New Cage possibbly??????

[Blue eyes]

Apology accepted
Housing a rabbit indoors is a whole new experience (and rewarding). It seems that the longer I keep indoor bunnies, the more time they have outside their cage. My earliest buns had a few hours out each day. My later (and current) ones are now out all day long.
Having them litter trained greatly simplifies things and they are so easy to train once they are fixed. Once they're trained, you won't need to clean the cage so often. The NIC cage above might've needed the bottom floor cleaned once per week. The upper levels stayed clean much longer. Just the litter pan needs cleaned regularly. You'll no doubt enjoy the ease.
I've never used coroplast for the floor of my NIC cages though you certainly can. You can see in my photo that I used linoleum for the floor. It's important, though, that they can't get to the edge and chew it. I wouldn't advise a shower curtain -- that's ok for guinea pigs but rabbits will likely chew right through it.
Here's a photo of a (sort of) 3x2x2 that I used temporarily to house 1 bunny while I was bonding her with another. It would have been better squared off, but I ran out of grids.
http://i44.tinypic.com/33biicj.jpg
Where are the photos that you posted?

As you and your mom transition to housing bunnies inside, you may enjoy either the website: http://www.myhouserabbit.com
or the book: "The House Rabbit Handbook" (available on amazon)

edit: that is so weird -- when I click on the houserabbit link, it tries to take me to "myhousebunny.com" which does not exist. If it does that for you, type in "myhouserabbit.com"

 

[MiniLopHop]

You might want to be careful just splitting the cage down the middle. If the buns can get their noses threw the bars they might bite each other. I have a mini lop with a chunk out of her nose from this kind of situation.

I'm glad you are learning. I had rabbits as a kid too and they were hutch pets that were viewed more as livestock (farm country Ohio). When I got into rabbits again a couple years ago as an adult I was shocked at how much had changed and all the things I did "wrong" as a kid. The important part is willingness to learn and grow. Now I have the joy of living with 6 house rabbits that love to run around like the cats.

 

[Nelsons_Mom]

What are your plans for if they do not bond? Because with both of them being unspayed, that's a hugely realistic possibility.

And I don't mean to offend you, but most pairs of RATS from labs are kept in bigger cages than the 18 by 24 cages your mom thinks are appropriate. They recommend 24 by 24 per rat. And bunnies are obviously much bigger.

I know someone else said this, but if you are not financially independent and your parents are unwilling to bring your rabbit to the vet (which is very much the norm) then to purposefully bring in another rabbit is a move of such irresponsible levels I cannot fathom it.

Now, I, along with the others here, will continue to offer you advice, but you refusing to believe the basic facts of your case doesn't fill me with hope.

You can buy the grids at Walmart, Kmart, and target both in store and online. If you can't find chloroplast, substitute linoleum or carpet.

 

[ldoerr]

Brandy- Do you think that if I put some 1/2 inch mesh on the devidor that that would solve the problem of them biting at each other?

I actually wish that I was not going to have 2 bunnies but I do not have any choice in getting Shinny Things. I have been trying to get her since March of this year. I had given her to a good friend of mine when I got out of rabbits. At the Houston Livestock show and Rodeo (HLSR) I met up with her again and found out that she was getting out of the Castor variety of Mini Rex. I asked if I could have Shiny Things back (she is a castor mini rex). She agreed to it. A couple of days later she called telling me that she had forgotten that she had sold Shiny Things a few weeks beforhand. She told me that she could get her back. After not hearing from her for months me and my mom decided that I would not be getting Shiny Things back. I went and started to look for a rabbit. Another friend of mine that breeds rabbits happened to have some for sale. I ended up getting Beauty from her. That friend has a 0 return policy. That was 2 weeks ago. I got a text from my friend with Shiny Things saying that she had finally goten her back. I got this text on Monday or Tuesday of this week. As you can see there I have to get Shiny Things. My friend has been working hard for many months to do this for me. My hope is that my parents will let me get the rabbits spayed as a Christmas or Bday gift to me.

 

[MiniLopHop]

Mini rex are so small they might still be able to get a nose through. It just depends on their faces. I don't want them to end up injured. What about pet screen (made for screen doors)? It would let them see and smell each other but not risk biting each other? I'm not positive if buns can bite through it though.

 

[ldoerr]

That is a really good idea. I never thought about it before. I highly doubt that the rabbits would bite each other through the cage though. Both have been in connecting cages next to other bunnies their whole life's. The normal devidor that separates rabbits in rabbitries is 1"x2" wire. I will test out a couple of things with it this weekend when they are ar my parents house. (they have access to all of the tools and materials where they live.) I will look into that stuff today. Thank you for the sugestion.

 

[MyBabyHasPaws]

i use coroplast! I only have a small little bit, it was made mainly for the babies not to get injured. I'm sure you could just zip tie it on where the cage will be connected.

Bugsy and Oreo I want to say are officially bonded. They groom eachother thru the cage, if Bugsy is on the top level Oreo is on the top level.. they follow eachother its super cute.. i cant wait until I can have them together.