Inside Rabbits

[lee&lyric]

I am thinking of allowing our next rabbit to live inside with us (it's a pet) but hubby keeps saying the house will stink. Is this so? If we keep the cage clean (as it should be) would our house have a bad odor? Any thoughts.

TIA,

Lyric

 

[Alice Acres]

Rabbits themselves are clean. It's primarily their urine that smells.
They are good house pets and can be easily trained to a litterbox and then have house privileges.
If you clean their cage (or litterbox) as needed, there really is no odor involved any different than any other house pet. And less than many.

 

[ragdollcatlady]

My son has 2 house rabbits. They don't stink unless he forgets to change the litterboxes. The urine is what smells. We use pine pellets and change both litter boxes once a week or more often as needed. The waste goes into the compost...great for gardens! Having them inside, they get more attention, even when we get pretty busy and it is much easier to feed and water in any kind of weather when they are in the same room as you!

 

[brentr]

But there will be an odor, just like a cat or a dog (but it won't smell like a cat or a dog). Rabbits have glands on either side of their vent (genitalia) that secretes "stuff" that can smell pretty strong. Whether that odor is bothersome is personal choice, but whether the odor is present is reality.

Also be advised that rabbits are chewers and if you let the bunny run loose in the house you better supervise it at all times or be prepared for chewed table legs, etc.