Romeo-Girl
Active Member
My father is a good carpenter, he has his own business. He's agreed to make me a rabbit hutch. I know he'll make it up to standard and safe, he's already seen many photos of well-constructed hutches that are good for rabbits. My favorite image was this one: http://burnspetfooddirect.co.uk/images/45184_trixie_kleintierstall_1.jpg
I have a few questions as I've never housed rabbits outdoors. We have standard petstore cages for our rabbits and because they're so small, we let them have the run of the living room/kitchen during the day when we're home to supervise them.
We plan to have the hutch insolated so it stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Is it okay to house rabbits outside during the winter as long as there's insolation, hay, and a blanket? If it's too cold, I was going to look into whether it's too difficult or not to have a heating light/lamp safely built into the hutch for them. Is cedar safe to use to build it? Is there a safe water/urine repellant kind of stain to put on the wood so the rabbits' urine doesn't soak into it?
Underneath the hutch, where the ground is, we were going to lay down something like wood or the like, to prevent them from burrowing and escaping underneath. Is this a solid idea?
If there's anything else I should know, please advise me. I want nothing but the best for my rabbits and safety's first.
I have a few questions as I've never housed rabbits outdoors. We have standard petstore cages for our rabbits and because they're so small, we let them have the run of the living room/kitchen during the day when we're home to supervise them.
We plan to have the hutch insolated so it stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Is it okay to house rabbits outside during the winter as long as there's insolation, hay, and a blanket? If it's too cold, I was going to look into whether it's too difficult or not to have a heating light/lamp safely built into the hutch for them. Is cedar safe to use to build it? Is there a safe water/urine repellant kind of stain to put on the wood so the rabbits' urine doesn't soak into it?
Underneath the hutch, where the ground is, we were going to lay down something like wood or the like, to prevent them from burrowing and escaping underneath. Is this a solid idea?
If there's anything else I should know, please advise me. I want nothing but the best for my rabbits and safety's first.