{"id":596,"date":"2021-02-12T23:21:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T23:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/?p=596"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:13:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:13:43","slug":"rabbit-space-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.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=\"aligncenter wp-image-597 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-shelter-internal.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit-shelter-internal\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-shelter-internal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-shelter-internal-300x131.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-598 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-shelter-outside.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit-shelter-outside\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-shelter-outside.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-shelter-outside-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/rabbit-space-requirements\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1425,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596\/revisions\/1425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blythwood.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}