The Bunny Area, Mk V

With new bunnies comes a new bunny area. Even though we are planning on letting them roam freely throughout the house, they still need an area of their own for their food & litterbox. For now, they remain in their area except when let out (under close supervision) – when they learn not to chew things & get used to the house we’ll eventually let them out more & more often.

We’ve also moved the bunny area up into the sunroom instead of the livingroom – the tile floor there makes it easier to clean up hay & fur, and these two seem to like it up there. Unlike our previous two bunnies, Delilah & Chuck seem to have no problems with slippery floors.

Speaking of which, Delilah and Chuck also have no problems with jumping over things – which is why their area has a screen “roof” to it – both of them jumped out of their area (when I wasn’t looking) so I had to build something to keep them in.

I also had to build a gate to keep them out of the rest of the house – I’ve only re-bunny-proofed the livingroom so far – which also had to be quite tall to keep them from just jumping it. Commercial pet gates just don’t work with bunnies – they are either too short or have bars that are too widely spaced (bunnies can squeeze through surprisingly tight spaces) – so again I had to build my own.

So far the buns are quite content with their living arrangements – they flop and relax frequently and I’ve even spied them sleeping & doing some happy tooth grinding. Happy buns = happy home!

-Dad