House Rabbits & Guinea Pigs

[brownbrummie]

A person I work with adopted a house bunny but has found that her OH is allergic to it and is looking for someone to take it on.

I was wondering has anyone had any problems with house rabbits trying to get into their guinea pig cages. Mine is an open C&C and I dont even want to consider the bunny if it would harm my piggies.

Thanks
Amy

 

[tattyruncy]

My house rabbits don't really seem interested in the piggies house and run and the piggies seem oblivious to them. Their house and run is secure with a top lid though. Sometimes the bunny's watch if the piggies are eating Obviously you would need to make sure the bunny wouldn't be able to get to them I haven't got C&C so I'm not sure how high they are or whether you can put a lid on them?

 

[Angeladeedah]

You can put a lid onto a c&c - I haven't done it myself yet but am currently looking into making a c&c cage for my guinea pigs. I have 2 cats so I need something to keep them out.

 

[lolseh]

When Miffy was in a temp C&C cage during the night I woke up a few mornings to him sitting up ontop of the girls cage, pee down the wall and Misty's cage with the blanket threw off. So they do get in but a lid on the piggies cage will be fine. Miffy had a lid on his cage aswell though so I don't know how he got it open and I never even heard it and it would have been a loud bang aswell :{ He isn't interested in the piggies atall though looks at them and wonders off asif they are stuffed toys so think he only escaped because he felt like causing trouble.

 

[starla]

He might try and hop in but it's unlikely he'll attack or anything. I made a lid for my C&C because I had a cat around.

 

[Laura-CCC4]

I've just been looking at your fabulous cage Amy - and I see that a lid would be pretty tricky given the size! I am wondering if increasing the front wall to two grids high would be enough to prevent a "bunny invasion"?

 

[fi.cantillon]

We have two house bunnies and lots of guineas being a rescue centre. One of the cages is open topped and we had to move it into a different room as they hooped in for the hay. Even though they had there own. The grass is always greener

Are you able to adapt your C&C cage. When we had one we had it raised by building a base from C&C.

Hope this is useful.

 

[Guineapiggywiggy]

I highly doubt they can hurt guinea's (through my experience). My rabbit licks my guineas until they roll over to lick them even more!

 

[Zofia]

The rabbit is unlikely to hurt the pigs. I have only had to remove my guinea pigs from the vicinity of my rabbits once, and that was because Eric jumped on 2 of my sleeping house rabbits and gave them the fright of their lives! They didn't attack, just growled and moved towards him to scare him off. I moved Eric because he didn't like being growled at and promptly squared up to the rabbit.

The rabbits do try and get in the pig house though because they want their food.

(BTW I don't house my rabbits and pigs together,, they just share playing out time and it's always supervised.)

 

[hopperhaven]

Rabbits certainly can hurt guinea pigs. Their back legs are very powerful and can do lots of damage should their full force be directed onto a guinea pig, whether the rabbit actually atacks or if it just accidently lands on the piggie.

A rabbit would certainly want to enter the guinea cage in order to steal the piggie food. They love it, but it isn't good for them.

I would be hesitant to trust the strength of a top on a C&C cage to a rabbits weight. A dog crate would be safer housing with a house rabbit or two loose (rabbits need companions of their own species, and should be kept in pairs at least.)

 

[MemberY]

I agree, I don't think a c & c top to the cage would be strong enough and rabbits can hurt guineas without meaning to and can also pass on certain diseases to them. The dog crate is a good suggestion!