pam9
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I got 2 new rabbits a few months ago, and they're both in standard (small) petstore cages. One is a Lionhead who won't get too big, so his cage seems fine, at least for now, but the other has (surprise!) grown to be over 5 pounds, and he's only 4 months old. The woman who ran the rescue thought he was a Dutch because he has a tiny white stripe on his nose, but after some extensive research and forum posting, I've discovered he's actually a Palomino with maybe something else mixed in.
These rabbits grow to be abut 9 pounds, though I do think he has something else mixed in and won't be that big, since he hasn't been growing as fast lately and is 5.4 pounds now. My Palomino rabbit info says bucks under 6 months should be between 4-8 pounds, so he's kind of on the small side (though who knows, he could get there in the next couple months). But it's become obvious to me that his cage is way too small.
I was looking for information on what size cage to buy him, and the biggest I found recommended was 36x30. But the forum posts here seem to suggest that that is too small. He spends a pretty good amount of time in his cage, since nobody's home during the day. And his time out at night is limited, partly because he and his buddy have to be out separately (I can't wait until they're fixed), and partly because he needs to learn to behave himself and not bite the carpet when no one's looking.
The space for his cage is sort of limited, so I was thinking of maybe building a cage and going for height rather than width. But I was looking at the forums here and this building a cage business is not making a whole lot of sense to me.
So I guess I have 2 questions:
Should I buy a cage (and can anyone recommend one) or build one (in which case I need building advice)?
And what size should his cage be?
I got 2 new rabbits a few months ago, and they're both in standard (small) petstore cages. One is a Lionhead who won't get too big, so his cage seems fine, at least for now, but the other has (surprise!) grown to be over 5 pounds, and he's only 4 months old. The woman who ran the rescue thought he was a Dutch because he has a tiny white stripe on his nose, but after some extensive research and forum posting, I've discovered he's actually a Palomino with maybe something else mixed in.
These rabbits grow to be abut 9 pounds, though I do think he has something else mixed in and won't be that big, since he hasn't been growing as fast lately and is 5.4 pounds now. My Palomino rabbit info says bucks under 6 months should be between 4-8 pounds, so he's kind of on the small side (though who knows, he could get there in the next couple months). But it's become obvious to me that his cage is way too small.
I was looking for information on what size cage to buy him, and the biggest I found recommended was 36x30. But the forum posts here seem to suggest that that is too small. He spends a pretty good amount of time in his cage, since nobody's home during the day. And his time out at night is limited, partly because he and his buddy have to be out separately (I can't wait until they're fixed), and partly because he needs to learn to behave himself and not bite the carpet when no one's looking.
The space for his cage is sort of limited, so I was thinking of maybe building a cage and going for height rather than width. But I was looking at the forums here and this building a cage business is not making a whole lot of sense to me.
So I guess I have 2 questions:
Should I buy a cage (and can anyone recommend one) or build one (in which case I need building advice)?
And what size should his cage be?