{"id":605,"date":"2021-02-12T17:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/?p=605"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:37:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:37:03","slug":"rabbit-space-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/rabbit-space-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit space requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When purchasing your pet rabbit, it is important to carefully consider the amount of space they require. The RSPCA advises the below as a minimum space requirement for two average-sized rabbits.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if you can provide more space, that is even better for your rabbit\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-606\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-Internal.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit space requirements - internal shelter\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-Internal.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-Internal-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-Internal-768x335.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-External.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit space requirements - outside shelter\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-External.jpg 936w, https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-External-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-Enclosure-External-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Top tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is important to note that space must be across a single level, therefore raised hutches within the space will not count towards the minimum space requirement.<\/li>\n<li>If you can provide free-range space that is even better, but please ensure roaming is supervised.<\/li>\n<li>The minimum height requirement is 1m<\/li>\n<li>The main thing to remember is, the bigger the space, the more room they will have to exercise and keep in shape!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When purchasing your pet rabbit, it is important to carefully consider the amount of space they require. The RSPCA advises&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/rabbit-space-requirements\/\" class=\"cta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}