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Bunny Housing

 

Provided By: Missouri House Rabbit Society

 

Are you thinking of adopting a rabbit, or have you just adopted or bought a rabbit, and now your not sure of the best way to house bunny?

This page recommends housing options that have been tested and used by Missouri House Rabbit volunteers.

We've also included links to commercially-produced houses below.

Rabbits have a natural instinct to want to burrow, or have a place they can go and hide in. Our version of the House Rabbit burrow is to make one for them.

The pictures below show how we offer our house rabbits a quiet place to take an afternoon nap, or just a safe place to hide in.

These are storage tubs that can purchased at places such as Walmart or Target. Many hardware superstores carry these as well.

This picture shows a 38 Qt/36 L tub. We use these for our smaller rabbits approximately 8 lbs. and under, just be sure that if you have two or more rabbits, that they can comfortably all fit into the tub, and also get thru the holes.

This picture shows the tub before it has been transformed.

Using a jigsaw, or a quality pair of tin snips, you can cut the holes yourself, or many hardware stores can cut the holes for you. You can see that we have cut two holes, which allows bunny easier access to hop in.

You will also note that we have put a piece of a carpet remnant inside the box, which makes for a comfy nap. You can also place a piece of carpet on the top lid of the box, just remember to either use a carpet piece with rubber backing, or double faced tape so that carpet will stay securely on the lid, so when bunny hops on and off, the carpet will not move.

This picture shows the larger tub which is 122 Qt/115 L. We use this size house for our larger rabbits over 8 lbs. Again, just make sure that all your rabbits can fit thru the holes and inside comfortably.

As you can see, our bunny houses are a BIG success!!

If your house rabbit does not have free run of your house at all times, the Missouri House Rabbit Society recommends using pens or putting rabbits in an extra room and using a baby gate. The pens shown here are from KW Cages, if you are interested in their rabbit exercise pens, please visit their website. You can also find dog pens, which are similar at places like Petsmart. Exercise pens can also be found at KV Vet. We like to use pens because they are easily reconfigured if you need to make changes to your rabbits area, they are also light weight (around 15 lbs.) and easily fold up and can moved or stored easily.

This pen when opened completely measures (in this configuration) 44"x42". There are six panels to this pen, they measure 30" high by 24" wide.

We also recommend using a baby gate to keep your rabbits in a restricted area when it is not playtime. These baby gates can be purchased at Walmat, Target and other superstores. Most all baby gates will adjust in width, just be sure to measure your doorway for the correct size. In addition, some gates also have a feature where they can swing open, this is nice as you do not have to climb over it every time you want to go in the room.

Links to commercially-produced houses:

This is another housing option, these are grid panels, that are attached with velcro and cable ties.

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If you have built a bunny home or have some housing tips to share with others,
please submit your photos along with your description of what you built, or your housing tips to:
HRS webmaster

 

This four star bunny home was built by a master welder who built it for his friends house rabbits.