I now have two bunnies, both neutered males. They are not bonded yet (we just got the second one from a student of mine whose family couldn't afford to keep it), so Miller, my Netherland Dwarf shares space with me in my office room, and Buddy is in the dining room, which is next to the office. They are separated by two gates.
My husband and I have been talking about moving the two of them into our finished basement, where they will be much cooler and have more area to run around. The wiring in their current rooms is too old to run AC units all day, and I'm worried that fans and frozen water bottles just won't be enough this summer (we just moved into this house in December).
We don't plan on doing this bunny basement exodus until they're bonded. However, I'm feeling REALLY guilty about putting them down there (we're going to turn it into a TV room for us so we make sure that we spend enough time with them), but the two rooms they are in currently don't have doors (it's an old house with asymmetrical door frames), and it's always a little terrifying for me when guests come by with their dogs (the baby gates don't seem like enough of a barrier for me). Having the buns in the finished basement would be safer, as well as much cooler, and they'd be in neutral territory so Miller (hopefully) would be less aggressive about claiming his territory.
I'm wondering though-- is it unhealthy for them to live without much sunlight? The basement has small windows, so there's minimal light streaming in there. The floor is tiled, we don't have water damage there (it's about a 10 year-old addition), and there is thankfully no mold/mildew, and there is a lot more bunny-proofed surface area for them to run around.
Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated, as I'm feeling like a really guilty mom right now!
Many thanks!
