Bunny Rabbit Hutches & Guinea Pig Cages For Sale
Hutch or Cage For Your Bunny Rabbit or Guinea Pig
When you decide to get a Bunny
Rabbit or Guinea Pig, it is important to provide housing for him, a Rabbit Hutch / Bunny Cage, before you
bring him home. Not just any old Guinea Pig cage or housing will work for Rabbit or Guinea
Pigs.
It is important that they have plenty
of space, and that their space is safe and comfortable for them.
Ideally, you will provide 10.5 square
feet for two Rabbits or Guinea Pigs, and approximately 7.5 feet for one Rabbit or Guinea Pig. You should
absolutely avoid the use of wire flooring in your Rabbit Hutch or Guinea Pigs pen.
Note that Bunny Rabbits &
Guinea Pigs will chew wood, and while they may gnaw on plastic, they cannot destroy hard plastic very
easily.
Really think about the materials that
you will use for your Rabbit or Guinea Pigs pen, and look on the Internet to see the materials and designs that
other Rabbit or Guinea Pig owners have used.
It is very important that you not use
wood for the floor of your pen. Odours, including odors from urine and feces, will soak into the wood, and it
won’t take long before you have a smell in your house that you cannot get rid of. Plastic is preferable, because
it can be washed, and the odor won’t seep into it.
Once
your pen is ready, it will need bedding. You must avoid bedding that is made of cedar and/or pine shavings, as
these can be harmful for your Rabbit or Guinea Pig.
Instead, choose Aspen shavings, newspaper bedding, or pellet bedding. Top this with fresh
hay, and be prepared to change the hay at least twice a week, and change the bedding
weekly. Bedding can be spread over the entire surface of the
pen.
Next, you need toys and other
accessories. The important thing here is not to place items against the sides of the pen, as
this will prevent the Rabbit or Guinea Pig from running around the interior. He needs to do this for exercise,
and he will do it often – unless his pen is too crowded for running.
The first thing to add to your Bunny
Rabbit or Guinea Pigs Hutch is a hiding place. Rabbit or Guinea Pigs love to hide, and hiding places can easily
be constructed from numerous materials.
The
best hiding place is a plastic tub, turned upside down, with a little door cut out. Avoid using cardboard, as it
will have to be replaced often.
Your Bunny Rabbit or Guinea Pig wants
more complex hiding places as well, such as tunnels. You can purchase different tunnel systems at any pet store,
or make your own using PVC pipe and PVC joints. Make sure that there is plenty of airflow.
Finish your Rabbit or Guinea Pigs
home with a ceramic water bowl, a pet bed, a water bottle, a hay hopper, and plenty of toys that he can safely
gnaw on.
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