If you let your bunnies run around in a fenced outdoor enclosure in the summer, a rabbit house could be nice for your carrot-chewing four-legged friends. If you then also have a bit of manual talent, you can even build the rabbit house yourself.
What you need:
- 1 x hand circular saw
- 1 x miter saw
- 1 * Bar Hinge
- 1 * Sandpaper
- 1 x Orbital Sander
- 1 * brush
- 1 x wood preservative
- 1 * Wood Screws
- 1 * Screwdriver
- 1 x Can of Wood Glue
- 1 * screw clamps
- 1 x beech wood panels 2 cm thick
- 1 x beech wood board 1 cm thick
- 1 * Goggles
Cut out the wooden rabbit house
A rabbit house is actually just a retreat for your rabbits. The rabbits do not attach great importance to a perfect domestic atmosphere, they only need a square box, which you can enter through a hole or a recess. The following construction plan for a rabbit house, which you can build yourself, was only created from a purely practical point of view.
- First cut out the four sides of your rabbit house. To do this, use 2 cm thick beech wood panels, each with a 45-degree miter on the short sides. The dimensions of the four panels should each be 60 cm x 40 cm.
- After you have cut out the four side pieces, you will also need a lid. Cut this out of 1 cm thick beech wood to the dimensions 60 cm x 60 cm. Then screw one leg of a 60 cm long piano hinge to this cover.
- Now make a 20 cm x 20 cm recess in two of the four side parts. Simply cut a square hole in each side panel. The rabbits can then get inside the rabbit house through these holes.
Build the retreat for carrot eaters yourself
- Now that you have cut all the wooden parts, you should sand everything down lightly with sandpaper and then paint with wood preservative. Look for wood preservatives that are non-toxic.
- Then, when the wood preservative has dried properly, glue the four side pieces together. The 40 cm sides are glued together to form a square. Then clamp everything down with screw clamps. To be on the safe side, you can also screw in 3 screws on each side 1 cm from the edge.
- When the wood glue has dried, screw the other free leg of the piano hinge to a side panel and your rabbit house is complete.
Wear safety goggles when trimming the rabbit house. Have fun building!
