What material for rabbit shed!!!

Hi guys please help me I am looking to purchase a shed for my beautiful mini lops. I can not stand wood so would prefer metal/plastic/aluminium etc!! However I have no idea what material (apart from wood) will be safe to shelter my bunnies all year round!!! I have 10 beautiful mini lops all of which are currently indoors! Now that summer has arrived I would like to start gradually moving them outside big unfortunately have no shelter as of yet!!! Please please help I have spent the past 6 months contacting people from material specialists to vets and am yet to get an answer!! I am hoping someone on here can help or point me in the right direction!!'

Hi, I'm afraid I would think plastic would sweat and be hot in summer and metal would be very cold in winter and very hot in summer. I don't think anyone on here has kept their rabbits in anything other than a wooden or brick built outbuilding.

Zoobec said:

Hi, I'm afraid I would think plastic would sweat and be hot in summer and metal would be very cold in winter and very hot in summer. I don't think anyone on here has kept their rabbits in anything other than a wooden or brick built outbuilding.

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Agree with this.

Another option may be a small concrete garage. Some places do smaller versions as bike stores, etc. Precast concrete panels on a poured concrete base would be secure from predators getting in and bunnies chewing their way out. It would also maintain a manageable temperature inside. You could put a meshed door on inside the standard one, and a (meshed) window for light and ventilation.

Plastic sheds are quite thin, I suspect they would be easy to chew out of (or foxes to get in), and definitely won't offer enough thermal protection. Metal sheds may not be as chewable, but I couldn't imagine leaving an animal in one - it would be like leaving them in a car. Both will get hot in summer and cold in winter. They will also have inherent condensation inside them from the animals, which leads to damp and mould on the walls and in the bedding.

Wood has the advantages of physical protection and thermal insulation. You can line the inside and paint it. The outside can be painted (see the Cuprinol Garden Shades collection for ideas) and you could grow climbing plants up it to hide it.

Zoobec said:

Hi, I'm afraid I would think plastic would sweat and be hot in summer and metal would be very cold in winter and very hot in summer. I don't think anyone on here has kept their rabbits in anything other than a wooden or brick built outbuilding.

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I agree.
What is it you don't like about wood?