House rabbit advice

binkacat · May 27, 2005

Still looking into and carefully considerng whether to get 2 rabbits. So I have a couple of questions please;

We'd like to keep the rabbits inside quite a bit - I know that wires/leads, etc have to be put in tubing, but what else are house rabbits likely to damage. Should I be worried about my dining room table and sofa getting chewed?

Can they climb up the stairs - it would be lionheads or dwarf lops?

If we did want to keep them out the sitting room would a child stairgate be successful or would they jump over?

Would they scratch the carpets?

thanks

loopylop · May 27, 2005

binkacat said:
Still looking into and carefully considerng whether to get 2 rabbits. So I have a couple of questions please;

We'd like to keep the rabbits inside quite a bit - I know that wires/leads, etc have to be put in tubing, but what else are house rabbits likely to damage. Should I be worried about my dining room table and sofa getting chewed?

Can they climb up the stairs - it would be lionheads or dwarf lops?

If we did want to keep them out the sitting room would a child stairgate be successful or would they jump over?

Would they scratch the carpets?

thanks

Have you read Tree's thing on bunny proofing in the rabbit care ref section? She pretty much covers everything.

They can get into anything, trust me! They may chew your dining room etc but Sophie has never attempted that, she digs the carpet and has chewed wires.

Sophie can climb stairs and some bun jump v high, so a stairgate may/may not be suitable depending on how your bun is!!!!

RipleysRatPack · May 27, 2005

They can definitely climb stairs. I had a rex, a nethy and a dwarf lop when I was very young, and one of my most prominent memories of them is how funny I thought it was when you put them at the bottom of the stairs and they'd shoot up really fast! :lol:

Sooty · May 27, 2005

Is it possible to do what i have done? I have two large pens for Sooty and Lolly made from wire panels. They are in there when I'm not around. If they are free in the living room i section off the tv and stuff with a collapsable dog guard. Works for me

binkacat · May 27, 2005

If I could keep them in the kitchen and dining room I'd be fine as there's no wire's they could chew - just a carpet to scratch at

But there's no door - just an archway from the dining room to the hallway - and then the rest of the house is pretty much open plan.

The archway is narrow - which is why I thought of a stairgate.

Guess we could try and see how it goes. Worst come to the worst they'd only be allowed in the house when we were at home. The rest of the time they'd have to go in the hutch/run combo.

Do many of you let your rabbits have the run of the house while you're out?

I'll check out Tree's advice on bunny proofing now. Thanlks 4 that

Sooty · May 27, 2005

The panels i was talking about can go across anywhere, Takea look at the Sooty and Lolly pics. If you need to just PM me

janice · May 27, 2005

I have some foster indoor rabbits, some I am happy to leave out all the time such as the front toothless bunny the others get fined to either their cage / pen or the kitchen.

loopylop · May 28, 2005

binkacat said:
Do many of you let your rabbits have the run of the house while you're out?

I'm afraid Sophie is locked in a very large dog crate while I'm out, I wouldn't have a house left if she was free range. It's for her own safety, as I don't want to imagine what she would get into without me supervising!!!!

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