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.
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
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
Generally speaking most rabbit hutches that are purchased in pet shops are way too small. Rabbits are energetic creatures and require sufficient space to run around.
The rabbit housed in the hutch on the right is barely able to move.
It’s understandable that many rabbits are housed in hutches that are too small because those are the cheapest rabbit hutches available in the stores. However if you are looking to either buy or to make a hutch for your rabbit it’s important to remember that the bigger the hutch the better for your bunny.
And of course if you have more than one rabbit it’s important that the hutch be correspondingly bigger.
Rabbits are very active and require plenty of exercise during the day. Particularly if you have a small rabbit hutch it is also important to have a rabbit run where the rabbit and spend some time during the day running around exercising. Some people build a run for their rabbit in the back garden and take bunny out to the run each day for a couple of hours of exercise.
Others have a wired enclosure that is accessible from the rabbit hutch. Opening a door of the hutch allows the rabbit access to the run.
Your rabbit should have at least 2 hours during the day when he is able to run and jump freely. It’s also very important that the run have fences sufficiently high and strong to protect the rabbit from predators such as dogs, and to stop the rabbit escaping.
