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Bunny enclosures

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Steph* Steph* NSW Posts: 49
1 1 Sep 2010
What kind of enclosures do people have for their bunnies, or even guinea pigs?

Are they inside/outside, portable/fixed, single/multilevel, with ramps, tunnels, playthings etc? If they are fixed, what sort of substrate do the buns have to scoot around on - I imagine it would be impossible to keep grass growing under a fixed enclosure.

Looking for inspiration happy

Thank you all...
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Truc Truc VIC Posts: 85
2 1 Sep 2010
well i use a puppy pen, also put his cage inside the pen for rest and such. how bout a condo? cant find any though.,
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bitchanca bitchanca VIC Posts: 117
3 1 Sep 2010
well I have about ten cages in my garden, all different sizes, and we only have 2 bunnies + 1 that I'm minding for a friend.

we have the main ones up the back on dirt with hay in them and wire dug into the ground so that they can't dig out
one is actually a bird avery so it's really tall, we have boxes in there for climbing, another was built by my dad, it's a big square cage with a dog kennel in it as a nest and then some other boxes for climbing, and then we have one that is too small for normal rabbits, it's one of those raised ones with a nest end and then a bit with wire on one side. we're currently keeping our oldest rabbit in there because he's ten and broke his hip at the start of the year, so he can't move around too much. I think once it gets warmer we'll move him into a bigger cage, this one just has the best nest option for him for winter.
Then we have a bunch of cages on the grass area of our garden, which we put them in when it's a nice enough day and for them to get grass.
we let one of them run around the garden, supervised of course, but because my bunny ran away earlier this year while she was running around, I'm a bit wary of that.
then we also have them toilet trained so that they can round around inside whenever we're home, but at the moment I have all this folio work on the floor so they haven't been able to come inside sad
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Courtney_1 Courtney_1 VIC Posts: 335
4 1 Sep 2010
I have two bunnies and there free range. tongue
Our first bunny we got, as he was to small, he was put into a cage that dad had made himself (about 2 metres long and a metre wide) and then he took the "cage" off his old trailer, and connected it to the cage so that he was able to run out into an area much bigger... He was in there about 2 months as he was to small & would have been able to fit under the fence. He has been out for nearly 6 years, & has the garden to share with Snoopy! happy
She was also inside that cage for about 2 months until she grew a bit bigger.
They now have the backyard, night and day. (There are plenty of places for them to keep warm if it's cold or windy).

They have the whole garden to run around in but yet so they are both chubby things. xD
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Animallover12 Animallover12 NSW Posts: 437
5 1 Sep 2010
I don't have one but if I did I would make him/her a nice comfy incloser!
And would clean the his house and feed him and give him water and love him forever!
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Belfry Belfry VIC Posts: 70
6 1 Sep 2010
Our bunnies are indoors so we have massive cages with strong plastic bottoms. They come in bright colours so actually look pretty funky indoors. Ebay sometimes have good/cheaper bunny homes. At the moment ours are dwelling in a mix of straw and hay but we'll be getting bigger cages soon and will be switching to a form of vet bedding so they'll be more comfy. They're out all the time during the day and are toilet trained (kitty litter tray) except for the odd accident. Make sure you supervise your bunnies if they're free in the house as they chew EVERYTHING! They have a major thing for electrical cords so keep them away from them especially. Toys - they like light balls to push around - screwed up paper, cardboard boxes etc... Mostly when they're out they're too interested on jumping on and off things and racing around to bother too much with toys. Then there's our fixed giant couple who love nothing more than a spot of rumpy pumpy when they're out of their cages - terrors!  ashamed2
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Poppy Popstar Poppy Popstar VIC Posts: 37
7 1 Sep 2010
My guys are mostly indoors.  The rooms in my house are all bunny proofed so all electrical cords are covered.  All my guys (inside & out) are litter trained.  

For some ideas on housing:

indoors - http://www.boingonline.com/living_indoors.html
outdoors - http://www.boingonline.com/living_outdoor.html
making an indoor house - http://www.boingonline.com/build_indoor_h.html
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Leighbunny Leighbunny VIC Posts: 174
8 1 Sep 2010
My dad, a carpenter, built me this. It's called the Hilton:

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g181/veganbunnygirl/F1000003.jpg

I have another one, we call it the hyatt,
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g181/veganbunnygirl/Hyatt.jpg

The photo was taken when it was just made. They're both about 4m x 3.7m, with a second story. Now the top story of the Hyatt has been made so it's got a floor the whole way around. It houses two up top, two down the bottom, and the Hilton houses 3 bunnies.
They need a lot of room, do bunnies. And it has to be predator/mosquito proof if outside.
My bunnies roam the backyard all day then go away at night.
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RaV3N RaV3N WA Posts: 2152
9 1 Sep 2010
Mine don't live in one as such. They free roam all day. Of an evening in winter they come inside and have an enclosure inside (just one of those plastic bottom, wire top ones) which is prob a lil too small for them, but it's where they eat and sleep... my 2 aren't very active at night.

At my new house I am building them a massive run space (I will be on half acre bush block, so free run isn't really an option) of about 15m long x 4m wide, with shrubs, tunnels, hidey-holes and things to climb, plus a big house to be locked up in of an evening (if not cold and to be away from foxes). To them it's going to be a down grade on space, but as for activity it's going to increase and them some. A lot of work from my point of view (digging at least 30cm down and putting chicken wire so they can't dig out/foxes can't dig in (with ease anyway!).
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Mondayschild Mondayschild WA Posts: 1452
10 1 Sep 2010
All this bunny talk is making me want a rabbit! How big is the smallest rabbit that you can get? Most of the ones i've seen are bigger than my dogs!
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