Alonso's New Home: My DIY bunny cage

[sunflowerb]

So this summer my big project was building Alonso a new, bigger, better cage, as he had outgrown his original 2x2x2 storebought 100 dollar cage. It was much cheaper than anything I could have bought at that size. I'll break down how I did it as a helpful guide to anyone else who is looking at ways to build a cage.

Comments

[one_raido]

Looks great!

[sunflowerb]

Thanks!

[savagewoman]

Sweet! You did a great job!
I think you could house two bunnies in that just fine, especially if they get out-of-cage time.

[sunflowerb]

Thanks! Alonso's a hyper one, so he gets lots of playtime, and once I'm back in my apartment I plan to bunny proof the living room so they bunnies can be almost free-range. Now that Alonso's litter trained I can trust him in a bigger area.

[seraphimleigh]

Nice! you could fit another bun in there easy.

[sunflowerb]

Thanks! I though so, but I just wanted a seal of approval from bunny owners more experienced than me.

[lughnie]

WOW, that's awesome! Awesome job (and a happy bunny inside)! :)

[sunflowerb]

Thanks! It was a lot of work, but it was worth it to see Alonso so happy to have more room to hop around.

[fyrdrakken]

Congrats on the accomplishment!

And yeah, once you've got the bunnies bonded and you can trust them alone together, and especially if there's daily out-of-cage time, that looks a fair size for two rabbits.

[sunflowerb]

Thanks! It was a lot of work, but actually quite fun, and completely worth it.

Yeah, I figured it was big enough, but I just wanted to be absolutely sure, especially before I turned up at the bunny shelter only to have them tell me, 'Well, actually...' So, thanks for the reassurance.

There's going to be plenty of out-of-cage time, and I've got Alonso's old cage and some leftover panels to make a temporary makeshift cage/pen combo for the second bun until I can trust them alone together.