This is a specific conversation about Rabbit housing — space and setup that works — ask about yours and get one honest answer for your exact situation.
inparticular.ai
Most rabbit hutches sold in pet shops are far too small — rabbits need space to do at least three full hops, stand fully upright on their hind legs, and have clearly separate areas for sleeping and toileting. This matters even more for a Cinnamon rabbit, which is a medium-to-large breed with a genuinely active, curious temperament that needs room to express it. To point you in the right direction: are you housing your rabbit indoors or outdoors, how many rabbits do you have, and roughly how much space can you dedicate to their setup?
Just the one Cinnamon, she's about 4kg. She's indoors. I've got a decent-sized spare room but I'm not sure what the actual minimum should be or how to set it up properly.
inparticular.ai
Great — a spare room gives you real options. For a 4kg Cinnamon, the absolute minimum living space (when she's not free-roaming) is around 3m x 2m, but since you have a full room, I'd set that as her permanent free-roam space rather than confining her to a hutch at all. Cinnamons are energetic and inquisitive — they don't do well in small enclosures for long stretches. What does she sleep and eat in currently?
She's in a wooden hutch at the moment, one of the standard pet shop ones. Probably too small based on what you've just said.
inparticular.ai
Almost certainly, yes — those hutches are typically around 120cm long, which doesn't allow three full hops for a rabbit her size. For an indoor free-roam setup, what works brilliantly is replacing the hutch with a large modular pen that gives her a defined home base within the room — somewhere she can retreat to, sleep safely, and eat without feeling exposed. That way she has the whole room during the day and a secure, comfortable base the rest of the time. Does she use a litter tray reliably?
Yes, she's really good with her litter tray, always uses it. So what would you recommend to replace the hutch?
inparticular.ai
For an indoor free-roam rabbit her size, I'd go with the Midwest Homes for Pets Wabbitat Folding Rabbit Home — but specifically used as an open-topped base pen rather than an enclosure. It's 130cm x 56cm, solid and stable, easy to configure with a litter area at one end and bedding at the other. Leave the door open or remove it entirely so she comes and goes freely into the room. It's well-made, folds flat for cleaning, and the footprint is right for a rabbit of her size to have a proper sleeping and feeding zone without feeling cramped. Pair it with a good layer of compressed paper bedding and a hay rack mounted to the side, and you've got a setup that genuinely works for a Cinnamon.
That sounds really sensible. Is there anything else I should think about for the room itself — enrichment or anything like that?
inparticular.ai
Definitely. Cinnamons are diggers and foragers, so scatter feeding her pellets rather than using a bowl keeps her mentally busy. A few tunnels, a digging box filled with soil or torn paper, and at minimum one wooden chew item are worth having. The main hazard in a free-roam room is cables — tuck them away or use cable conduit, because she will find them. Beyond that, you're in a really good position: a litter-trained rabbit with a full room to explore is about as good a setup as it gets.
