Ok i have got one of the rabbit pens from pws greenline(on rabbit rehome) which fully made up is HUGE! i have got a piece of lino for the floor (to protect my carpet!!)I have various toys, boxes etc for bunnies to play in.I dont really want to take up the pen with a cage so what shall i do for a bed??i do have a spare indoor cage which i guess i could use but i just wondered what you guys do?hmmm :? or i could have the indoor cage in the pen with the side door always open,then they could come and go as they pleased??but they might jump on top of the cage and jump out fo the pen??? :?: :?:
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A lot of indoor bunnies don't have a bed as such at all, they just have a cat basket or comfy corner. A box might be nice incase they feel like hiding but I imagine they probably won't use it much. If you look in diy/homeware stores you should be able to find big plastic storage boxes which you can cut a door (and ir holes) in to make a bed. If you put it in the middle then hopefully they won't be able to use it as a launch pad 
Tam
Tam
taylor v 109
Mama Doe
Whot about a travel box the cat kind that would give him the chance of a closed off area when he wants a bit of peace. val
LurcherGirl
Mama Doe
I have tried giving my bunnies a bed in the form a soft cat bed - but they all ended up using it as a toilet... so I gave up. They now sleep anywhere where they feel comfortable!
Vera
Vera
Holly Go-Lightly
Alpha Buck
I am having a lot of success with the Vetbeds.
The buns like them.
The buns like them.
Flump just had a blanket in the kitchen and would sleep on that, or under the coffee table in the lounge.
Eventually we got him a big cardboard box to go on his blanket and he liked that a lot. We cut a door in it for him and he would often lie with his face poking out to survey our comings and goings. He really enjoyed modifying the doorway to his tastes too.
Eventually we got him a big cardboard box to go on his blanket and he liked that a lot. We cut a door in it for him and he would often lie with his face poking out to survey our comings and goings. He really enjoyed modifying the doorway to his tastes too.
Hiya Nicola,
I've just bought one of the rabbit pens too, but I'm still waiting for mine to arrive. I'm glad you asked the question about a bed, because I was wondering the same too!!!!
Are they really that huge when made up? I'm hoping to make two separate runs. A small one as an attachment to their cage, and big run for outside!
Karen xxx
I've just bought one of the rabbit pens too, but I'm still waiting for mine to arrive. I'm glad you asked the question about a bed, because I was wondering the same too!!!!
Are they really that huge when made up? I'm hoping to make two separate runs. A small one as an attachment to their cage, and big run for outside!
Karen xxx
beck
Mama Doe
I have one that I have used as a run, I have a french lop, she's still only little but I could see it was only a matter of time (minutes) till she'd work out she could jump it!
So I made the run smaller and attached two panels to the top so it had a lid. I do believe you can order an extra two panels to use as a top.
I'm going to get some more as I have also now made it into an indoor enclosure for her and still want to use one as a run, although the indoor cage is in there too, from reading these posts I shall take it out and use a dog bed or box instead. Only then I'll have an empty cage. . . . :roll: :lol:
So I made the run smaller and attached two panels to the top so it had a lid. I do believe you can order an extra two panels to use as a top.
I'm going to get some more as I have also now made it into an indoor enclosure for her and still want to use one as a run, although the indoor cage is in there too, from reading these posts I shall take it out and use a dog bed or box instead. Only then I'll have an empty cage. . . . :roll: :lol:
A big success for a bunny bed is a large solid paper bag like a paper trash bag (see pic in my album). Tweed loves to nap in his. He likes going in and out the entrance and probably the darkness inside (like a burrow?). He also naps in a corner of the room on a little carpet square which I gave him because the floor of his room is just polished boards. He has his own carrier box with hay inside which he can use for a bedroom if he wants, but he chooses not to. Maybe a small piece of carpet inside the bag OR some hay inside the bag would encourage your bunny.
PS More thoughts on bag versus box or topless bed....they can't use the bag as a step-ladder to escape the pen......bag provides cover which open bed doesn't. Bag is cheap and if it doesn't work, no money/time wasted. Downside? Bag looks terrible. Visitors to bunny room think bunny is 'going through the rubbish' like a stray dog!! Especially as Tweed has another bag, rather chewed, which spews out his collection of toilet roll inners, odd bits of cardboard and wrecked toys of all descriptions.
