So… is this a wild or escaped/set free/ domestic rabbit?

[Summer_]

That could probably work, at least for a while, but make sure you put the cage somewhere that predators cannot get to it. Putting the rabbit an unsafe cage could be more dangerous than leaving it loose, because it cannot run away or hide.

And do provide food and water in the cage eacn night: rabbits do a lot of of their eating during the night.

(I’m sorry if I can’t post that gif for any reasons lol)

Great! if I do that, the BABBIT will be in a safe place. Would it know to drink out of any water bowls it sees? I will be putting Timothy hay in there with it for food.


this will not be the permanent arrangement, eventually it will get a nice space

 

[Summer_]

Domesticated. They can be litter box trained if you want to keep it indoors.
Outside they need a hutch. If kept in a ground level prn they will dig tunnels. I had two outdoors and they dug tunnels 25 ft beyond their enclosure.
That lil guy sure is cute.

How long does it usually take to litter box train it?

25 ft?!

Wow!

Very cute is the BABBIT

 

[NatJ]

Would it know to drink out of any water bowls it sees?

Yes, that should be fine. Rabbits lap water, a bit like a dog or a cat, so they drink just fine from most kinds of dishes and bowls (and from puddles, if they are running loose).

I will be putting Timothy hay in there with it for food.

Sounds good!

this will not be the permanent arrangement, eventually it will get a nice space

Good. And if you are letting it out each day, at least it can get some exercise, rather than being stuck in the small cage all day as well as all night.

 

[NorthwoodsChick]

How long does it usually take to litter box train it?

25 ft?!

Wow!

Very cute is the BABBIT

We had a house rabbit litter box trained in about 2-3 days. Lrg dog crate, dish pan with kitty litter on one end, hay, food water on the other. They are smart.

 

[Summer_]

Yes, that should be fine. Rabbits lap water, a bit like a dog or a cat, so they drink just fine from most kinds of dishes and bowls (and from puddles, if they are running loose).


Sounds good!


Good. And if you are letting it out each day, at least it can get some exercise, rather than being stuck in the small cage all day as well as all night.

Great! How much water would you recommend?

 

[Summer_]

We had a house rabbit litter box trained in about 2-3 days. Lrg dog crate, dish pan with kitty litter on one end, hay, food water on the other. They are smart.

They is indeed smart

 

[NatJ]

Great! How much water would you recommend?

That partly depends on whether the rabbit dumps the dish. The more water it holds, the heavier it is, so the less likely that it will get dumped.

If you are already providing a bowl of water, you can look at how much it drinks from that bowl. Assume it will drink at least that much and likely more when it is shut in a cage with no other source of water.

I'm pretty sure a quart (=4 cups, =1/4 of a gallon) is more than enough to last a rabbit all night. One cup might be enough, but I'm not entirely sure about that.

You could try whatever size bowl you have handy, and notice whether it's empty by morning. If it is empty, use a bigger bowl the next night. The rabbit will not die of thirst in a single night if you get it wrong. Or you can start with a giant bowl, and downsize after you see how much is left.

Once you know how much it does drink, I would probably use a bowl that holds twice that much (so the rabbit drinks half the water). That way it would have enough water even if it's extra-thirsty some night.

 

[Kiki]

If you want to litter box train it make sure you ONLY offer food INSIDE the litter box for a LONG TIME.

 

[Kiki]

I have not been getting notices what did I miss!!

I'm trying to catch up now too.
I lost the thread this week.

 

[Skye'sDucks]

Hello! Good luck with your lovely babbit!

One thing I have never seen mentioned here is: what about a roomy run but a bigger (perhaps even collapsible/moveable) play pen during the day?? For a while I had a rig set up that my two buns had a somewhat sturdy day-time run--nice and big, I think we linked three dog pens together? -- during the day and at night I put them back in their roomy hutch (predator proof) The day-time run was only set up to deter day-time predators, although the worst predators we have here during the day are hawks and cats. We attached wire over the top.

I've since had to move that run, and my other bunny sadly passed just a few years ago so now my lone survivor man gets supervised runaround time in an outdoor pen or on our porch. His balance is going, however, and he can hardly sit up straight anymore so he's a bit of a special case. I like to watch him now anyways.

Having a "day time" pen gives you many more options. Of course, if you don't have any worse predators than cats and hawks. Perhaps you prefer just having one big set up. I don't know, but thought I'd share!

Another option for wire hutches: give the bun mats to lay on for a break from the wire. My hutch also has a solid wooden section completely covered as a hidey space. Wire hutches often get a bad wrap from the non-farming/home steading folk, in my opinion from what I've seen. But honestly it is the easiest thing to clean and manage, and no litter box changes either!! My rabbits have been so happy and as I've adequately researched and cared for them, they've never had issues with the wire bottom.