Indoor Cages

Here's a sampling of some of my past and current rabbit cages. I'll have to dig up some others from pre-digital camera days. Among bunny owners, the NIC cages and x-pen cages are quite popular for their size, versatility, and relatively low cost. There are many options for housing indoors.

An empty, just-made NIC cage. Two lower doors can be seen open. Two additional doors opened from middle section. As roomy as this may look, it's not sufficient by itself. Plenty of time out of the cage is still needed for exercise.

Here is that same NIC cage with 2 bonded rabbits. The two litter boxes on lower level were eventually reduced down to one. Now I use larger litter boxes and not such small ones as shown.

This home-made "cage" serves as a home base. The door is always left open. That means these bunnies have free range and are not closed in their cage. It's a place for food, water, and litter box.

The cage you see immediately below may see rather small, and it is. HOWEVER, it's workable because of the huge amount of time the cage is left open. Every day, without exception, the door is open first thing in the morning and stays open til midnight.

A home-made cage that is left open all day long. Look in the 'housing options' section for how this cage was made.

An x-pen cage allows for room to romp.

A small NIC cage which could serve as a home-base cage (meaning door is always left open.) This one, however, was actually made to serve as temporary housing for one rabbit while it was being bonded with another (using the slow approach).

Hay is refreshed 2 or 3 times per day (placed directly in litter box). The water bowl twists off the clamp for easy refilling. The food bowl is only placed in the cage in the evening.

This was a temporary set-up, but could easily have been used on a permanent basis. One would only need to swing the pen open to allow exercise time.

These 2 buns are very good at returning to their litter box whenever needed.

These buns are free to go in & out of their cage throughout the day. One is enjoying an evening snack of hay.

This x-pen was temporarily placed around the cage to allow limited roaming. After several days, the buns were comfortable with their space. Then their area was expanded by removing the x-pen altogether.

Fresh basil grown in a bunny herb garden cuts costs on greens.

Another temporary x-pen cage. Normally it's best to find a bunny sitter when going on a trip. In this case, it was a 3-week trip, so it was deemed best to bring the rabbits along. Collapsible (& disposable) cardboard boxes make easy hides. The mat from their home cage was brought along too.

x-pens are so versatile for bunny owners. Here one is used to provide a little outside time for indoor bunnies. Hay & water are always provided and someone is on watch at all times.

These bunnies don't go out very often but this particular morning wasn't too hot. (Note the frozen water bottle. If bunnies get hot they could lie nearby it.) When outside in such an open enclosure, they are always watched.

Below are several more photos of the NIC cage shown earlier. 

More ideas for indoor housing.

While the photos above (and on the rest of this site) are just of some of my own past/current set-ups, the possibilities are endless. Below are some other creative options that may inspire you to create one to your own tastes.