I will admit that I am a novice rabbit owner.  Prior to this spring, my only experience with rabbit ownership was a nutjob named “Tibbits” who had to be fed a piece of kindling before you could grab his food from the cage.  If you didn’t provide him a stick to eat, he would opt for a hand.

I have always wanted rabbits, however, but refused to get them again if I had to keep them caged up in one of those tiny squares people typically keep them in.  You know the ones, with wire floors and nowhere to go.  Being a free spirit myself, I couldn’t imagine keeping something if it had to be caged up.Enter the rabbit tractor.  After several tries and countless hours, my husband and I perfected a moveable pen for our girls that allows them free access to pasture, plenty of room to run and jump, and adequate protection from predators and weather.

The total cost is about $100.  We have two tractors now – one with a PVC frame and one with wood.  I will definitely go with PVC for future tractors.  The larger one, which is the one my two rabbits currently live in, measures 4’x12’.  It has wheels, but the wooden frame makes it a heavy thing to drag around.  We move them around the yard, letting them mow the lawn and fertilize it, while putting next to nothing into feeding costs for them.

We have been tractoring our rabbits since early this spring, and I love watching them run and play.  I have had litters of bunnies in a tractor too, and I am convinced this is the best way to raise rabbits, short of letting them run loose in the house or yard.