Master class: how to make a cage for rabbits with your own hands

Rabbits are very neat and docile animals.They can be kept both indoors and outdoors (only in summer!). Mentioned animals can easily be taught to live in a cage, but still sometimes you need to let them out for a walk and run a lot. If you want your rabbit to walk in the fresh air, we will help you to build a fast, convenient and safe option for temporary housing for an animal, as making cages for rabbits with your own hands is much cheaper than buying them. They are easy to clean, besides they quickly understand.

How to make a cage for rabbits with your own hands. Necessary materials:

• a roll of fine mesh 1.35 m (or more) in width and 8.1 m in length;
• wire;
• special latches or clothespins;
• plywood sheet 1.35 x1.35 m;
• gloves;
• rabbit accessories (wooden house, hay, shallow crate, toys, bowls and treats);
• bottles of frozen water.

How to make a cage for rabbits with your own hands. Instruction

1. Before you figure out how to make cellsfor rabbits with your own hands, decide exactly where you want to place the cage. This should be as flat a surface as possible on which the sunlight and shade are about the same so that the rabbits do not overheat. In addition, there should not be strong drafts. Also, when choosing a place, take care of the safety of the rabbit: make sure that it cannot be reached by wild animals or that which may frighten the animal.
   

2. Calculate what size the cell should be.Its size depends on the size of the rabbit and their number. If you have a lot of rabbits - the cage should be large so that the animals are not crowded, and they can safely play. Oh, those rabbits! The cages for the three rabbits are the most optimal. Even if you have only one pet, make a house, as they say, with a reserve. The size of such a cage is 1.35 meters long and 1.35 meters wide. The grid should be high enough (0.6-0.8 meters is enough), so that the rabbits could not get out beyond its limits.
3. Cut from a roll of 5.4 m grid, making marksevery 1.35 meters. These will be the walls of the future cell. If the mesh is flexible enough, you can simply bend it in two places. As a result, you will have a parallelepiped with a square of 1.35 x1.35 m at the base. If the grid is not flexible, cut it into four parts, each of which will be equal to 1.35 m in length. For these purposes it is very convenient to use nippers. By the way, it is better to work with the net in gloves. So you do not hurt your hands. To get a parallelepiped, weld the individual parts or wind the wire tightly.
4. Next, make the bottom and the roof of the cage. Cut two identical squares of 1.35x1.35 m from the net roll. Weld one tightly (or tightly wrap with wire) to the workpiece made in the previous paragraph.
5. Coil the second square with one wire.parties. It should open freely. It will be a kind of door. To prevent the rabbits themselves from opening the cage, make hooks from the wire on which the door will snap. Now, no one but you can open a cage. Instead of hooks, you can use the usual clothespins, but rabbits can gnaw them.
6. At the bottom of the cage, place a sheet of plywood 1.35x1.35 meters and securely fasten it. If this is not done, rabbits can get stuck with their paws in the net and damage them.
7. In the corner, put a low box. Put some dirty straw or special filler in there. This is a toilet for rabbits. Since the animals are very clean, to teach them to such a toilet is not difficult.
8. Lay a straw on the bottom of the cage.Put water and food bowls. It is better to attach them to the bottom of the cage, because rabbits may accidentally turn the bowls over. You can also put a small wooden house. It is desirable to purchase in the pet store. Put in the cage of your pet's favorite toys. Also, give him some treats - a fresh carrot is perfect. Next to the cage, place the bottles of frozen water: in the summer it is very hot, and the bottles will have the desired coolness.
9. Now you can let the animal.Teach the rabbit to walk gradually: on the first day he can stay in the cage for only 15-20 minutes, and then you can extend the intervals. Do not leave the rabbit in a cage outside for more than three days. Naturally, take him home in rainy and windy weather.

Now you know how to build a cage for rabbits with your own hands. Good luck and health to your pet!