Indoor Rabbit Pens

Keeping a rabbit constantly confined to a cage is just plain cruel. How would you feel being cooped up in your closet? There is nothing wrong with keeping a rabbit in a cage, as long as your pet gets enough daily freedom.

Its preferred that you keep your house rabbit in an indoor pen, such as the one shown in the picture. What a rabbit pen allows is enough space for your rabbit to call it home. What this looks like, however, is only limited by your imagination. You can either buy or build your own rabbit pen. It should be at least 3 feet high, so your rabbit can't jump over it.

If your rabbit cannot have run of the house, or a rabbit-proofed room (away from wires, pets, poisonous plants, etc.) then an exercise pen will work nicely. Don't forget that your rabbit would still love time outside of its pen to run around and play.

Rabbits are most active during dawn and dusk, so its best to give your pet some run of your house during those hours. You would supervise your rabbit as it hopped around your house (and how curious it will be!). Your rabbit will have enough room to jump in the air and do 'binkies'! Soo fun to watch. :)

First you will want to get familiar on How To Litter Train Rabbits.

Essential to any rabbit pen are basic rabbit supplies such as food bowls (one for veggies/fruit, one for pellets, one for hay), a water bowl (more natural for rabbit than a bottle), and a litter box with litter.

Also, to keep your rabbit healthy and happy, you need to provide it with rabbit toys in its pen. Provide your rabbit with safe toys for mental stimulation and physical activity. Things to climb in, crawl under, hop on and around, dig into, toss around, and chew on are some options.

Ideas for what to put in a rabbit pen include:

-Cardboard box, for crawling inside, jumping on, and chewing
-Cardboard rolls, such as from paper towel and toilet paper
-Tunnels and tubes
-Untreated wicker baskets or boxes
-Magazines or newspaper
-Cat toys, such as Batta balls
-Parrot toys that can be tossed, or hung from the cage
-Dried pine cones
-Hand towel, for bunching and scooting
-Untreated and aged wood, twigs, logs
-Untreated sea grass or maize mats

If you purchase a rabbit cage to use, it should be at least 4 times the size of your rabbit stretched out. The bigger, the better!

A rabbit cage comes in handy when you want to clean up your home, or when you have visitors, or for when you are unable to supervise your pet.

You can use rabbit litter on the cage floor, or put a rabbit litter box in there. Every rabbit is different, so you will have to try and see what works best for your rabbit.

I would highly recommend that you get a cage that has a front door, so the rabbit can jump in and out on its own accord! The cages that are on wheels, or with only an opening on top are impractical.