Tip 1- Size
The most important thing to consider is the size. The indoor rabbit cage has to be large enough for your rabbit. A rough guide is about 5 times the adult size of the rabbit or about 100cm per 1kg for smaller rabbit. Make sure you buy the biggest size cage possible, so you rabbit has enough space (often cages that manufactures say are suitable for rabbits are too small……….so use you own judgment).
Tip 2 – Height
The height of an indoor rabbit cage should allow the rabbit to sit up straight, without its ears touching the top. The minimum height I would recommend for your indoor rabbit cage would be 40 cm, but this only a guide. Please use you discretion and if in doubt go for the taller cage.
Tip 3 – Floor/base
The floor of your indoor rabbit cage should be solid. Try and avoid wire bottoms as there irritate rabbit’s feet and can cause injury. If you buy a wire bottom indoor rabbit cage, place something on the bottom like a towel, grass matt or several pieces of newspaper to insure the safety of your rabbits feet.
Tip 4 – Cage Door
The door in your indoor rabbit cage should be large. A side door is preferable as this gives your rabbit easy access in and out of his home. It can also be beneficial for your cage door to double as a ramp (but please stay away from wire ramps, unless you cover it as mentioned in Tip 3).
Tip 5 – Litter box
Rabbits are clean pets, and you should provide a litter box in and out of the cage. A rabbit can be trained to go to the bathroom, just like a cat and litter boxes will enable this.
Tip 6 – Freedom
Even if you buy the biggest indoor rabbit cage, you should still let you rabbit out to hop around. This will make you rabbit more comfortable with you and his surroundings give him much needed exercise and really give you the full enjoyment of owning and loving your wonderful pet.
Good luck finding the perfect home for your rabbit.
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April 15th, 2010 at 12:43 am
This post is beyond awesome. I am always wondering what to do and what not to do so I will follow some of these tips.