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Which indoor rabbit cage would you recommend the most out of these three?

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teal

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Hi, I'm consider one of the three cages and I'm totally stuck, would love your opinion, obviously the rabbit would have 7 hours if not more free range of the room and not just kept in the cage, thanks in advance! :D (I'm new here sorry if I've made any mistakes!)

Total size: 119.01 x 59 x 47 cm (L x W x H) -
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Length 120cm Width 59cm Height 50cm -
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100x100x45cm - (I know this cage is the smallest but it's a square cage, it gives more turning space (not sure if that makes it better?))
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Links in case images don't work -
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252505238929
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300873729665
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252578158523
 
Hi, I'm afraid none of them are suitable for keeping a rabbit in. The RWAF recommends a minimum cage size of 6ftx2ft with s permanently attached run of 8ft x6ft =60sqft of permanently accessible space. http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/ahutchisnotenough.htm
They should never be shut in any hutch as they are very active, even at night. If your rabbit will be indoors it would be better to use puppy pens to make a nice area, or better still, rabbit proof a whole room.
 
Zoobec said:
Hi, I'm afraid none of them are suitable for keeping a rabbit in. The RWAF recommends a minimum cage size of 6ftx2ft with s permanently attached run of 8ft x6ft =60sqft of permanently accessible space. http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/ahutchisnotenough.htm
They should never be shut in any hutch as they are very active, even at night. If your rabbit will be indoors it would be better to use puppy pens to make a nice area, or better still, rabbit proof a whole room.
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Can't really add anything to this good advice - except to suggest that you look at the examples in the indoor housing section which may give you some ideas.
 
Thanks for clearing that up, do you think using one of these cages plus a puppy pen or c&c grids around the opened cage could be okay? I'd just rather have a cage for the rabbit bowls, water, bedding and tray would go rather than just in a pen on the floor
 
teal said:
Thanks for clearing that up, do you think using one of these cages plus a puppy pen or c&c grids around the opened cage could be okay? I'd just rather have a cage for the rabbit bowls, water, bedding and tray would go rather than just in a pen on the floor
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Hi :wave: Welcome to the forum.

I don't see any harm in that. We have a 160 cage which is open all the time with access to the whole room. The rabbits have a litter tray, hay etc in the cage x
 
We use a 4'x2' converted dog cage for the litter tray (underbed storage box) the dog cage has a a large puppy pen around it. The buns have a vinyl floor so any water, hay, food spillage is easy to clear up
 
The girls have a double tier indoor rabbit cage as their den, which is open all the time. Water goes in there as well as one litter tray.... they have another tray outside the cage in their room, and another tray downstairs under the piano.

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TheThreeB's said:
Hi :wave: Welcome to the forum.

I don't see any harm in that. We have a 160 cage which is open all the time with access to the whole room. The rabbits have a litter tray, hay etc in the cage x
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Thanks! :wave:
Okay I think I'll end up doing that then, I think I'll go with the second cage I posted with puppy pens around it or I'll rabbit proof the room and let it explore freely :) Do you recommend using fleece in the cage?
 
teal said:
Thanks! :wave:
Okay I think I'll end up doing that then, I think I'll go with the second cage I posted with puppy pens around it or I'll rabbit proof the room and let it explore freely :) Do you recommend using fleece in the cage?
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II use towels. I've found using fleece blankets encourages them to urinate on it & not in their tray.
 
A large dog crate makes a indoor good base. You can put a shelf half way up across the back half (use a wood batten down each side and the back, fastened through the bars), and something like an underbed storage box or large litter tray in the bottom to fill with hay. If you clip on a 3' high puppy pen, you have a decent amount of space where they can be left unsupervised, then let them run around the rest of the room / house when you are there. 2' isn't usually high enough - most rabbits can easily clear it and jump out.

Examples: 4' dog crate
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dog-Cages...hash=item19fe3ec56d:m:mJS-fISBl8YSfGM5ap3R5MA

Puppy panels 3' high:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-Ext...hash=item1a1890c01a:m:mXeF_oT9ujavusfRvBdv8wA

The puppy pen shown has clips which will allow you to fasten the panels on to the open crate.
 
tonibun said:
Bunny might use it as a toilet.
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Almost certainly. :lol:
Been there, done that, disposed of two large and two medium cages and bought half a dozen puppy pens instead. That's about 36 panels.


tulsi said:
I found any soft furnishings (towels, fleece, rugs, etc) caused my rabbits to wee poo and chew!

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Yes!

I used puppy pads under hay in trays and eventually as flooring when they became less careful about where they 'went'. Cheap and easy to remove and dispose of.
 
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I've been using a puppy pen but have now bought those X-Pen squares that you join together and make any size you like! I'm going multi tiered condo!
 
Zooplus do a cage that's under £100 and 5ft long, you can buy an extension to make it slightly over 6ft for another £35. That's the biggest commercial indoor cage you can buy, I have one and I'm very happy with it :) Other options would be dog crate + pen, or you could make a CC cube cage but they can end up really expensive. Be careful with anything open top, we often underestimate how high they can jump
 
I used an indoor cage such as the ones you showed as the main base for one of mine while he was recovering from his op, but I took the front wire panel off and draped a sheet over the rest of the wire top to enable him to hide in it. I had him free range in the shed (16ft x 8 ft) so plenty of room there. He was really good and used it for sleeping eating and used only his corner litter tray. The good thing about them is they're easy to clean out. However, an underbed storage works just as well but they need somewhere to hide away so youd need a box or something in it.
 
I have an indoor Bun and I too was thinking of a cage like this as I thought an outdoor hutch would just loon madness in my lounge. However, it doesn't look that bad at ally id totally recommend an outdoor hutch, it's easier to clean, it's nice and large and cosy for Bun too.
 
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