Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Rabbit Cage & the Fox Proof Rabbit Run - Indispensable Partners

Most rabbit pet owners know that even if they
have a rabbit cage, they still need a fox proof
rabbit run. These two are indispensable partners,
if you want to have a healthy and happy rabbit in
your possession.

The cage

The rabbit cage is an indoor housing to
accommodate your rabbit. It should be large
enough to give it room to move around. Rabbit
experts recommend that the cage be at least four
to five times the size of your rabbit when it is
already full grown. It must be as high as the
rabbit when it stands on its hind legs.

This size provides enough space for the litter
box and a place to hide for the rabbit even for
one who is of the dwarf variety because this one
is active and loves to move around.

Rabbits are social animals and love the presence
of its household mates. If it is kept in the
rabbit cage all the time, it gets bored and
aggressive or other unwanted behavior could
result. If however, it is properly trained and
the house is properly bunny proofed, it can be
allowed to run around the house when you or any
member of you family is there inside. It goes
back there when it wants to or you keep it there
when everybody leaves the house.

By itself, the cage can provide some running
space for the rabbit, if it is the rabbit condo
type where a room is made higher than the floor
of the cage and a ramp provided on which the
rabbit can run up and down.

If the house has more space for the rabbit cage,
a pen can be places around the cage so to give
ample room for the rabbit run and exercise. One
thing is that the pen should be high enough so
the rabbit can not jump over it. This is if you
do not want to have your rabbit go around the
house and if you can tolerate the litter it makes.

You can put a pen if you do not want the rabbit
to go around the house because of its instinctive
urge of chewing anything that it sees in the
house, including your sofa and your bed. And this
is trouble enough for you.

If not, then the only alternative is a fox proof
run located outside the house.

A fox proof run

If the rabbit cannot be let loose inside the
house, or even if it can be, because it needs
sunshine and abundant fresh air, a rabbit run
certainly comes in handy. A rabbit run has enough
space for the rabbit to run around and play and
if given the room to dig, it will dig. It will
have the fresh air and the sunshine it needs in
abundance.

However, a rabbit run must be fox proofed because
of the dangers posed by predators which may be
just roaming around looking for their prey, just
like the rabbit. For this reason, even with the
rabbit in the fox proof rabbit run, the presence
of a member of the household is necessary because
of the possibility that a dog or a cat or any of
those predators might unexpectedly come and try
to attack the rabbit inside the run.

Being inside the fox proof rabbit run does not
insulate the rabbit from the shock that may be
caused by the attack or any action of the
predator. This can cause sharp reactions like
jumping and twisting which may lead to broken
vertebral column of the rabbit or a shock which
may cause a heart attack. This then really needs
the supervision of at least a member of the
household as already mentioned.

It should be borne in mind that a fox proof
rabbit run is not intended to be left there with
the rabbit inside overnight, without the
necessary safeguards against what could happen
should a predator comes. And even if there are
none, the rabbit should not be left there
overnight especially in cold temperature.

The two in tandem

The assumption is that you, as the pet owner,
have done and are doing the things you should do.
These are having your rabbit vaccinated, the cage
and run are properly maintained and cleaned, and
all the sundry matters you are supposed to take
care of are properly and religiously attended to.

Such being the case then, a rabbit cage inside
the house and a fox proof rabbit run outside the
house is a good combination that will make for a
happy and healthy pet rabbit.

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