Hi, I'm looking to buy a rabbit hutch for my little boys rabbit that's as big as possible but cheap as possible. Does anyone know anywhere online I could buy one from at a reasonable price.

Thanks
Jelly

Loads of info on the Rabbits United forum and if you post your location (ie, nearest big town or city, say - not exactly where you are of course) someone may have some recommendations for you.

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/fo...php?58-Housing

I asked a local shed company to build one for me. It's as good quality as a shed. I got 3 tier, 6 ft long and a run for 250.

if you buy a cheap hutch, you'll by a cheap hutch almost every year.

better off shelling out for a decent quality one than a cheap one, or building one yourself from robust materials so that it will last.

the poppy den hutch at pets at home is about £50, it's 4ftx2ftx2ft and probably okay for one rabbit if it is let out every day

there are some very well built ones on ebay at the moment by someone in Selby who makes them.
for the same price as the poppy den above, you would get a hutch the same size, if not bigger and built to a much higher standard.
if you're not in Yorkshire, it may be worth looking on ebay anyway as there may well be someone in your area who builds them to order

The new range that pets at home do in hutches are actually quite good for what you usually get from them though, so much so that i've even looked at them with a view to getting one or two to replace my 4 tier tower blocks as my herd shrinks in size
all i would do to them is replace the bolts with bigger, better quality ones as they're pretty sound everywhere else.

It concerns me that you said Rabbit singular in your OP, unless there's a good reason why not, please get him a friend from a rescue centre.

Not a good idea for everyone, shortage of money, vets bills, getting another rabbit and them hating each other....I have two rabbits who would kill each other if I let them live together.

I would prefer to say not a good idea for every rabbit. Lets get into the mindset that the rabbits are not there for our amusement but we are their custodians if we are prepared to put in the work.

OP, please refer to the Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund for all the advice you need, and consider becoming a member. The magazine is great, and you know you will be caring for your rabbit with the very best advice.

Flying4x, are both your rabbits neutered/spayed? This can be a major cause of fighting, thereafter most rabbits can be bonded, but actually can be a lot of patient work to get there....

the articles below are worth a read before committing to a rabbit. Please go to a local rescue and do not encourage hobbyist garden breeding. 2 million rabbits as pets, in 2011, a survey found that 3 in every 4 rabbits suffered from severe neglect to being significantly misunderstood in terms of their needs, diet, health, food and stimulation. I work for a rabbit rescue, and this month alone we have taken in 30+ babies as a result of hobbyist breeding, carlessness, not neutering and pet shops that cannot sex rabbits!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011...ted-mistreated

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...oor-diets.html

I actually discourage rabbits as pets, due to the level of work and dependence they have on the enthusiasm and time of prospective owners. Please don't take that the wrong way, I just often see the consequences when the novelty wears off, and it does to a degree, of course. But small slips in maintenance and care can put a rabbit on a painful course that it cannot communicate. I am nursing such a rabbit in my home at the moment, and after a vet check tomorrow, i am really hoping he will pull through...


thanks for reading x

Unless the rabbit will have the oppotunity to come out of its hutch every day, I'd buy one that's a decent size, if nothing else.

My rabbit has a pen attached to his hutch all day long - securely of course - and it's only put away at night.

Rabbits are social animals and get depressed on their own.