To get rid of our pet rabbits??

[Mashedpotatobutty]

We have 2 rabbits who we have had for 4 years. Originally they lived outside in a spacious hutch with access during the day to a sectioned off area of the garden. Then we had some problems with the neighbours cats and dogs getting in to our garden and scaring the rabbits, clawing at their hutch and basically making it so that the rabbits couldn’t even go in their run without feeling threatened. We sorted the fence to stop the dogs getting in but the cats we obviously can’t stop climbing over.

So we moved the rabbits indoors. They had free roam of the downstairs and all was ok until they started chewing through wires and furniture after a year despite having lots of toys etc. We have now made them a large pen but since putting them in there they have decided they are no longer litter trained so the entire floor of their area gets covered in poo and wee. It stinks despite daily cleaning. My whole downstairs stinks and I’m at the point where I don’t know whether we’d all be better off trying to regime them. The children say they love them but barely acknowledge their existence.

WWYD??

Thickgit, where do you get the black run from please?

Looks like a c&c cage to me

It is a c & c cage. I believe I got it from Homebase. I think it's called proplex. It's super cheap and it bends really easily so you can fold up the sides. It's lightweight and waterproof

I would say put a litter tray or two in the pen, with some of their poop (and lots of hay) in it and give the rest of the areas deep clean so that the litter tray is more tempting to use for the bathroom. Bunnies tend to pee in particular corners so...

As for cats scaring them, I wouldn't have worried about that. Sometimes we even had kestrals perch on our runs lol. As long as they can't get at the bunnies, its fine. A yappy dog wouldn't be OK though, but cats, meh..