rabbit safe siding?

[Kate79]

I was hoping someone could recommend a good material to use for this. This is the cage I have (except for that nesting box piece on the outside… it seems really flimsy and the top just pops open. Definitely not a good idea in a house with 4 cats ). The only problem I have with it is that little shelf by the food and water. Chester likes sitting up there and even though he is mostly litter trained, he leaves presents… I spot clean his cage twice a day and move them to the litter box, but when he goes on the shelf and hops down they tend to get kicked outside of the cage and roll around the apartment floor.

To avoid that, I was thinking of putting some kind of solid wall on the outside, wrapping around the three sides just by the shelf, with cut out spaces for the food and waterbottle. Chester isn’t really too big on chewing, he never chews on plastic items but I want to make sure that what I use is safe just in case.

He usually sleeps under the shelf, so I think he’d like the solid walls on the side of the cage for extra privacy, as well 

[Deleted User]

These cages are really too small to house a rabbit permanently, unless it’s only for a few hours per day. I highly recommend you look into building a condo or pen for the rabbit. In the meantime, you can easily clip cardboard on the outside where the droppings are sent flying.

[Beka27]

I agree with Petzy. Rather than making many modifications to this habitat, I would consider building a custom condo. If space is an issue, you could build it within a similar footprint, maybe 2×4 or 2×5 grids, but do 2 or 3 levels.

[Monkeybun]

looks like it has a wire floor as well.. not good for bunny feets.

[Kate79]

Chester is a small rabbit and the cage is actually much bigger than it looks. It does not have a wire floor, it’s plastic and I have mats down for him over the plastic.

[Monkeybun]

i have a 1.5lb rabbit, and even for her that would be too small to spend much time in.

Rabbits are not cage animals. They need lots of exercise time, and if they are not free range, like a cat or dog, then they need alot of room in their pen/cage area. Store bought cages are NOT big enough.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

It’s a beautiful cage (I have seen them in person) and they are nice with the ramp to sit on and that they are up high where bunnies like to be (they like to look down on the world ) You can buy some shower curtain fastners for cheap and use those to clip the lid closed so kitties cannot break in.

But definitely your bunny will need LOTS of out time living in a cage. Even a small bunny in the largest commercial rabbit cage is not adequate. Unfortunately they look big (and they are-they have quite the footprint in a house) but for a rabbit they just aren’t big.
The smallest really you could go is 4-6X the size of your bunny completely sprawled out. With that your bunny will need a minimum of four hours of out time.

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