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
Working long hours with a rabbit at home means housing becomes even more important — your rabbit needs to entertain itself safely while you're out. Most hutches sold in pet shops are genuinely too small: rabbits need space for at least three full hops, room to stand completely upright on their hind legs, and separate zones for sleeping and toileting. Before I point you in the right direction, a few quick questions: is your Silver Marten being kept indoors or outdoors, are you housing one rabbit or more, and roughly how much floor space do you have available?
She's indoors, just the one rabbit, and I've got a decent-sized living room — probably a 3x2 metre corner I could dedicate to her.
inparticular.ai
That's a really good amount of space, and a 3x2 metre area is enough to set things up properly. Silver Martens are active and curious — they're a rex-coated breed with sharp, alert personalities, and they get bored quickly if their environment is static. Since you're out for long stretches, the setup needs to do a lot of the work for her. Can I ask how many hours she'll typically be alone, and does she have any free-roam time in the room or will the housing be her main territory?
She'll be alone probably 9 to 10 hours on weekdays. I was planning to let her free-roam the whole corner area rather than lock her in a hutch all day.
inparticular.ai
Free-roaming that whole corner is absolutely the right call — that's what she needs. For a setup like this, I'd skip a traditional hutch entirely and use a large modular pen as her base, with enrichment built into the space itself. The product I'd recommend is the Midwest Homes for Pets Wabbitat Folding Rabbit Home — but more specifically, pair it with extra Midwest exercise pen panels to create a large open enclosure across your corner. The pen gives you flexibility to reconfigure the layout, add platforms, tunnels, and foraging spots, which is key for keeping a Silver Marten mentally occupied across a long day alone. Static environments are the real enemy here.
That makes sense. What sort of enrichment actually works for keeping a rabbit busy independently?
inparticular.ai
Foraging is the most effective thing — scatter feeding her hay and pellets rather than putting them in a bowl means she spends time searching, which is genuinely absorbing for rabbits. Add a couple of hay tunnels or willow balls she can shred, a digging box filled with soil or torn paper, and rotate one or two items every few days so nothing becomes background noise. Platforms at different heights matter too — Silver Martens like to survey their space, and a raised shelf or ramp gives her a vantage point she'll actually use. The key is layering activities that don't require you to be there to trigger them.
Really useful, thank you. I'll look into the Midwest pen setup.
inparticular.ai
Good choice. Search for Midwest Homes for Pets exercise pen panels on Amazon UK — they're available individually so you can expand as you go. Set it up so there's a defined sleeping corner with a hidey house, a separate litter tray area, and the rest open for movement and enrichment. With a 3x2 metre space and that layout, your Silver Marten will have more than enough to keep her occupied while you're at work.
