Living space should be a minimum of 5ft (152cm) x 2ft (61cm) x 2ft (61cm), with our recommended sizes of 6ft (183cm) by 2ft (61cm) by 2ft (61cm). These requirements are true whether it is an outdoor environment like a hutch or a shed, or whether its an indoor setup that rabbits are sometimes (even if its occasionally) locked into.
Most commercially available hutches and indoor cages are therefore considered to be too small and you may need to think "outside the box" in terms of suitable accommodation.
Outdoors, garden sheds and children's playhouses can easily and cheaply be adapted to make excellent living accommodation for your rabbit.
Indoors, we often suggest avoiding using the indoor cages at all. One solution is to use a puppy plan pen setup to create a safe secure area within your home that rabbits can be safely locked away in when you are not around, whilst still ensuring they get adequate space.
Within their living area there should be facilities for sleeping (lots of warm bedding such as straw, blankets, paper, etc), an area for toileting (ideally with a litterpan in place), and an area for eating with plenty of hay, fresh veg & herbs and a small amount of dried rabbit pellets (only about an egg cup size per day) and of course fresh water supplied either via a suitable bottle and/or bowl.
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