Simple Outdoor Rabbit Hutches
Simple Outdoor Rabbit Hutches for Your Beloved Pet Bunny
Outdoor rabbit hutches are the most common way to house pet rabbits comfortably outside the home. Most are spacious and have devices to hold the rabbit’s food, water and anything else the rabbit may need while not in the care if it’s owner.
While simple to make for someone who knows one end of a hammer from another, there are commercial rabbit hutches offered for sale to make finding a house for your beloved pet that much simpler. If you aren’t very handy with tools and putting things together with a plan, a prefabricated rabbit hutch could be the best thing for you and your pet bunny.
To put it simply a rabbit hutch is a rabbit cage used for taking care of your pet rabbit outside, whether made of wood or metal. Usually though a rabbit cage is considered to be a rabbit home made of metal.
More owners tend to keep their rabbits outside since that is their natural habitat. Bunny cages like these are designed to give the rabbit everything the rabbit needs to survive: food, water and shelter. Since rabbits tend to live fairly long lives, they will require a lot of attention from their owner. Outdoor rabbit hutches make it possible to easily care for your rabbit.
Many rabbit hutches have the same basic design. There is a section of the hutch that is open to the elements for the rabbit to get some fresh air but fenced off so the rabbit doesn’t run away. Another a section that is completely enclosed except for a door so the rabbit can sleep in a secure area and get out of the elements. Dual cages are also offered for sale if you have more than one rabbit.
Rabbit hutches should be spacious and comfortable. If possible try to get a hutch without a wire mesh bottom. While the wire mesh bottom makes it easier to clean the rabbit cage, the wire will certainly hurt the rabbit’s feet. While solid wood bottoms may be recommended by some for rabbits, even more so if you have more than one rabbit, you do have to be aware that they will hold urine and feces and require much more clean up daily. There are grass mats that can be purchased to place in the bottom of some wire-mesh bottom rabbit cages.
Most outdoor rabbit hutches stand off the ground by four legs holding the cage up. But for added comfort and moving space, you may wish to consider shopping for a rabbit hutch that sits evenly on the ground with an fenced extension off one end. Not only are these cages easy to build, they also offer more comfortable space for your favorite rabbit.
However, we do not recommend these types ourselves. We feel it is better to have one with the hutch off the ground where a rabbit can get away from nuisances like the family dog. Some outdoor rabbit hutches come with a ramp from the wooden hutch part down to the ground. In such cases, the legs holding the hutch are wrapped in fencing and provide another spot where your pet bunny can move around and get out of the wooden hutch. It will be a personal preference based upon your own home and bunny situation.
Rabbit hutches for sale can be found at your local pet store or farmers supply store. You can possibly find a good price if you look in the farmers for sale section of your local newspaper.
Despite how useful these resources are to finding a good price on a new or used rabbit hutch, the internet is probably the best source of information you can research. Websites offer a better, wider selection of rabbit hutches, not to mention many websites offer special deals like lower prices and free shipping. Here is one such you can check out and is usually a very reliable source.
If you know a thing or two about building, then maybe you would feel better building your own rabbit hutch. This adds a little bit of personal creativity for your beloved pet and is a great project to do with your kids.
Supplies can be purchased at your local home improvement store and building plans can be found on the internet as well as in many books about rabbits and their care. Remember that building one of these cages doesn’t require rocket science; even people with limited construction experience can have fun building one of these simple rabbit habitats with their family.
Should decide to buy one instead simply due to time or limited construction skills, prices will depend on many factors. Such factors include whether you are shopping for an already constructed hutch or one that needs to be assembled, whether one is made of metal or of wood, or whether you purchase a used one compared to a new one.
Prices usually range from $20 to $250 depending upon how extensive it is. When building your own outdoor rabbit hutch the prices of the supplies can vary as well. No worries though. There are many options for outdoor rabbit hutches out there to make any rabbit very, very happy.
