New Cage and Rabbit toys?

[ldoerr]

Blue eyes wrote:

You'll actually want to be sure to have a doorway for the buns. I'm afraid idoerrs cage doesn't provide a way for bunny to hop out on his own. [/font]

Unfortunately the way that my situation is I can not just open the door to my rabbit cage and let the rabbits out. I have a dog that would kill and eat them in a hart beet. Also the only room where there is room for a rabbit cage there is no way to rabbit proof. (I have lots of aquariums in each room). I do take them out and let them run for at least an hour or two a day. (I will be at least once they are fully bonded).

 

[Blue eyes]

ldoerr wrote:

Blue eyes wrote:

You'll actually want to be sure to have a doorway for the buns. I'm afraid idoerrs cage doesn't provide a way for bunny to hop out on his own.

Unfortunately the way that my situation is I can not just open the door to my rabbit cage and let the rabbits out. I have a dog that would kill and eat them in a hart beet. Also the only room where there is room for a rabbit cage there is no way to rabbit proof. (I have lots of aquariums in each room). I do take them out and let them run for at least an hour or two a day. (I will be at least once they are fully bonded).

The more exercise, the better. Your cage appears to be in a bedroom. You should be able to keep the dog out when bunny is let out. Is that where the aquariums are? It shouldn't be too difficult to block off access to cords. We did this when we were first married in a 1 bedrm apt and had 5 aquariums.

Rarely will rabbits continue to tolerate being picked up out of their cage and carried to an exercise area. Ideally, they should have easy access back to their cage during their free time so that (1) they can go back to do their business, and (2) so they can go back when they want the comfort and security of 'their space.'

 

[ldoerr]

That cage is in a bedroom. The other cage that the rabbits are in for most of the week is in a living room. I have my main aquarium in my living room. I also have about a million cords everywhere there. I also have 8 other aquariums in my bedroom. Trust me I wanted to make the door on the side but my mom wanted it this way and would not let it be on the side. She wanted the coroplast on the outside. Since she is paying for everything (I am a broke college student) I have to do things this way.

 

[Imbrium]

re: toys... someone mentioned a willow ball - I've gotta go get my rabbits another one of those, they're shunning the plain wood ball of the same design I got to replace the willow one after they chewed it to bits. my bunns give that toy four paws up

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3155603

mine love to play and hide in this tunnel... I'm getting them a larger one (8'' diameter) for when they outgrow the tiny one!

cardboard boxes with entrance/exit holes are adored by bunnies... paper towel or toilet paper roll with some hay stuffed in it is another great make-it-yourself toy

 

[Hyatt101]

Great thanks! I think I will get one of those tunnels, and I'll do the paper towel roll idea too!

 

[Imbrium]

oh, I forgot to mention about the tunnel... go to an actual petsmart store for it if you can - they're $6.99 online, but at the store near my house, they're only $1.75! (pity they don't have the bigger ones there... I ordered mine from petco last weekend 'cause they are (or at least were) having a 20% off sale with free shipping if you order enough stuff ($45 or $49 or something, I stocked up on discount carefresh bedding and got another playpen to expand their living area)

 

[Hyatt101]

Thats perfect thanks!! I'm going to start my NIC cage soon

 

[Imbrium]

http://www.petco.com/product/103974...rrets.aspx?CoreCat=MM_Ferret_SleepersHideouts

my bunns give their new hammock four paws up - $9 well-spent, imo

 

[Hyatt101]

wow, hammocks? Thats cool!! Good price too!

 

[Imbrium]

yup, 20% off store-wide and free shipping is insane. I've stocked up on hay for the next couple months (which is nice 'cause alfalfa's more expensive due to only coming in the small bags) and bought enough bedding for probably the next couple years

 

[Hyatt101]

Wow!! Thats awesome!! We're running low on hay so i should probably jump on that!!

 

[Imbrium]

yup! it's really a great deal... and carefresh bedding's a whopping 33% off if you're willing to buy 3 of the 60L bags at once.

toss in one of the expandable tunnels, a cheapie ferret hammock and some chews or a bag of bedding or something and you can get free shipping on the whole lot.

they've also got a playpen that's on sale for $39.99 right now...
https://secure.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?SKU=1396153

and this one's $51.99:
https://secure.petco.com/Shop/Product.aspx?SKU=1363930

I own both, 'cause my local petsmart only had one of each in stock when I got my first two pens... it's possible to hook them together even though they connect in slightly different ways, though on the non-hook end of the pricier one I'd recommend a couple zip-ties to make it extra secure if the rabbits get unsupervised time in the pen (outdoors, I don't bother since I'm sitting right there but I'll use zip-ties when I bring them inside and use it as a cage).

the cheaper one is 5 inches taller, but is smaller in terms of the floor space it creates so it really depends on whether jumping over the side is a concern.