keeping rabbits

thanks Lauren- you have some very lucky rabbits!

Hi, i have two lionhead rabbits - blueberry and harlow. firstly it is good your considering a new set up, most people i know leave their bunnies in this tiny little hutch and it breaks my heart. i have a 6ft long two tier hutch, with two bedrooms, a hut, a nestbox, a willow house and plenty of toys and bedding. they love going in their hutch and are often running around inside it. i have a picture of it on my albums i think. i Also have a huge run (9ft x 4ft) that can be attached filled with toys so the bunnies can you go out if they feel like it, of i night i cover the run area with taupaulin so it is dry in the morning if they want to run about.but i also have a open-top house in their for them to shelter from any rain too. i also have tri iso material to act as hutch protection which you can buy from b and q and d.i.y it!!! it works a treat and keeps the hutch toasty of a night. i also keep a huge open-out pink bunny cage inside my room filled with bunny-beds from pets at home and tunnels for them to hide in, they love it, and it is great when the weather is freezing in december as i know they are safe. being around humans this way makes them less jumpy and more socialised too.
if you have your bunnies in a garage, like sarah, why dont you consider buying or rescuing another bunny for company, purchasing a larger hutch and making the floor on the garage a big play area that they can access if they choose to, and places for them to hide and snuggle is the weather is bad. providing the garage is weather proofed, which can easily be done, your set up will be great and you wil have very happy bunnies!

thanks for reply sarah- your set up sounds great! correct! no vehicles in garage! the garage needs replacing- it´s not weather proof or animal proof so I can´t let them out in there..... am looking to change it all.

i keep 2 lionhead rabbits in a double level hutch. the hutch is 4ft long x 2ft wide x 2ft high on each level. the hutch is kept in a 7ft x 7ft shed. at night they are shut in the hutch for safetey, and the shed doors locked. during the day the bottom door of the hutch is opened and they have access to the whole shed and hutch. i put hay on the floor of the shed and they have lots of toys etc. if the weather is good then i put them in their run which is about 8ft x 3ft. i have a small hutch which i place in their run for shelter. i think there are some pictures of my set up on my page if that is any use to you.

when you say you keep your gp´s in the garage i´m assuming that you don´t keep a car in the garage as exhaust fumes are really dangerous!