My netherland dwarf has been living in our living room for a long time, but is a constant source of disagreement between me and my husband. I just can’t keep him locked in his cage all the time after he has lived his whole life as a free-roaming house rabbit.
So we are going to build a bunny condo outside. I need some input or design ideas. I want it to be big enough that I can go in there to spend time with him. I want to have a good shelter system so he can keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer. I would love if it could have a grass bottom, but would like to talk to someone who has experience with this because I am concerned about not making enough ground area to keep it from getting saturated if he uses it for peeing instad of a box. I am also wondering about the marbles building up in the grass over time. How would I clean it up with a grass floor?
I also want to make it big enough that I can have several bunnies living there together. Does anybody have advice about square footage per pound of rabbit? Would different levels in a multi-level bunny cage count equally for square footage? What about advice on how long of a straight-away or loop to make so that there is ample space for running? (Bunny 500, anyone?) I know that Theodore will take off from one end of the living room, and go clear through and into the dining room, around the table and back under the fireplace in one burst. That is more than a 50 foot dash!
If I am going to build this, I am going to do it right.
