Do you keep your rabbit/s indoors or outdoors?

[rabbits!]

I keep my rabbit indoors because it is a lot safer and healthier for them.
Their life expectancy increases (diet also helps) . If you brought a rabbit from a petshop or a rescue centre they are likely to be kept indoors so they haven`t developed thickness or another coat for keeping them warm so I think you should keep a rabbit indoors.
What do you think?
By the way my rabbit has all day to excersize and she is very happy-always doing binkies, happy flops and i keep the windows fully opened. On sunny days I let my rabbit have a run about in the garden. My rabbit loves being indoors and has no problem with that.

 

[Cuddly_Bear]

I don't have any rabbits.

 

[mynamesdan]

i kept my rabbit indoors (because we worried about the temperature change in the winter, coming out of a warm house in to a chilly hutch) but in the end it lived to a ripe old age. nearly eight.

eight is too old for a rabbit. don't get me wrong, i didn't want him to die but his territory got bigger and smellier. he became less and less interested in his surroundings. he spent the last year of his life apparently sulking on the upstairs landing. his legs weren't really up to the stairs, though, and after a couple of falls down them he gave them up altogether.

I recently visited a friend who had let their rabbit remain caged indoors for the first year and then moved it outside to a hutch and run. a dwarf lop just like mine had been. This rabbit had acclimatised extremely well to the new environment and was extremely lively and obviously happy. always glad of company and with complete rule over its territory.

Thing about rabbits is their territorial nature, see.
you'll have noticed your rabbit treating you as though you are it's subordinates. when it does that nodding thiing with it's head and tries to sit somewhere higher up than you- well that's one way it asserts it's superiority in the pack. the other ways are more obvious. like pissing.

living with a rabbit was wonderful for my family and we harboured a ridiculous amount of affection for ours- but in the end you could amount our time together as a constant struggle for territory which began with a litterbox and ended with reams of newspaper and a new carpet.

I totally understand why you think your rabbit should be inside but please elieve me when i say you're mistaken. put it outside, in a hutch, with a run. let it out by day, or when you're at home, and then lock it up safe at night, or when you go out. you need to draw a line between your space and the rabbit's. give it an inch and it will assume responsibility for every inch of your home it is able to leak onto.

instead give it it's own space outside. it will be the king of it's territory and enjoy occasional visits to yours.

when you cross the line into the rabbit's space- you'll notice how it fusses at you and pesters your ankles. this is because you're trespassing. when people share a house with a rabbit they often mistake all this attention for affection. that isn't what it is. it's bullying. it's the softest, cutest form of bullying you'll ever experience. it's being bullied by a soft toy. and it doesn't work- so the rabbit will be forced to piss on your bed instead.

sorry for the lengthy reminisces.. enjoyed this trip down memory lane.
enjoy your rabbit, but keep it in it's place. which is outside. don't worry about it being cold. it won't be cold. it'll be happy that nobody is eating toast in it's living room without offering it any. because it won't know.

 

[♥ gӘm''gӘm ♥]

Well, I have had my rabbit for almost 3 years now and hes kept outdoors. I originally got him from a petshop and it clearly hasn't done him any harm so far.
I feed him usual rabbit food and he goes around the garden for a run every day. Hes fine and a very happy little bunny.

 

[Tess]

I also keep my rabbit indoors.
I just cannot fathom keeping a pet rabbit outside on a regular basis. Poor, lonely bunny!
Not to mention climate issues, pests (fleas and ticks, etc.), and predators!

I really don't see what REASON there is to keep rabbits outside. They don't smell and, while they can be destructive to cords and furniture, it isn't very costly to buy protectors and bitter spray.
I'm a poor college student, and somehow I manage to afford everything I need. Including vet bills!

Maybe someday when I have a yard of my own I will build a run for use on nice days, but I would never keep a rabbit outside, and I would never take a rabbit out on a leash. That seems way too much like staking it out as bait for a hawk.


Edit:
Oh, FYI, I keep mine in a cage in my living room, but let him out to roam the house freely for an average of 9 hours a day. I am thinking of letting him out even when I am not home or am asleep, but I only got him a few weeks ago, so I'm not sure if he would behave himself.