When to start giving free range time?

[canela_2004]

Smudge will have been with us for one week tomorrow. We have progressed nicely with litterbox training. He only pees in the box, no accidents in the rest of his cage. He will take treats from our hands and let us rub his head or his sides while he eats. I would like to start letting him start having time out and about in the house but I am a bit nervous because he is still so small. (He is 8 weeks old.) How do you guys go about introducing baby bunnies to free range time? My last rabbit was a young adult when I got her so it was a bit different.


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[Nancy McClelland]

With the really small ones, we got a metal playpen that was about 9 feet round--could shape anyway we wanted as it was 6 panels--worked great.

 

[canela_2004]

We did something similar this afternoon except we ended up using baby gates to contain him in one bunny proof area. Thanks for the suggestion!


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[Blue eyes]

Yes, the x-pens are great. Btw, what are you feeding him for 'treats?' At 8 weeks, he should not be getting anything other than hay and pellets. Pellets can be hand fed as treats, however.

 

[canela_2004]

Just pellets, lol. He is so impressed by them that he will do almost anything for a few pellets at this point.


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