Tomorrow is the day for the new habitat!

[Scarlett]

Tomorrow is the day I will be getting Scarlett out of her much too small cage and building her a new habitat.  The plan I’ve settled on is a NIC Condo: 2 grids deep x 4 Long x 4High with shelves on the inside.  Scarlett stays in my spare room and generally has free roam of that room when I am home. Soon I’ll be having to clear out my storage unit and the only thing I planned to take back from it was my bike. Generally my bike can only stay in my spare room and I worry about Ms. Scarlett trying to chew the tires. Do you guys thing she will?

These are the things I’m planning on purchasing for her new habitat:

-NIC cubes

– wood dowel rods for shelf support

– corrogated plastic sheets for the bottom of the cage and against the wall behind the cage

– Plastic stair runner for extra floor coverage (I have all carpeted floors)

– Zip ties

– Some sort of clip for the doors on the cage (anyone have thoughts on what to use here?)

I want her to have a nice big cage during the day and then when I’m home she can have the run of that room. Am I missing anything?

[Bumblebunny]

I use the cable ties/zip ties on one side as hinges and I use couple of medium sized binder clips on the other side to keep the door shut. They are strong enough so the bunny can’t push the door open. My rabbit stays in a 3 grid by 3 grid home with 3 levels during the day. He can jump up to the second level and has a ramp to the third. He has a place to hide on the first level, along with his litter box and hay basket. He seems to enjoy his basket and towel on the top level and spends his resting/sleeping time in the basket.

[Otti]

My rabbit chews on the rubber coverings over the bottom of the legs of my keyboard stand and piano stool. I had to remove the protective rubber coverings from them when possible, and otherwise put plastic tape over them, which he won’t chew.

Since you don’t want to risk her chewing a hole in your bike wheels when you leave her alone in the room, you should probably either figure out someplace else you can store it, or surround it in a gate of nic grids that your bunny can’t jump over while it’s not in use.

[Beka27]

For latching the doors, you can purchase a package of very cheap dog leash clips that work very well.

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