So now she wants a rabbit...

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Paul - I thought of something else, get a litter tray and put that in its hutch, again watch for which corner he uses as a toilet and the put the tray in that corner or space, it'll stop the entire hutch getting soaked with wee and its less messy when cleaning out.

Yeah, you can now get little triangle shaped litter trays which conveniently fit into the corner of a hutch or whatever you're using

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

Yeah, you can now get little triangle shaped litter trays which conveniently fit into the corner of a hutch or whatever you're using

thats what Liz got for our bunny's hutch, its much much less messy when cleaning out and its quicker to.

[rowdy]

Don't think anyones mentioned flystrike yet, watch for maggots round it's ar5e, the mother in law is forever cleaning her rabbit's ar5e in a bowl of soapy water to keep it clean around that area.

Originally Posted by rowdy

Don't think anyones mentioned flystrike yet, watch for maggots round it's ar5e, the mother in law is forever cleaning her rabbit's ar5e in a bowl of soapy water to keep it clean around that area.

not much to worry about during the winter months though. As long as you regularly clean out the hutch then flies won't be attracted in the first place.

[dizzyblonde]

yes, thats why using the hutch disinfectant spray is essential, and general tidyness around the hutch. The worst thing to get is other furry animals wanting to bunk with bunny. ( I should imagine also depends on how suburbian/rural you are)
Rodent plop is lethal to rabbits
My mate in France has rabbit and ginuea pig, and she lives in back of beyond...ickle field mice were found under the hutch...

[Paul the 6th]

why do they enjoy sitting in their food dish and looking around as if it's the best thing in the world? Seems well chuffed with the cage we got - went for an indoor plastic base tray with metal cage upper thingy & corner litter tray. She has like a mini bunker as well with one access door and a set of steep steps up one corner, but she's not fathomed the steps and is still dangling her ars3 over the edge when trying to climb on the roof.

She seems well tame atm, stick your hand in and she just rubs up against you or walks on past to explore the rest of her cage. Althought we read about the bit where they become sexually mature and end up properly defensive... Think we'll be heading down the spay route as soon as she turns angry -and we'll get the rabbit done while we're at it! A thank you

will post pics as soon as I get some batteries in my camera...

oh and this is what the cage looks like but ours is about a third bigger again

[dizzyblonde]

Paul...me finks your cage will need to be made MUUUUUCHH bigga in the months shes going to grow


I know you said its bigger than the picture....but that bunnies gonna get biiiiiiigggga...lol

Or is she a dwarf lop?

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

Paul...me finks your cage will need to be made MUUUUUCHH bigga in the months shes going to grow


I know you said its bigger than the picture....but that bunnies gonna get biiiiiiigggga...lol

Or is she a dwarf lop?

SHe is indeed a dwarf lop dizzee apparently she's not going to grow more than 3lbs, so we'll wait and see but if she does start to get ridiculously bigger then we'll upgrade in a heartbeat... current pen is about 3.5 ft long by about 2.5 ft wide and about a good foot n a half tall, so plenty of room to run around in the meantime

thats the one i had (cage)
i had mini lop who fitted in one of them-and he turned out not to be so mini lol

I always wory about mine being outside all the time. I heard screaming in next doors garden and went to check on there animals and found a wild rabit screaming in pain where something had paralysed it. Being a selfless person i had to hit it twice with a brick but it was still quivering so had to wring its neck (blood on hands, not nice). It was a horrible thing for me to do it but it was for the good of the animal.

Mine are let out at dawn and locked away at night so at least they are safe(ish) then.