Hesperus
Warren Veteran
I've just been reading a different rabbit thread on a different website, someone said if you saw two rabbits grooming you'd never keep a single rabbit. (Not the topic this thread is about though pleae- there have been plenty of those).
That got me thinking about my own position on rabbit keeping and I've realised I personally believe that if you saw a free-range rabbit environment you'd never keep a rabbit in a hutch/run or shed. I know that these often well exceed the minimums recommended by the RSCPA etc but when I see Ludo pelting around our house, which is very large, up and down the stairs, round and round the hall, doing binkies all the way, I start to wonder if it's unkind to keep rabbits in any enclosed space.
Now, I don't mean this to be controversial at all, because I also believe that there is no single model of what's best, you have to adapt situations for individual buns and environments, (like how I am sure Ludo's health is only now controlled because he is single). But the fact that what I believe (rabbits should run free for at least most of the time) is clearly contrasting with expert advice, and it got me thinking.
But I was wondering what other people think? I'd like to hear from you all, whether you have a hutch/run or a freerange environment.:wave:
That got me thinking about my own position on rabbit keeping and I've realised I personally believe that if you saw a free-range rabbit environment you'd never keep a rabbit in a hutch/run or shed. I know that these often well exceed the minimums recommended by the RSCPA etc but when I see Ludo pelting around our house, which is very large, up and down the stairs, round and round the hall, doing binkies all the way, I start to wonder if it's unkind to keep rabbits in any enclosed space.
Now, I don't mean this to be controversial at all, because I also believe that there is no single model of what's best, you have to adapt situations for individual buns and environments, (like how I am sure Ludo's health is only now controlled because he is single). But the fact that what I believe (rabbits should run free for at least most of the time) is clearly contrasting with expert advice, and it got me thinking.
But I was wondering what other people think? I'd like to hear from you all, whether you have a hutch/run or a freerange environment.:wave: