Cages

What do you guys like best for cages? I personally like NIC

We use a x-large x-pen as a house for our boy it works perfectly for us since he is not a jumper, therefore doesn't need a "roof"

I like NIC cages but I also like free run. I allow free run when I am home. And i only have enough space for one NIC cage
The others are just normal cages..

Well, I've made many NIC cages in the past, but I'm really happy with the most recent cage I made using an old oven cabinet. (my husband does kitchen/bath remodels) We had extra stuff (like a few spare pieces of tile) to use so I only had to purchase about $20-$25 of materials. I'm so happy with the way it's like furniture. It's only closed at night.





Since this photo, however, I lost the white bunny. Now I have 2 more boys I'm bonding with Sapphire. They are all upstairs in an x-pen, still in neutral territory, but I'm anxious to bring them back here. I won't be able to close them in since I think it's too small for 3 bunnies.

I prefer NIC cages if a cage is necessary. Otherwise free roam for sure, it's much easier have them free roam. Don't have to worry about locking anyone away.. they're calmer throughout the day etc.

I voted NIC, but I've actually got a NIC/x-pen combo because free-roaming isn't an option at the moment and my house is too open to baby-gate them into a room - they've got about 70 square feet of run space plus a 3.5 story condo (there's a little landing between the second and third floors and it's one of their favorite sleeping spots).

if I had to pick one or the other (or if free-roaming was an option), I'd say I prefer NIC just because my bunnies (even the one that's not a big jumper) absolutely love having upper levels. Gaz had to be taught to use the levels, but she likes to follow/copy Nala so she spends as much time up high as Nala does.

I like NIC cages. I do not have the option of letting my rabbits out to run much. My rabbits do not get out to run but maybe 2-3 times a week each. I am just busy with school and my other animals. When they get out I try to make it for 1.5hrs but it normally ends up only being 1 hr. It is also only 1 that gets to run around at a time because they are not bonded yet. The area they get to run around in is my small kitchen, which is away from where I spend most of my time. My apartment is not suited very well to having rabbits. If I did not have my dog, the rabbits would probably get LOTS more free run time.

Sorry that I went off talking about something not having to do with the topic, and that I sound like a bad bunny mom.

Once my rabbits are bonded I will take out the devidor in their cage so that they have a 3.5x2x2 NIC cage. As it is right now they do not have any shelves in their cages for a number of reasons. 1)They got spayed recently so I had to take the shelves out. 2)When they had shelves Beauty had a shelf that went the width of the cage. It became next to imposible to clean from under the shelf. Shiny Things had a 1 pannle shelf. She ate the thing that was supporting it (cardboard). 3)I was going to get some PVC pipe to make a shelf support this weekend but got busy with other stuff.
I will be adding the shelves back into their cages soon. (Shiny Things got spayed only a week ago).

When I move to a new apt next year I am going to pick one with the rabbits in mind. (That is what I was doing this whole weekend, researching apt.). One of my bigest criterea for a new apt is that it has to have big open areas that I can let the animals have. When I move the rabbits will HOPEFULLY be upgraded to a bigger cage.

Sorry that this has been a supper long rambling post