Goth Mummy
Warren Scout
can an indoor bun have a "play area" in the garage during the day? is it too cold?
Hello,
My bun (Princess Katie) is a house rabbit, who has a dog crate as her base with a hexagonal playpen attached when we are out/at work and free ranging when we are in. I cant let her free range during the day as we have a dog who is lovely and adores her but I just would not be able to relax wondering what the two of them could get up to in my absence!
However I have been feeling guilty that I don’t think the 8 sided metal play pen/dog crate offers much hop room but its not possible to extend that space, there are no spare rooms in the house to bunny proof, we have children and are using all the bedrooms! The downstairs is open plan which makes it harder to section off areas, and my inlaws are in my house when I am at work looking after my youngest, and they dont fancy tripping over the bunny if she is free ranging, they are not animal people
I have cleared out our garage (very hard work, lots to the tip!) and bunny proofed a large area of it which is much larger than her hexagonal pen/dog crate set up and have put a (too small to use for any rabbit as a permanent home but I was given it by a colleague) rabbit hutch stuffed with hay in there but propped the door open so she could hop in and out, plus toys, litter tray, blankets etc. My thoughts were that during the day she could play and hop round the garage (which has windows and light) but come back in at night.
However, will she be cold during the day if I do that? I could potentially leave a heater on in the garage? I don’t want to do anything to harm her, I love her
The other option is to bunny proof my bedroom but I will have to square that with my husband first!!
Her vet told me that she could go out in her run on the grass on nice days in winter (shes got a house attached to snuggle into) but Im reluctant to do that in case the weather turns and Im stuck at work and cant get back to her quickly. The inlaws would not be confident enough to get her in.
Advice kindly received…sorry if I sound like an idiot. Just trying to do the best for my bunny x
Hello,
My bun (Princess Katie) is a house rabbit, who has a dog crate as her base with a hexagonal playpen attached when we are out/at work and free ranging when we are in. I cant let her free range during the day as we have a dog who is lovely and adores her but I just would not be able to relax wondering what the two of them could get up to in my absence!
However I have been feeling guilty that I don’t think the 8 sided metal play pen/dog crate offers much hop room but its not possible to extend that space, there are no spare rooms in the house to bunny proof, we have children and are using all the bedrooms! The downstairs is open plan which makes it harder to section off areas, and my inlaws are in my house when I am at work looking after my youngest, and they dont fancy tripping over the bunny if she is free ranging, they are not animal people
I have cleared out our garage (very hard work, lots to the tip!) and bunny proofed a large area of it which is much larger than her hexagonal pen/dog crate set up and have put a (too small to use for any rabbit as a permanent home but I was given it by a colleague) rabbit hutch stuffed with hay in there but propped the door open so she could hop in and out, plus toys, litter tray, blankets etc. My thoughts were that during the day she could play and hop round the garage (which has windows and light) but come back in at night.
However, will she be cold during the day if I do that? I could potentially leave a heater on in the garage? I don’t want to do anything to harm her, I love her
The other option is to bunny proof my bedroom but I will have to square that with my husband first!!
Her vet told me that she could go out in her run on the grass on nice days in winter (shes got a house attached to snuggle into) but Im reluctant to do that in case the weather turns and Im stuck at work and cant get back to her quickly. The inlaws would not be confident enough to get her in.
Advice kindly received…sorry if I sound like an idiot. Just trying to do the best for my bunny x