On Rabbits As Pets And Rabbit Housing
Rabbits make wonderful pets for a wide range of reasons. They can be housetrained, they don’t eat a lot, children love them and they can be a great companion for adults as well. Keeping rabbits can be an involved subject, however the first decision that is usually made about keeping rabbits is whether you will keep them in an indoors or outdoors rabbit hutch.
It’s quite true that our little furry friends can be successfully kept indoors or outdoors. However there are different considerations for each. A rabbit is generally kept in a hutch, and can be kept in a hutch as easily outdoors as indoors.
Choosing your Rabbit hutch is a big decision.
Before you buy your rabbit you must have decided about what housing you will use to keep him in. There are rabbit hutches sold freely on the Internet and in pet shops but the vast majority are way too small for a rabbit. A rabbit should have sufficient space to take 3 consecutive hops and to stand up in his hutch, therefore it should be a minimum of 18 inches high and 6 feet long. It saddens me to see beautiful rabbits cooped up in tiny rabbit cages.
If you have decided to keep your rabbit outdoors his rabbit cage must give him complete protection from creditors like dogs and foxes who are very clever and will get at your rabbit anyway they can. His hutch should have a sleeping area that is thoroughly weatherproof as well as an outdoor exercise area so he can play in the sun during the day.
And if you do have your rabbit in a small rabbit hutch now you can overcome this problem by building him a dedicated rabbit run around the hutch so you can allow them out during the day to run around in the run provided this is also protected from predators.
Indoors hutches have different considerations. It is not necessary to protect him from predators as there (hopefully) will be no predators indoors, so it is not necessary to have a roof on the cage. However a rabbit still appreciates a private area where he can retire from time to time to sleep.
Hutches are one of the most important decisions about keeping rabbits.
Don’t place is a rabbit cage near glass areas which can become extremely hot during the summer in the sun, and cold during winter. Also avoid putting his cage anywhere near a gas appliance as these can leak toxic fumes.
If you wish you can dedicate a whole room of the house to your rabbit, though you must inspect the room thoroughly checking for any holes that he can disappear into.
There’s no doubt rabbits make wonderful pets, however like all pets you need to make some decisions before you buy him. One of the biggest decisions is how and where you will house him.
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