Suitable Enclosures: X-Pen or Free Roam Options

Domestic rabbits should be housed indoors to protect them from temperature extremes, predators, and fly strikes. Ideally, the temperature should be between 60-70°F.
Rabbits housed in X-Pen enclosures must be given at least three hours of supervised free-roam time daily to support their physical and mental well-being.
A proper enclosure should be at least 12 square feet.
A domestic rabbit's enclosure or free-roam area flooring is at a minimum of 1/4 inch thick. This can be achieved by stacking Sherpa, blanket fleece, quilt fabrics, or by using specially made small-animal blankets.
Both options will require you to bunny-proof your home. Rabbits get a lot of their enrichment from chewing. In your home, this can look like chewing cords, shoes, baseboards, and furniture. This behavior can be managed and prevented with proper enrichment and bunny-proofing.
Avoid using hutches, cages, or enclosures with solid bottoms. Although these are often marketed for rabbits, they are unsuitable for domestic companion rabbits and do not provide the space, comfort, or enrichment they need and deserve to thrive.

Must-haves:

Water Bowl
Pellet bowl, snuffle mat, or stacking cups (for food!)
Litter box
Bunny safe litter (ex., pine pellets, unscented paper bedding)
Hide house
Blankets/fabrics for flooring

But what if I HAVE to keep my bunny outdoors?

If all options to keep your bunny indoors have been exhausted, there's still a way to provide a suitable enclosure for your rabbit outside of your home. When housed outside, your rabbit is put at risk of unfavorable temperatures, predators, and most hutches that are unfortunately marketed for rabbits tend to harm them instead. Pictures of UNSUITABLE enclosures will be provided below:

What's so bad about these enclosures?

These are all still marketed for rabbits! So don't blame yourself. To understand these aren't ideal, we have to understand WHY, first.

! Wire Flooring

Most outdoor hutches and cages have wire flooring. Rabbits don't have paw padding like a cat or a dog would. It's simply bone, skin, fur. If there's no even flooring, their delicate feet are prone to a condition usually referred to as "sore hocks," where bilsters and sores form, and can lead to infections and open wounds. It's important that if your rabbit is outdoors, they have comfortable grounding. Most people opt for wire flooring because it's essentially a free-for-all litterbox- and that way they don't have to worry about a dirty bunny, and the enclosure seems easier to clean. But have you ever ACTUALLY cleaned a hutch? Urine will build up, the corners are impossible to get to, and your back will probably hurt for the rest of your life. Not everyone has a power washer and a weak will to live. The point is, it's hard. Speaking of that urine build-up, what if your bunny gets sore hocks and is constantly stepping on the pee-rusted wire flooring because it has nowhere else to go? Think gross infection, tedious treatment, and vet bills. Most rabbits like to be clean and tend to be relatively easy to litter train; some litter train themselves. So if you want to skip costly trial and error, your pain- and the rabbit's pain- offer comfortable flooring and room for a litterbox

! Water Bottles

! No Litter Box

! No Space

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