Rabbit hutches with wire floors are not recommended

You will often see rabbit hutches offered the sale in pet shops. Most rabbits are kept in a commercial rabbit hutch that has been purchased on the net or from a shop.

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As we have said before the principal problem with most commercial rabbit cages is that they are too small. The rabbit needs a certain amount of space to hop around, to play and to exercise and most commercial rabbit hutches do not provide sufficient space for your rabbit to do this.

Your rabbit should have a cage sufficiently long to allow him to take 2 or 3 consecutive hops, and the minimum size to do this is at least 2 metres. And he should be able to stand up straight as well.

Unfortunately it is probably true to say that the majority of rabbits are housed in cages that are too small because of course these are the cheapest to buy.

However there is something else that you should consider when purchasing a rabbit cage as well as the size. You will find rabbit cages offered for sale with wire on the floor.

Rabbits do not like walking on wire and will actively avoid doing so, and so if your rabbit hutch has wire on the floor will probably find he spends most of his time in the sleeping area purely to avoid walking on the wire.

And it can also cause problems for his feet as well.

So remember when you’re shopping to your rabbit hutch, make it big and don’t buy one with wire on the floor. A solid floor works best.

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