Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Rabbit runs - Affording Your Rabbit More Fun and Exercise

Do you keep your rabbit inside your house all the
time because you fear that some harm can come to
it? There is not so much to fear, there are
rabbit runs available in stores or you can make
one, so your rabbit can have more fun and
exercise and be the rabbit that it is.

Why not consider a rabbit run

Those who have rabbits for pet know that rabbit
need exercise, sunlight and plenty of fresh air.
Keeping the pet rabbit in the house or in a cage,
without so much human interaction and without a
companion almost always leads to boredom and
destructive behavior such as chewing anything
they can get near.

Letting the rabbit in the yard, on the other hand
has its risks. For one thing, because your rabbit
is basically a herbivore, it could chew leaves of
poisonous plants and cause it to be sick or die.
Even the grass or non-poisonous plants could have
been sprayed with herbicide or chemical
fertilizers could have been placed at the base of
the plant.

All these are hazards to you're per rabbit. In
addition, their might be spots in your yard
infested with fleas.

Those hazards could create more problems for you
and your pet than just keeping it inside your
house or in the hutch.

Not just a run

If you have made your yard safe for your rabbit,
your potential problem does not stop there
because rabbits are animal preys and so it has to
contend with their natural predators like dogs
and cats, foxes, opossums, weasels, and raccoons.
If they are loitering in the yard, they are also
easy targets for hawks and even owls.

Pet rabbit owners usually go around this problem
by providing rabbit runs for their pets. They
either buy one from the shop within the vicinity
where they live or go shopping online.

Selecting which of the rabbit runs you find is
best for your pet can be easily done if you know
what you are looking for in a rabbit run. For
one, it should provide a wide space for your pet
to run around and play. At the same time, it must
be small enough to be able to move it when you
need to.

A standard run is one which is made of wood and
wire mesh which usually are made of materials
that can easily destroyed and gnawed by the
rabbit. Fox proof runs consider the possibility
of the rabbit being attacked by predators,
especially a fox.

To a fox, a rabbit is perhaps one of the most
delicious meals it can have. In the first place,
a rabbit run made of less sturdy materials can
easily be destroyed by a fox. Foxes have been
known to be able to jump over a six foot fence or
wall, can dig easily and make a tunnel to a
rabbit run or even under a fence of a yard just
to be able to enter the place where your rabbit
run is located.

People think that if they have a chicken wire for
their rabbit runs, their rabbit is already safe.
Foxes have strong and powerful jaws so that
chicken wire and plywood are easy jobs for them.

Only if the run has the flooring made of strong
welded wire that cannot be destroyed by a fox and
at the same time one which will not cause injury
to your pet's feet. At the same time that kind of
flooring will allows your pet to run on the grass.

Nor could they be assured that just because they
are there supervising their pet while inside the
rabbit run, no predator can approach the run.

If they are in the city for example, urban foxes
have been accustomed to people so that when
looking for their prey, they are not scared by
the presence of people. If they see their
targets, they would not mind the people present.

In the face of such a determined predator, what
use will your run have, unless it is made of say
strong welded wire mesh properly and firmly
attached to the wooden frame and the door secured
with metal locks or bolts?

How about a raccoon which is known to pass
through the drainage canal to go places in hunt
for their food.

The more so if your home is located near a
forest. The predators are many and of different
kinds.

Additional requirements for a rabbit run

The run must provide some shelter for the rabbit
if there is a mild precipitation. This will also
serve as a resting place for the rabbit where
also it can hide when it sense some danger
approaching.

Rabbits have sensitive ears and sense of smell.
Their eyes can see over a wide angle so that it
can even scan the overhead for threats to it.
When danger is detected, it can immediately run
for cover or hide in its shelter provided for it.
This shelter serves also as a shield from the
scorching heat of the sun especially during the
summer months.

But it is not intended as a permanent dwelling

A rabbit run is not intended to be the permanent
dwelling of your pet rabbit. It should only serve
the purpose of play and exercise and having more
sunlight and fresh air. It is not advised that
you leave your pet there even at night.

Rabbits tend to be safer inside the house at
night, and for socialization with the family and
other occupants of the house.

So after all it has its limitations

Yes, rabbit runs serve many useful purposes for
the rabbit but it is not the cure-all to some
problems generated by having such a pet.

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