this is a proper living space for Leo my bun??!! thanks for any feed back!!

[vanessa]

Sounds good to me. We can’t all be stay-at-home-bunny-moms. My buns share the spare bedroom. I let one pair have access to the back half of the house 24/7. The other pair are too destructive – they stay in half of the spare room. I visit/feed them in the mornings before work, and spend time with them in the evenings as I feed/clean in their areas. I also have birds in the room, so I’m in there frequently throughout the evening. During the day, the bunies sleep. I try to malke te most of my mornings and evenings with them, while they are awake and playful. Since one pair is regularly in my bedroom, they get plenty of petting. I spend a few hours a day altogether with them. Spending time with bunnies isn’t a solid time frame – it’s the 5 or so minutes at a time scattered throughout the day that add up. I have 2 pairs, so they each have a pal, and they are never lonely. It is possible that Leo might get lonely during the evenings when he is awake and playful, and you are in bed. But with some time, you’ll be able to tell by his behavior, if he is happy. Before I had pairs, I had single buns. I could tell if they were happy or not. The living space sounds great. More than many people could arrange. For my pair who have access to the back half of the house – the only bunny proofing I need to do is to keep electric cords out of their way. That is the only thing they might destroy. They are really very well behaved.

[Lil Leo]

Thank you soooo much for the feed back… He seems to be very content and happy and hes not destructive hes overall a wonderful bun!!! I LOVE that each day is a new adventure with him and I feel like it will never be a dull moment with him !! He does many binkys so he must be happy!! Thanks again!!

[vanessa]

Binky = suuuuper duuuuper happy 🙂

[GottaLoveTheAngora]

I am blessed with the privilege of having a spare room in our home completely devoted to the buns. I currently have them both in two separate xpen-style enclosures on large floor rugs.

[Lil Leo]

I try and rearrange things around his room so he thinks he has new stuff or something like that.. but he’s always rearranging what I do.. lol.. bunitude.. he’s a lil crabby now cause I brought him in for a nail trim yesterday but I think he still loves me.. lol..

[vanessa]

I keep rearranging and redesigning my bunny room. I have a spare room and it is devided in half. At the moment I have a linoleum lining on the half that Morgana and Avalon have. They are super destructive so I don’t let them out of the room. They are also not easy to catch. I have to corner them and scoop them into a travel cage. It has taken me years to get them to let me pet them. But I still can’t pick up Morgana without a travel cage. Guin and Lancelot have the other half of the room, and they also have free acess to the hallway, my bedroom, and the guest room. You remind me Lil Leo, it’s time to trim the nails of my four…. my least favorite task in the world…

[Lil Leo]

I couldn’t imagine doing that task my self.. I brought my bun into the humane society where I adopted him to get that done.. I also cant pick my Leo up but I cam pet him (when he lets me) LOL.. Hope all goes well with nail trim!!!

[HaleyLovesRabbits]

My rabbits live in my bedroom, and pretty much take up the whole thing. My older guy David has arthritis and just stays in a cage, but my girl Sundae has a big cage attached to a metal pen thats practically the size of the room.

[Odette]

I made my living room into Odette’s space. I want her near me as we are bonding. I didn’t really know how she would be most comfortable, so I bought a large dog kennel, a smaller Kaytee cage, and baby gates for the three door openings. She likes to jump in and out of the crates, but she sleeps in my bookcase. I removed the books from the bottom row (it’s secured) and put a shirt down for her. She chose that space. I also have a wooden semi-circle tunnel that she sleeps under sometimes.

Odette came to me litter trained, so that made it easy to allow her to free roam.

I would allow her to move freely about the open part of the house, but she has trouble with hardwoods and slips. So far there’s not been a problem with chewing the carpet. Odette chews her toys and applewood sticks.

This is day five since I brought her home and she went from a little shy to following me around overnight. My last bunny did that too, so I kinda suspected Odette would come around. I just thought it would take longer.

I might make my guest bedroom into a bunny room once she is completely comfortable in her new home here.

[Lil Leo]

My boy was also litter trained when I got him which is so amazing.. I have a dog so my bun stays in his room.. I often wish he could roam more of the house makes me sad at times but I go in there very often and hang with him.. sometimes I just feel bad like he is alone a lot but I have to be positive!! Lol.. he does have a pretty great life and who knows where he would be if I didn’t adopt him!!

[Odette]

I should have been more specific, Lil Leo. I put Odette in her crate while I’m at work. I meant she is out while I’m home. My previous bunny lived eight years and her set up was much like your bun’s and she was the happiest girl in the world. I think bunnies like a little time alone, much like us!

[Lil Leo]

I put leo in his crate at night Sunday-Wednesday (9pm and gets out @4am) and he he gets to be out in his room all other times.. my husband goes to work @4 so he let’s him out and gives him a lil treat then I wake up by 6am to feed and hang with him.. yesterday I had some menthol muscle patches on and made the mistake of going in his room to hang and he made it very clear he did not like that smell.. he thumped his feet like no tomorrow.. lol.. I proceeded to take a shower.. lol.. bunny’s!! Sure are bossy!! ?

[Lil Leo]

I.do plan on letting him roam a few hours a day a few times a week in our kitchen and dining area which will be new for him.. im.sure he will.be a little nervous at 1st but even2he should love the little more room to explore.. I just hope once I put him back in his room he won’t throw a tantrum.. I plan on doing that this week coming up since I will have it off!! I’m excited for him.. he also has to visit vet to get nails trimmed.. he will not be excited for that..

[Odette]

Leo and the menthol is hilarious. Whoever said bunnies are meek didn’t have a bunny!

Odette explores in bursts. Mostly, she has staked out an area by the bookcase where she stays when she’s not playing.

[LuvFurBabies80]

We sort of have a bunny room.  Sage was litter trained about 3 days after we got her so we decided to move her cage to give her more room.  My daughter splits time between here and her fathers so we have my daughters room that gets used only half the time…she is 14 and is thrilled with getting to share her room with Sage when she is here 

From about 8am until about midnight we open the gate to the ex-pen and give Sage the freedom of the room…to make it more interesting we created tunnels that run under the bed, we put fleece blankets in cubby’s and on low shelves around the room so she can jump up and down and race through the tunnels under the bed…in one end out the other…turn around and do it again. lol

Anyway so you can see her set up I attached a picture of her cage/ex-pen and the room she gets during the day.

[Twinkiebunbun]

Hi. First post and I just wanted to say I have found so much great information on this forum since we adopted Twinkie. I just finished his room. (It’s really my daughter’s room but it has turned into his room and he has allowed her to sleep up in the loft.) The cage was meant as an outdoor cage and I didn’t intend to put a “yard” on it at first but it just seemed so small. The project just grew and grew and the next thing I knew, he lived in the hundred acre woods.  He only sleeps there at night and if we have to go out, otherwise he has most of the house to play all day. He gets a little bit of pellets on his hay at bedtime so when I open the hallway gate and say “night night” he races his little bunny self down the hall and puts himself to bed. 

[Lil Leo]

Super cute set up twinkiebunbun

[1and2bunns]

My rabbits don’t have there own room yet but we are going to be moving soon and they might get their own room. Right now they are living in my room with a two story xpen and right now my brothers guinea pig is living there too. I let them run around my room every day for 5-6 hours.

[pookah]

Yes, Cashew has his own bedroom It has a full-sized IKEA bed, that frankly looks a lot like a big version of those cute beds everyone gets for their bunnies.  The floor is covered with flatwoven rugs, for warmth and easy cleaning.  Every few days I take the rugs and shake them out in the hallway, and then sweep that all up.  In the corner he has foam mats and his litter box.  He has a few hidey holes — one made out of an XBox box, with a wood tunnel inside, and another that’s a wood tunnel wrapped in a soft, cotton flatwoven rug.

I was initially planning to have his xpen set up, as it had been in our old place, but when we moved him, we did it all at once, and initially I didn’t set up the xpen because I didn’t want to distress him.  Eventually it became clear, he’s so well-behaved, and his room is completely bunny-proofed, so the xpen stayed down.

My office is across the hall, but right now he likes to stay in his room.  I’m thinking we should build him some kind of run that he might enjoy adventuring in, to encourage him to explore the rest of the bunnyproofed areas.

Right now his favorite places are under the bed, on the bed, and back under the bed, again

The other day, I couldn’t find him, and thought he’d ventured out!  But it turned out, he’d found his way *into* his hay feeder.  He liked that spot best, but I was concerned he’d have trouble getting out, so he got a new hay feeder (cardboard), and now we’re working on building him a nice wooden one.

[bunnydrop]

i used to buy her a little house made of wood pieces, she sniffed on it for a few seconds the day i bought it home and never paid attention to it any more. now my whole apartment is her territory. kind of a wild house bun, lol. that wood house… even has never got into it, once!

illustration pic, not my bunny

[MaddieRabbits]

I’m lucky enough to be able to say that my mum is letting me turn our spare room in to a revision/rabbit room! On the left side there is a built in corner desk in the wall which I will use for my revision and the right side of the room will be the rabbits area. I’ve designed a little diagram for anyone who would like to see/understand my idea as I’m not too great at explaining haha. Here it is:

So far I’ve only gone as far as cleaning out the entire room as it was a mess. Its currently empty and clean, just need to implement the bunny things!

[vanessa]

The room is 12x12ft, and I’ve split it in half for the two pairs. This is Guinivere and Lancelot’s half. The picture shows 2/3 of their half. I built the bunny house and ramp. There is non-skid on the second level, and 3 roof attic compartments to store bunny supplies. There is a sand box at the bottom left. Guin uses the second floor. She has a litter box there, and they both use the litter boxes on ground level. They have a small fleece that Lancelot loves. I only give them a small fleece because Guin pees on it. The floor is covered in puppy pee pads, then human bed pads, then puppy pee pads. This is because 0Lancelot never regained his bladder control since getting sick with E.C. Every day I change the 3 or 4 most peed on pads, and every weekend I change all the top layer of pee pads. You can see their red salad plate, a few throw-toys, a maple branch to chew on, and their pellet box on the ground level of the bunny house. The water bowl is close to my feet as I take the picture. 

I am having a hard time getting this picture to load… 

[vanessa]

[vanessa]

This is the screen door I put in. The bottom has a flap for Guina nd Lancelot. Since he has no bladder control, I can’t let him run around the house. He also hasn’t shown interest in going through the flap since his E.C. So I covered it with a NIC cube that I can lift and hook in the open position should he regian his bladder control. It also keeps the cat out… there are birds in the bunny room…

[Cinnamoroll]

We don’t have a bunny room yet–but I am super excited to have one! My parents have been staying with us since they fell on hard times, but should be moving out in the next month or two–giving us our spare room back! It’s going to be bunny paradise–a cat and toddler free zone where the bun will rule! And mommy and daddy will spend lots of time there with bun too, because we intend to keep our hobby stuffs in there (safely stored of course).

[Nature Nerd]

Yes, I do have a bunny room. It originally started out as a small pen my dad and I built, which was gradually upgraded as we got new inspiration and as the buns grew. At one point we ran out of wood for upgrading and the buns were so big that we let them run in the room during the day and put them back at night. Then we took Twix back to his owner, leaving us with one bunny. I wanted to spoil Jack so I (after making sure his litter training habits were perfect) allowed him to free roam all the time, but I kept the pen in case he wanted to use it more. Evetually I took it apart which gave him more running room. Since his room was the old exercise room, we had some equipment in there, so it was a bit crowded. However we recently took all of that out and put it in another room, giving him his own room. We also leave the door open and have set up an X-pen that reaches out into the living room so he can chill with us.

[flemishwhite]

I think it’s a good idea to share your bedroom with a bunny.  They have excellent hearing and a good sense of smell.  The job of all bunnies living together in a warren is to thump will they sense a threat and warn their fellows.  Therefore they are excellent in providing “situational awareness.”  If there’s anything unusual in the house or even outside, they will start thumping.  My experience is that a bunny will sometimes thump for some unknown reason. But if your bunny just keeps thumping you best get out of bed and check your house out.

[Lily]

I do! It’s pretty small, only a little over 9 by 10 square feet but she also has her 16 square foot hutch in it so she has a bit more room and a “base”

[dutch_bunny]

Bunny room, yes! Instead of a dining room, I have a bunny room.

[Rob1972]

Yes i do an recently created an outdoor bunny run 15′ x 8′ but jiggy has been an indoor rabbit for his first year and doesn’t seem to be very comfortable outside any suggestions? Also how do i post pics here?

[vanessa]

Posted By Rob1972 on 5/11/2017 7:24 PM

Yes i do an recently created an outdoor bunny run 15′ x 8′ but jiggy has been an indoor rabbit for his first year and doesn’t seem to be very comfortable outside any suggestions? Also how do i post pics here?

3 of my 4 bunnies don’t mind being outdoors because they were outdoors their first 2 years. But now that they are indoors, they do prefer it. On occasion, about a year ago, when I was rearranging their bunny room, I had them outside for a few hours. They weren’t super exited about it. They like the temperature of the house better than being outdoors. The 4th bunny has always been an indoor bun, and he doesn’t like going outside. When I adopted him, the shelter suggested he might like to spend an hour or so on a quiet lawn. He didn’t. Wouldn’t poop/pee outside, wouldn’t hop, didn’t like how the grass felt, just didn’t like it. It wasn’t the soft snuggly blanket/fleece setup that he was used to. If you really want your bun to spend time outside – create an option for him to be able to rest on some blankets, or something familiar from his indoor room.

To post pics, don’t start yoru reply in the reply box that is already there. Hit the green “reply” radio button. Use that reply box, click on attatchments, browse, upload, then click the green “plus” symbol radio button. Make sure the pics are less than 50kb each, in size.

[Rob1972]

I did bring some of his things outside and that made him more comfortable..he doesn’t go to the bathroom outside so I am considering putting a litter box in the run also., but I only bring him out for a couple hours at a time while I am outside. he has gotten into playing with us and hopping around…he has only been out in the run 3 times so far but seems to be getting used to it..thanks for the input..

[Rob1972]

My Rabbit Jiggy’s room and new outdoor Run. Both approximately the same size though you cannot see the whole room in this photo. he is starting to come around to being outside a couple hours a day..

[jerseygirl]

Lol at Elmer Fudd. It reminds me of a silly edit I made one time.

For the outdoor run, do you cover the top with anything or are you typically out there when he’s in the run? 

[Rob1972]

I am out with him while he is in the run. usually in it with him. there is a covered area where elmer fudd is to give him shade.

[Ryn]

Apricot Jam has a pen and hutch in the living room that she hangs out in while I am away. During the morning and evening when I am around I let her out and she has the run of the living room (as well as my office and the TV room with close supervision).

This is her little hutch and pen set up.

Almond’s pen is in my office and I don’t have any pictures at the moment.

[rainbunny1204]

Well, I share my room with my bunny. Well, she takes up 3/4 of the room, but she is litter box trained and has free range all day every day. I would consider that a bunny room. I mean, bunny toys, tubes, treats, and blankets are all over the place (by that I mean organized in their rightful spot).

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