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Rabbit Housing
For an outdoor rabbit the ideal home is a wooden
hutch made of a heavy wood with a waterproof
roof which is raised off the ground. All rabbits
must have an adequate exercise area, whether it
is an outside run or an enclosed area in the
house. All our rabbits have hutches with runs
attached, I leave the hutch doors open at all
times so that they can decided where they want
to be. Each day I let them out into the communal
play area where they can have a proper run and
jump.
We use wood shavings for the floor of the
hutches. Fine sawdust can cause eye irritations so this should be avoided.
Bedding material should be provided especially in cold and wet weather for
the outdoor rabbit. The best thing to use is straw on top of a layer of the
wood shavings in the sleeping compartment. The rabbit home should be cleaned
out weekly and any old food removed. If it is necessary to wash the home
then only use a cleaner specifically designed for cleaning rabbit
hutches. DO NOT use newspaper on the floor of your rabbits hutch as the
print can be toxic. When cleaning out our hutches I spray a rabbit friendly
insecticide which prevents midges etc.
Our Hutches
We buy all our hutches from
we find the delivery to be very quick and the hutches to be more than
adequate for our purpose. There are a lot of hutch sites on the internet so
its a good idea to take a bit of time and compare prices before buying a
hutch.
I fill the hutch area of all my cages with
wood shavings, and hay in the bed area, as all my cages are laid on slabs I
sprinkle some wood shavings on the floor also, every day all my bunny's are
let our for a run about and a munch on some grass.
Here are some pictures of our hutches:
Summer 08
Wet, Windy & Dark January 2009
