{"id":427,"date":"2021-02-15T08:41:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T08:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/?p=427"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:06:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:06:53","slug":"rabbit-space-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/rabbit-space-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit space requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When purchasing your rabbit, it is important to consider the amount of space they require carefully. The RSPCA advises that rabbits need the below as a minimum space requirement for two averaged sized rabbits. 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-429 size-medium\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit housing size size\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space.jpg 950w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-428 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit enclosure size with outside shelter\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Top tips:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is important to note that the space must be across a single level so 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>Minimum height requirement is 1m<\/li>\n<li>Most importantly, 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 rabbit, it is important to consider the amount of space they require carefully. The RSPCA advises that rabbits need the below as a minimum space requirement for two averaged sized rabbits. Of course, if you can provide more space, that is even better for&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/rabbit-space-requirements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-shires-vets-pets"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shiresvets.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}