CB Millicent
Well-Known Member
We're going away for a week in a couple of months and have a family member staying at our house during that time. Our Bun lives in a cage on our covered porch (our weather is 60-70* year-round, and she HATES to be inside), but she is "free-range" in our small, fenced yard during the day when we're home (we are in the yard with her 80% of the time).
She has so much fun outside digging holes, eating grass, binkying and flopping next to us and hates it when it's time to go back into the cage for the night. Sometimes I have to pick her up and put her back in (and she rings her bell incessantly to get back out! :biggrin2:
Anyway, my family member is worried about catching the Bun to get her back into her cage at night. I'm thinking we should keep her in the cage for a week, but boy will she be HOPPING MAD!!
I'm worried that her cage isn't big enough. Here's a pic of her stretched out in it:
She does have a potty attached that she uses (that's where the hole leads) and behind her feet there's her hay bin and pellet/veggie dish. She does have a small shelf she can hop onto as well.
I'm considering getting a triple-decker cage my neighbor has for her chinchilla, but it's $200! Not sure if it's worth it or not, for a week of being caged.
So, does she have enough room to live there for a week? Can you think of any other options? I hate to do it, but I'd also hate to have her get hurt from someone not used to bunnies trying to pick her up.
She has so much fun outside digging holes, eating grass, binkying and flopping next to us and hates it when it's time to go back into the cage for the night. Sometimes I have to pick her up and put her back in (and she rings her bell incessantly to get back out! :biggrin2:
Anyway, my family member is worried about catching the Bun to get her back into her cage at night. I'm thinking we should keep her in the cage for a week, but boy will she be HOPPING MAD!!
I'm worried that her cage isn't big enough. Here's a pic of her stretched out in it:
She does have a potty attached that she uses (that's where the hole leads) and behind her feet there's her hay bin and pellet/veggie dish. She does have a small shelf she can hop onto as well.
I'm considering getting a triple-decker cage my neighbor has for her chinchilla, but it's $200! Not sure if it's worth it or not, for a week of being caged.
So, does she have enough room to live there for a week? Can you think of any other options? I hate to do it, but I'd also hate to have her get hurt from someone not used to bunnies trying to pick her up.