Free range (in a room) gone wrong.. help?

[Julee Bun]

So, today I put my bunny Julee in one of our vacant rooms. However it had a bed. I didn’t think much of it because I thought it’d be too tall for her to jump on. Turns out, I was wrong. She did, lol. So, I sadly had to put her back in her cage… which made me feel bad because she seemed so happy ? Anyway, I’m going to Petsmart tomorrow to buy an x-pen. Are there any brands good for bunnies? I’d prefer something kinda inexpensive… thank you for your replies

[12345ABCDE]

I don’t know about brands but it’d be cheaper getting a pen meant for dogs

[Rookie]

you can litter train her and then let her roam free.

[Dface]

you can litter train her and then let her roam free.

Litter trained or not a rabbit who can get to a bed will probably not be able to resist peeing on it

Alternatively you could set up the xpen around the bed, giving the rabbit the rest of the room

[Rookie]

that is a true…I really wish I could speak rabbit just to ask WHY? WHY THE BED?!

[Rookie]

that is a true…I really wish I could speak rabbit just to ask WHY? WHY THE BED?!

[tobyluv]

The brand doesn’t matter, but the size does. You have to get one high enough so that she can’t jump over it. A minimum of 36 inches high is usually recommended. Although some rabbits could likely jump over or even climb over one that high.

As has already been suggested, you can let her free roam in that room if you use the x-pen to surround or block off the bed. If there happens to be any cords or anything else in the room that could be chewed, you would also have to protect them. Otherwise, you can set up the pen and keep her in it. If you have any houses or hideaways in the pen, which are good for rabbits, be aware that they can jump up on them, as a way to be able to jump out of the pen. So it would be better to keep a hideaway in the middle of the pen and not up against a side.

[joea64]

I have a 42″ X-pen myself which seems to work well so far, though I need to experiment with some different configurations to get Panda and Fernando more room. Fernando in particular is quite the jumper, he loves hopping on top of the hidey box that I put down in their play area, so good tip, I should move it far enough away from the fence that he can’t bust out. I wonder…maybe I can buy a smaller X-pen of the same height (with fewer panels?) and connect it to the one I already have to give them more room?  I bought the X-pen I have right now from Friends of Rabbits when I adopted the buns; the retail cost was $85 but the adoption package included a $20 coupon which I made good use of.
  
I’d love to have them join me in lazing about on my bed someday; it’d be sweet and charming…but I will DEFINITELY need some kind of protection to keep them from peeing on the bed, provide them with something to easily step up and down from, and closely monitor them so that they can’t get to anywhere they’re not supposed to be.

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Posted By Dface on 8/23/2017 7:12 AM

you can litter train her and then let her roam free.

Litter trained or not a rabbit who can get to a bed will probably not be able to resist peeing on it

Alternatively you could set up the xpen around the bed, giving the rabbit the rest of the room

Ophelia sprayed my bed once before she was spayed. Since then she gets up on it and doesn’t even poop up there. She just likes to lay on it like it’s hers  This is the exception, however, and not the rule. My bunnies just seem to be very good with their peeing/pooping. Good alternative solution.

[Q8bunny]

Two years later, the little wookie and I are still sharing a queen-size without problems.

It really does depend on the bunny, although I do suspect that buns like my Chewie and Noob’s Ophelia are more the exception to the rule??

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