Diy Rabbit Cage Out Of Dog Crate

A dog crate tray is around 1 deep which is no good for containing litter or hay and can leave a lot of mess outside the crate.

Diy rabbit cage out of dog crate. I m ok with that but i am not ok with shelling out 50 00 for another cage from tractor. I love the corner aspect of this cage. Our own homemade cage design was inspired by the arrival of specky who lived in a large dog crate for a couple of days. My boys decided they wanted another rabbit.

Some ingenious people build nice looking and roomy cages out of wire storage cube panels see elsewhere on the web on the right. The main draw back with dog crates compared to rabbit cages is the depth on the tray. Bunny condo that i made. To re purpose your dog crate into a rabbit cage you will first need to get your supplies.

These crates may not look any different than the typical ones you would buy at a pet store but you can make your dog s crate whatever size you like and it won t cost you very much to put it together. If this is the first time you re keeping rabbits there are two books we recommend you to read to raise a happy and healthy herd of rabbits. A good steel pair of j clip pliers and wire cutters. Its a rabbits life do it yourself rabbit hutches silvia s crafts dog crate converted to bunny cage diy rabbit condo made out of nic grids with huge ground space.

We have collected 50 diy rabbit hutch plans from all over the internet. Caitlin lawless we can add another section. Cut a piece of mdf the width of the hole in the shelf 23cm on mine angle the bottom end 45 degrees so that it will sit flush against the base of the cage see pic 2. To solve this issue you can create a frame around the base of the crate using wooden skirting perspex or corrugated plastic e g.

We then cut roughly to length put it in place hold it at about a 45 degree angle and mark where to cut the length too ours is about 76cm long. If you prefer to build a rabbit hutch or cage by yourself you ve come to the right place.