subject: Decide On His Rabbit Hutch Before You Buy Your Rabbit [print this page] Decide On His Rabbit Hutch Before You Buy Your Rabbit
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 true that rabbits can be kept equally well indoors or outdoors, though for each there are different considerations. Normally a rabbit is kept in a rabbit hutch, and you can do so both indoors and outdoors.
If you're looking to buy your first rabbit you should make some decisions about his housing before you buy anything. You should be aware for example that most rabbit hutches sold in pet shops or on the Internet are too small. He should be able to take at least 3 consecutive hops and be able to stand up in a hutch. Therefore it should be at least 6-7 feet long and 18 inches high. Many commercial hutches are way smaller than this, and it's very sad to see rabbits cooped up in tiny cages.
If you have an outdoors rabbit you must give him a rabbit cage that gives him total protection from predators. Predators such as dogs or foxes are extremely wily and will exploit any weaknesses in a cage to get at your little furry friend. As well as protection from predators it must have a weatherproof sleeping area as well as an exercise area that is covered in so he can play during the day.
And if you end up with a rabbit hutch that is too small you can overcome this by providing him with a rabbit run around the hutch or in the garden where he can play in a much bigger space during the day time, provided he is protected from predators there as well.
And if your rabbit is to be an indoors pet it is not important to have a roof on the hutch, and a roof inhibits cleaning, so unless you have a pet cats in the house a roof is not important. But he will still need his own private sleeping area.
And you must avoid putting his rabbit hutch anywhere near a gas appliance, as these can leak toxic fumes. Also avoid putting him anywhere near glass where he would get very hot sun during the summer and where he may get cold during the winter.
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.
Undoubtedly rabbits make great pets, but do some careful thinking and make some serious decisions, in particular about his housing, before you buy your first rabbit.
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