There are some requirements quite specific to an outdoor rabbit cage

If you plan on housing your rabbit outdoors then you will lead to give some thought to the design of the cage. Outdoor rabbit cages should be designed slightly differently to indoor rabbit cages.

Whilst you do not need to consider weather when designing an indoor hutch your rabbit you certainly need to consider the elements if you plan on housing your rabbit in an outdoors cage.

Rabbits can be very susceptible to heat stress from hot weather. They will weather the cold better, however any outdoors rabbit cage should provide your rabbit with plenty of covered area where he can sleep comfortably out of the rain and wind.

You should provide him with a solid top to his cage, and preferably one side at least should also be solid to provide him with wind protection.

And in summer you should always have his cage in the coolest spot possible, namely in the shade on the hot days.

In winter make sure he has plenty of hay so he can snuggle into it.

Here’s a good video discussing some of the requirements of rabbit cages.
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A small rabbit hutch and run is much better than a small rabbit hutch alone

The ideal housing solution for a rabbit, or for a few rabbits, is a rabbit hutch and run combined. As we’ve noted on this website before most people tend to buy rabbit hutches that are way too small for a rabbit.

This is generally because the smallest hutches are the cheapest, whilst very large rabbit hutches which are ideal for one or 2 rabbits are too expensive.

However if you buy a small rabbit hutch and combine it with a rabbit run around the outside of the hutch you’ve got the best of both worlds. To do so you simply build a post and chicken wire fence around the rabbit hutch so that you can open the door of the hutch each day and allow your rabbit to play in the sun and the grass. Rabbits love to play and he will be delighted if he has the opportunity to do this every day in a dedicated rabbit run.

Of course even better is to buy a large rabbit hutch and to build a rabbit run around this. The downside of buying a small rabbit hutch and run is that you commit yourself to letting your rabbit out to play in the run every single day. If he has a large hutch to live in it’s okay to miss a few days here and there. Read the rest of this entry

There’s rabbit cages for sale everywhere.

If you’re looking to become the proud owner of a pet rabbit you need to buy a rabbit cage, or at least build one. So where is the best place to buy rabbit cages?

Undoubtedly the best place to buy a cage for your rabbit is online. Virtually all the rabbit hutches you see at your local pet store you will find online, usually at greatly reduced prices. Virtually all pet stores carry the same rabbit hutches which are imported into Australia from China by large importers, and the pet shops will generally buy from the same wholesalers.

However because they have much larger overheads, and because customers like the convenience of buying in a local store the markup on their rabbit cages will be much higher than the markup on the same rabbit cages on the Internet.

Online businesses have much lower overheads than regular stores and are able to make a profit on much lower margins, therefore they are able to sell rabbit cages much cheaper.

In our experience the cheapest place of all to buy rabbit cages is eBay. If you’re new to eBay you can see some examples of the rabbit hutches you can buy there at the top of our website. Read the rest of this entry

Always buy, or build, large rabbit cages rather than small ones

So many of the rabbit cages that you see available for sale now are too small. Large rabbit cages are way more liveable for a rabbit than a small one, and it upsets us to see rabbits cooped up in such tiny rabbit hutches.

Unfortunately most people try to house their rabbit in a small rabbit cage because the smallest hutches are the cheapest. This however does not do your rabbit justice. A rabbit is a naturally playful animal and needs room to do just that, play.

Your rabbit should always have room in his cage to make at least 3 hops in the one direction. He should also be able to stand tall without being cramped by the height of the roof.

And even worse than seeing a rabbit in a tiny rabbit hutch is to see 2 or 3 rabbits in a small cage.

So remember always buy a large rabbit cage for your rabbit and if you can’t afford to buy one then build then build one, but make it as big as possible. Read the rest of this entry