Is it too late in year to relocate rabbits hutch & run into a wooden summerhouse?
We’ve 2 boy rabbits - 3 months old today - mixed breed Dutch/English. We had them vaccinated 3 weeks ago & taking them to be neutered as soon as vets has availability.
We got them at 8 weeks old & for last 5 weeks we’ve homed them in cage indoors taking them to a run outside during the day on non-rainy days.
This is not ideal but I’ve children so not got space indoors for anything bigger than current cage (120x60cm) and house is open plan with toys etc everywhere so the rabbits can’t just be allowed to freely roam as it would be impossible to rabbit proof our downstairs. (Plus the bunnies are keen nibblers of carpet, sofa etc!)
We’d wanted them outside all along but had purchased hutch & separate run from Pets at Home that once we did proper research discovered wouldn’t really be the right way to keep bunnies long term. Also a neighbour’s guinea pigs got attacked over night by foxes so my daughter was not wanting us to allow the rabbits 24/7 access to the run despite me being pretty confident it was secure from predators.
In order to create a hutch/run environment that our daughter is happy with we have now purchased a secondhand summerhouse. However, due to illness & time constraints my husband is only finishing getting it put up & roof on this weekend (24 Oct). It’s totally dry inside but not been insulated as this would need another weekend to do.
Would really welcome advice from experienced rabbit owners as to whether we are able to move our rabbits into the summerhouse given it’s the end of October or whether they’d be better off staying in the less ideal smaller space until the warmer Spring weather?
Thanks
We’ve 2 boy rabbits - 3 months old today - mixed breed Dutch/English. We had them vaccinated 3 weeks ago & taking them to be neutered as soon as vets has availability.
We got them at 8 weeks old & for last 5 weeks we’ve homed them in cage indoors taking them to a run outside during the day on non-rainy days.
This is not ideal but I’ve children so not got space indoors for anything bigger than current cage (120x60cm) and house is open plan with toys etc everywhere so the rabbits can’t just be allowed to freely roam as it would be impossible to rabbit proof our downstairs. (Plus the bunnies are keen nibblers of carpet, sofa etc!)
We’d wanted them outside all along but had purchased hutch & separate run from Pets at Home that once we did proper research discovered wouldn’t really be the right way to keep bunnies long term. Also a neighbour’s guinea pigs got attacked over night by foxes so my daughter was not wanting us to allow the rabbits 24/7 access to the run despite me being pretty confident it was secure from predators.
In order to create a hutch/run environment that our daughter is happy with we have now purchased a secondhand summerhouse. However, due to illness & time constraints my husband is only finishing getting it put up & roof on this weekend (24 Oct). It’s totally dry inside but not been insulated as this would need another weekend to do.
Would really welcome advice from experienced rabbit owners as to whether we are able to move our rabbits into the summerhouse given it’s the end of October or whether they’d be better off staying in the less ideal smaller space until the warmer Spring weather?
Thanks