For inside it's just a cage. Instead of using a cage I would get an exercise pen so he/she can move around more. If I get a rabbit I'll probably set up a playpen anyways just for an area to put the litter box, bed, food and water ect. Once you've had him/her for a while you could probably free roam when your gone to. It just takes a bit of trial and error, and figuring what works best for your rabbit.
Thank you so much! You have been an amazing help. I'll stop asking all my pesky questions so that you bunny people can enjoy your thread. Thank you to everyone here for being so helpful!
You can continue to ask questions! That’s what the thread is for
Ok! I just don't want to be too pushy or annoying, or interrupt anything that's going on. My last two questions (for right now, at least) are a) does having a hutch/enclosure for when they need to be confined have the same principal as chicken coops, with prefabs being over expensive, small, and cheaply made, and building a hutch/enclosure will give you better quality and more for your money?
Hutches are often too small, expensive, and can take up a lot of time to build. For a playpen about 8 feet long with tall side to they can't jump out is good. Double the size per rabbit. If you can't always give your rabbit the time they need getting another rabbit is great! Be sure to have them fixed of course, but I would either get a male and female or two females. If you decide to get two at once I would get a bonded pair no matter the genders.
I think building your own gives you more and the prefabs are built poorly plus are quite small.
Thank you! By saying 'hutch' I think that I may be causing confusion. I mean a place with the equivalent to the coop part of a chicken coop, a large part that would be equivalent to the run in a chicken coop, and their food, water, and litter box inside. I'd put them back in this when I'm not free roaming, then leave the door open as an option when I am. I'm thinking of this in a mindset similar to how chickens work-coop part, run part, free ranging-should I change that? Would having another rabbit around actually make them happier, like how quail or chickens you need more than one? or would it just add another rabbit?
I sort of adopted two of mine, and I loved knowing that I was saving a bunny.
Ah, I gotcha. I'm not really sure how big in terms of feet you know but something like this would work for one or two when not free-roaming. If you have an extra bedroom, or some sort a space, even if you have to move things around, it would be perfect.
