Why Are Indoor Rabbit Cages Better than an Outdoor Rabbit Hutch?
Although there are certain benefits in keeping rabbits housed in outdoor hutches (who doesn’t love fresh air and sunshine?), there remain some environmental, and even psychological, stress that can adversely affect your sensitive pet. Some experts claim that you can double your rabbit’s life span by affording them with snug indoor rabbit cages. So despite the obvious appeal of keeping them in a natural outdoor environment, consider the risks before you make any decisions. Outdoor predators are a tremendous risk. The obvious calamity would be a physical breach of your hutch by a sly raccoon or feral cat. Remember that a determined predator (or an agile one), is capable of breaking wire and even unlatching doors. In some cases rabbits, since they are so highly sensitive as creatures, may actually die from shock if they are threatened. Personally I lost several rabbits in outdoor hutches to a dog that had gotten out of his yard. Not a pretty sight to see. Chemical and toxic elements can i
