how much space do you need to keep a rabbit.?

Question

we have just bought a flat and are wondering if it would be mean to get 1 in a 1 bedroom flat. we obviously intend to get it a reasonable sized cage but would have a garden for it to play in.

Answer 1

Rabbits are outside animals and need loads of space

Answer 2

Rabbits can and do live indoors (All of mine do). It's nothing bad, and both me and my girls enjoy it better because I can spend more time with them. I would try to avoid most petstore cages, because they are way too small, even for a dwarf sized rabbit! For space, the bigger the better. Rabbits are very active and can get lazy and obese if kept in a small cage. If possible, they should have daily runs outside of their cage.
As a rules of thumb, I've found this is the MINIMUM cage requirements.
Small rabbit: 24 x 24 x 18
Medium rabbit: 36 x 24 x 20
Large rabbit: 42x24x20 (inches)

Answer 3

Well, it does sound mean to have the poor thing locked up in an apartment, but if you want, you an make sure you take it to the park,every day , (yes like a dog) just let it be outside for a while, they really need to be able to move a lot, or they die , I used to live in Cannes with a family who had about 3, they had a kid who liked them, so they bought them as toys, the poor thing was locked up all day, and when one died they just got a new one and so on, until I told them to stop.... and they also didn't want to keep wasting money.
But if were you I wouldn't get one, its too much work

Answer 4

According to "The Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals" a rabbit weighing up to 4kg requires 3square feet of floor space and 14 inches of height. Mind you this is the minimum. So technically as long as you dont go below this you will be treating your animal humanely.

Answer 5

You can house train your rabbit if you start young enough. Not u, the rabbit!! I got a little bunny called scruffy and hes got a litter tray. He also runs about in the garden when he likes and I just put him to bed at night!! Like two kids aint enough to have to get into bed!! They are really intelligent - honest!!

Answer 6

u need a cage large enough for them to lie down,stand up and move around freely. i find house rabbits get more exercise as they can in any weather and normal have more space to hop in. i have 2 house rabbits which have just as much fun roaming around the house as in the garden.

Answer 7

4 square feet minimum for small and mini breeds. Add 50 percent for medium sized breeds and twice the figure for large breeds. Rabbits can be domesticated and make very good house pets. They can be taught to use a litter box, though I don't know how that is done.

Enjoy your bunny.

Answer 8

i have one in a 1 bed flat and i find they get more space to run around than my friends who have gardens, because he can run around the whole lounge instead of in a run. make sure they have room to stand on there hind legs in there cage and let them out about an hour aday, they like comin out early mornin late evenin best just like they would in the wild. mine has the chance to come out all day but hes so lazy he lyig in his cage now even tho the door is open, just blobk of ne wires cos they like eating them

Answer 9

http://www.rabbit.org/faq/sections/housing.html

The American House Rabbit society has loads of info on House Rabbits and how to best house & care them. I think a 1 bedroom flat is plenty of space, if you let them out every day to run, etc.

Answer 10

you don't have to have too much room. as long as you have got a big enough cage and enough garden etc. room to put in a run for a couple of hours each day, you should be fine.