Most rabbit lovers feel the only way to properly house a rabbit is indoors
because the outdoors, though not impossible, keeping your rabbit outside

creates a considerable amount of hazards for you to consider first.

Rabbits are very social animals, and like humans, they can become

depressed if they don’t get enough attention. Having an indoor rabbit is

the most popular and safest way to care for a rabbit and it’s the best

way to make your rabbit a real part of your family.

If you’re going to keep your rabbit indoors, then you need to think about

rabbit proofing your home. Rabbits love to chew, and they’re particularly

keen of phone cords, computer wires and Internet cables, they are also

a little partial to the odd remote control and mobile phones! As I am sure

you will realise it is dangerous for your rabbit to chew live wires.

There’s a simple fix to protect your rabbit and the wires in your house,

you can either buy plastic tubing from somewhere like B&Q or homebase

etc which houses all the wires in one tube or you can get spiral cable wrap

that wraps around all the wires to protect them, Or, you can simply make

sure all your wires are out of rabbit reach.

Rabbits also love to chew the baseboard and the edges of doorways. You

can try spraying an anti chew repellant which you can buy at most pet stores

on the enticing areas, but most rabbits aren’t really bothered by the taste,

so this may not work for your rabbit.

Ivory Soap is usually more effective. Simply take a bar and rub it along the

areas your rabbit likes to chew. Only Ivory Soap though is safe enough for
your rabbit - others have dangerous chemicals which will irritate your rabbit’s

digestive system. Reapply every a few weeks. You can also buy plastic

protectors that cover baseboard and corners. Rabbits just love to chew wood,

so you might find they want to gnaw at your table legs, chairs and bookshelves.

You can use Ivory soap on these as well.

Many rabbits will also love chewing on your rugs. If your rabbit is going to

have free run of the house, you really don’t have many options to avoid this.

The key to preventing rabbit destruction is to make sure your rabbit has

plenty of toys and entertainment. The more they have to do, the less

destructive they will be. You can also supervise them around the rugs and

make a loud noise when they go to chew them.

Just like with children, you’ll need to cover all of your unused electrical

outlets. And rabbits love to hide under beds and couches, then dig their

way into the underside of that furniture, curl up and go to sleep. At first,

you might think its cute and a nice little hideaway for rabbit. But, the bad

news is that when rabbits snuggle away in the underside; they also tend to

wee and poop.

Finally, you need to keep your plants out of reach of the rabbits since the vast

majority of them are poisonous to rabbits if eaten. And be careful if you hang

your plants from the ceiling. If the leaves fall, you’ll need to make sure they are

well out-of-reach of the rabbit.