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
English Lops need special attention when it comes to housing — those extraordinary ears can reach 60–70cm tip to tip, and wire floors or exposed mesh panels are a genuine hazard. An ear that snags on wire can tear badly, and it happens fast. Before I point you in the right direction: is this rabbit living indoors or outdoors, are you housing one or two, and how much floor space do you have available?
He's indoors, just the one rabbit, and I've got a decent chunk of a living room corner — probably about 1.5 metres wide by a metre deep I could use.
inparticular.ai
Perfect — that's a good footprint to work with. For an English Lop indoors, you want a fully enclosed pen or cage with a solid plastic base and solid panel walls, no wire floors and no exposed horizontal wire bars low down where ears can flop through. Can I ask — is he fully grown yet, and have you had him long? Just so I know whether you're setting up from scratch or replacing something that's caused a problem.
He's about 18 months so fully grown. I've been using a standard wire hutch and honestly his ears do keep getting caught on the bars. That's why I'm here.
inparticular.ai
Right, that wire hutch needs to go — you've already identified the problem. For an indoor English Lop, the Savic Residence 920 is the enclosure I'd point you to. It has a deep solid plastic base tray, the side panels are solid on the lower half, and the upper ventilation sections are fine vertical bars rather than open horizontal grid. Ears can't flop through or snag. It's 158cm long, which means your rabbit has real room to stretch and take three proper hops. The internal layout gives you space to separate a sleeping area from his litter corner. It's not marketed as lop-specific but the design just happens to be the right one. You'd want to place a fleece mat or hay mat inside so the floor is soft — the plastic base is fine but a bit bare on its own.
That sounds ideal. Is there anything else I should watch out for inside the enclosure itself?
inparticular.ai
Yes — a few things worth checking once he's in. Avoid wire hay racks; a heavy ceramic bowl or a wooden hay box on the floor keeps ears well away from any metal edges. If you add a hideaway or tunnel, check the entrance is wide and smooth — no rough edges or tight openings his ears could bunch up in. Cable tidies if you have any wires nearby are worth doing too, since long ears have a way of finding things they shouldn't. Beyond that, the Savic Residence gives you a clean, safe base to work from.
Great, really helpful. I'll get rid of the wire hutch and order the Savic.
inparticular.ai
Good call — his ears will thank you for it. One last tip: when you first set it up, watch how he moves around and where he rests. English Lops often pick a favourite corner and trail their ears behind them, so you'll quickly see if anything in the layout needs adjusting. Enjoy having a bit more peace of mind.
