Firstly, please consider both your rooms and buns safety!
Is your room bunny-proofable? Can you hide all cables / provide a safe area for the bunny? How large is your room?
House bunnies can be VERY rewarding, BUT there are a lot of things you will need to do to ensure your buns safety and happiness
I can tell you what worked for me but it was a bit extreme! First Mischa got ill so he came indoors temporarily, then when he got better and was bonded with Mini Mini dislocated her hip, had an op and a spay within 3 days so I kept them both indoors for a few months and then well, they never went back outside. :lol:
You need to make sure wires, even little ones are protected. I could write you a long list of what mine have chewed but I won't. :lol: Also anything wooden at their level is possibly up for grabs. I try to keep wooden things to a minimum so in one room my desk has metal legs, all my stuff is in a large bookcase with wire panels in front of it, the woodwork (ie door and wooden slope) is also behind panels. In my other room I have everything in my wardrobe or in plastic crates under the bed. The two in my room are very good and don't tend to chew on stuff so I can be a bit more relaxed with them and so my wardrobe doesn't need protecting and my bed legs are wood.
Having bunnies really forces you to be tidy! Don't think you can leave clothes on the floor! I have several holey tops! :lol:
These are some pictures of my setups.
Study/Lionheads room... (as you can see they've chewed the ottoman but I'm not worried about that, it has all their stuff in)
Bedroom/Lops room:
I'd tell her how much more you and they will get from it. That he'll be protected form foxes and that he'll be less likely to get ill as you'll see any signs of illness quicker. I'd PROMISE to her how you will keep him clean and tidy and then stick to that. I've always taken responsibility for mine and I'm the one who cleans their rooms and tidies their areas.
He wont be living in my bedroom he would be living in my lounge, hallway and dining room during the day when someone can supervise him and at night he would be confined to either the kitchen or hallway. Everytime I try to talk to my mum about it she seems to get annoyed and moody. I might write her a letter with a list of all the positive and negative things, not that there would be any negatives. Do you think the letter is a good idea? He wont be aloud in my bedroom or lounge because we have just had new carpets layed in those rooms :lol: Mum has agreed to let Riley stay indoors for the night on bonfire night because that will be when we have a huge firework display near my house and if all goes well then I might consider writing the letter to say how good he was for one night and that he will learn to adjust to using a litter tray etc.
I was just showing the pictures so you can get an idea of bunnyproofing really. You have to choose the room that works for you. For me it's the bedroom and study but for others it might be their lounge or dining room or kitchen. The lounge doesn't work for us because there are too many hiding places, our dining room opens on the garden which can't be bunny-proofed so they would escape and foxes might come in and our kitchen is very small so no room for them.
I'd bare in mind that even when supervised they can get up to stuff when you're not looking. They can get into corners that you can't see. They are FAST at destroying cables. There are negatives, the thing is to find solutions to them. Sometimes there are negatives you can't forsee. For instance, in the study room we used to have carpet. It was a manic pattern and they were weeing on it but I didn't realise because I simply couldn't see it within the pattern.
That makes it sound like I don't like them indoors! I do, I love it. But one of my pairs is just messier and cheekier and naughtier than the other, so I've had my fair share of 'whoops, naughty rabbit' moments. :lol:
A letter is a good idea, or alternatively write a list of positives and negatives, solutions to those negatives and show it to your Mum. Do you mind me asking how old you are? I'm sure if you show you've thought it out logically and are willing to take responsibility that your Mum will consider it. Maybe you can even suggest a trial period.
any joys convinving your mum? x
Erm....I just moved Hugo into my bedroom. Mummy never made a fuss! :lol: