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 enough room to do at least three full hops, stand completely upright on their hind legs, and have separate areas for sleeping and going to the toilet. The fact that you're ditching the cheap hutch for a C&C setup already puts you ahead of most rabbit owners. Before I point you toward the right configuration, a couple of quick questions: is your Smoke Pearl living indoors or outdoors, how many rabbits do you have, and roughly how much floor space can you give them?
She's indoors, just the one rabbit. I've got a corner of the living room that's probably about 2 metres by 1.5 metres, maybe a bit more.
inparticular.ai
That's a brilliant amount of space — plenty to work with for one rabbit. Smoke Pearls are a rex fur variety and tend to be active and curious, so she'll genuinely use every bit of it. For that footprint indoors, I'd recommend the Kavee 4x2 C&C cage with a lid. It's modular so you can expand it later, the grids are the right spacing to be safe for rabbits, and it comes with coroplast base panels that contain hay and litter mess really well. The 4x2 configuration gives her a clear run space plus room to section off a sleeping corner and a litter tray area — which is exactly what she needs. Have you already got a litter tray and hay feeder, or are you starting from scratch with accessories too?
I've got a litter tray but nothing else really. I was thinking of adding a second level — is that worth doing for a rabbit?
inparticular.ai
It can work, but honestly for rabbits the priority is horizontal space rather than vertical. A second level is fun enrichment and some rabbits love it, but it doesn't count toward the minimum floor space requirement — your rabbit still needs that full ground-level run. If she enjoys jumping and exploring, adding a ramp and a small upper platform to your Kavee setup is a nice bonus, but I wouldn't sacrifice floor space for it. Stick with the full 4x2 footprint on the ground first. For hay, I'd grab a Rosewood hay manger that clips onto the grid panels — it keeps loose hay contained and encourages her to graze naturally. What flooring have you got in that corner? That'll affect whether you need a fleece liner on the coroplast base.
It's laminate flooring. She slips a bit on it at the moment in the hutch.
inparticular.ai
That's really common and worth sorting — slipping on hard floors can cause joint stress over time, especially in rex breeds whose fur can be a bit shorter on the feet. The coroplast base in the Kavee cage will help, but I'd lay a fleece liner over it. Kavee sell fleece liners cut exactly to fit their cage sizes, which saves you messing around with cutting fabric. They're washable, grippy for the rabbit, and they make cleanup much faster than loose bedding. Just shake them out daily and wash every few days. With the 4x2 cage, a fitted fleece liner, and her existing litter tray, you'll have a setup that's genuinely good rather than just an upgrade from the hutch.
That sounds great. Is the Kavee cage easy to assemble and take apart if I need to move it?
inparticular.ai
Yes — it's one of the best things about the C&C system. The grids connect with small plastic connectors and the whole thing goes together without tools. You can disassemble it in about ten minutes if you need to clean thoroughly or rearrange. The coroplast base folds flat for storage. It's not quite as instant as folding a playpen, but it's solid, doesn't wobble, and you can genuinely reconfigure it as your needs change. For one indoor rabbit with your available space, the Kavee 4x2 with lid and a matching fleece liner is the setup I'd go with without hesitation.
