{"id":416,"date":"2021-02-15T08:45:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T08:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/?p=416"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:59:04","slug":"rabbit-space-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/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 provid<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">e more space, that is even better for your rabbit\u2019s welfare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-418 size-medium\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit enclosure size with internal shelter\" width=\"300\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-768x335.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/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-417 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit enclosure size with external shelter\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2-768x486.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Rabbit-space-2.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/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&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/rabbit-space-requirements\/\" class=\"cta\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1144,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions\/1144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cromwellvets.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}