In recent years, there has been an increasing trend
Rabbits lack the reasoning skills of a dog or a cat
Risks: Ingestion of fabric, carpet, drywall, toxic plants, wires
Stress levels
Why not hutches:
Chewing wood
Plastic/traction
Air flow
Wire flooring
Sore hocks
Preference
Sanitation
Air flow
In the wild, an adult female rabbit would not tolerate younger rabbits within a radius of several metres from their bur rows or sitting-out places (Southern, 1948) and at least 1 m between twomalerabbits is required (Lockley, 1961). Additionally, in experimental conditions with access to a meadow enclosure of 20 areas, Vastrade (1987) observed that the average distance between two females was about 21 m. Although the present hous ing system allowed a maximum length of 4 m between two females placed opposite each other, longer than that used by Andrist et al. (2013) and
Rabbits lack the reasoning skills of a dog or a cat
Risks: Ingestion of fabric, carpet, drywall, toxic plants, wires
Stress levels
Why not hutches:
Chewing wood
Plastic/traction
Air flow
Wire flooring
Sore hocks
Preference
Sanitation
Air flow
In the wild, an adult female rabbit would not tolerate younger rabbits within a radius of several metres from their bur rows or sitting-out places (Southern, 1948) and at least 1 m between twomalerabbits is required (Lockley, 1961). Additionally, in experimental conditions with access to a meadow enclosure of 20 areas, Vastrade (1987) observed that the average distance between two females was about 21 m. Although the present hous ing system allowed a maximum length of 4 m between two females placed opposite each other, longer than that used by Andrist et al. (2013) and
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