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Riley
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Riley asked in PetsOther - Pets · 5 years ago

Is this enough space for my Lionheads?

I have two Lionheads, a female and a male. Neither are fixed but I am saving up to get them done. The female will be 10 weeks old next week.

They have a weatherproof hutch in the garage, which we never park our car in and it's heated. So no gas fumes. They share a large hutch that is split down the center so they can't get to each other. Each side of the hutch is 24" x 30" which is around 5 square feet. They are both water bottle trained. My male, who is almost 3 years old, gets fed 1/4 cup of food every morning and has unlimited Timothy hay. My girl is currently on free feed since she is still so young. My male gets plenty of veggies and so will my girl as soon as she is old enough to handle them.

On top of that as their cage, we have a large outdoor playpen that has a wire top and is sunk into the ground so they cannot burrow out or jump over. Each pen measures about 60" x 30" (not sure what that is in square feet). They play out there almost every day for 4-6 hours, depending on weather conditions. If they don't get to go out, they hop around the garage (one at a time, so they have no contact) for awhile supervised.

Does it sound link in providing them with a good life? I try my best to do so, and if there's something that could use improving please, let me know!

(Note, the photo of her is old. I haven't gotten around to taking new ones yet)

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  • 5 years ago

    It is technically the minimum cage space for an individual rabbit. Which is better than what most house their rabbits in. Bigger is always better with rabbits. But the fact that they get 4-6 hours out of cage time daily is good. The pen isn't really that big for them to have out of cage time though. It is only 12.5 square feet which is only around a little over double their cage size. That isn't really room to actually run around and do zoomies and binkies and get their energy out like rabbits should.

    The diet portions sound correct. As long as your female is getting unlimited hay as well.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    5 years ago

    They need bigger cages. Minimum is 8 square feet. Their pen should be bigger as well. Closer to 25-30 square feet.

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