Ware Manufacturing HD Large Rabbit Hutch

I have 2 of these hutches for my rabbits. This product makes cleaning so easy because the bottom metal tray slides out. The rabbit dropping just fall through. I line my tray with wee wee pads so all I have to do is fold up the waste and replace the pads. This rabbit hutch in my opinion is the most convenient.

This overpriced junk is not "quality lumber" as stated. It was cracked out of the box. A huge crack. The material is completely junk. Very fragile and cheap. This could not possibly last more than a season. It can't imagine this being wood. It's soft and cardboard like. I can't believe this cost over $200! Should be no more than $50.

Working out very well for our two new house bunnies.

I am so sad this hutch is discontinued. It is wonderful!

This is the worse possible rabbit hutch to buy. Ours began to fall apart not even after a year. Called the Ware company and they would not do anything

This cage is sold as both a chicken coop and a rabbit hutch. (for the coop, Ware adds a perch While I've never been a fan of keeping a bunny in a small hutch, If it has a run to play in, this does add good security during the sleeping hours. However, I personally utilized it as a an add-on piece to an existing coop to give the rescue birds a bit of a mini mansion. This large hutch, I should note, is bigger than I expected.I attached it to the back of an existing coop, made the attachment predator proof, and utilized it for more nesting boxes.So, let's touch on what makes this good for either rabbits or chickens because the positives and negatives relate to either creature.Assembly:Super simple. Couldn't be easier.Stability:Impressive. Many hutches have thin wires that raccoons and other predators can actually bite through. Using my long handled wire clippers, even I could not cut through these without EXTREME force. No way could any animal bite through this except perhaps a shark and if those are in your backyard than wiring is the least of your concerns, after all. I had to clip some of the wires to create the attachment of my two coops. Also, you can't see it from the picture, but just above that metal tray that slides out for cleaning at the bottom is a heavy wired bottom above it for double protection on the bottom. However, don't leave a chicken or a bunny on wire, of course, put down bedding. not cedar bedding incidentally, many don't realize those fumes actually can cause long term liver and kidney effects on your pets. Use pine or straw)Access:The top is not only hinged, but of course you can reach through the front door as well. It's easy to reach in through the top the way it opens.Off the ground:Prevents mice from smelling the food and water and gaining access.Negatives:Those are the things I love about it but there are things I changed. For example, your pet is TOTALLY a victim of all elements. Heavy rains can come in sideways and there is no way to get away from it. I am in Texas and I put this outside and noticed there wasn't one bit of shade in it in spite of it's size...the sun came in through 3 sides, filling the entire hutch with brutal heat. Why brutal? The top is also dark and absorbs heat. But all this can be fixed.I added Siding part way up (only part way so there is good air circulation and venting from the ammonia in any wastes) on 2 sides and I added nesting boxes. Now rain cannot flow in and there is ample shade.You can get sheets of tin cut with tin snips and screw them on or you can just use square pieces of wood.Ideally if this wasn't under shade I would also put a tin roof on it to reflect the sun rather than absorb it with a sheet of styrofoam under the tin to insulate it. However, my chickens have access to a coop built this way so I don't need to do it for this piece as well as it's only used for laying eggs. You can just cut the tin sheets you get cheap at a hardware store with tin snips, put the styrofoam sheet under it, and screw on.This is not raccoon proof by any means but you can make it so. Raccoons love chicken and rabbit so most hutches are built to keep them out. A raccoon can get in a trash can with a bungee cord tied around it, a latch on it, and a heavy rock on top of it (trust me, I know from experience) so this is almost a raccoon invite. You need to add a latch at the top that can't simply be turned to open it. We added a latch with a key lock and just leave the key in during the day, and leave it hanging on a string attached to the lock at night with with latch locked. If a raccoon knows how to use the key dangling in the lock, then that is one genius coon and I give it props for outsmarting me but I dont expect that to happen.Also, you would want to add a spring lock at the door access. Again, simple latches are opened quickly by raccoons. They can't access the spring locks.This only takes a few bucks and a few hours and ensures no one's heart will be broken to find a defenseless pet maimed in the morning from one of it's most common predators.I have another wire coop by ware and the wiring holes are smaller which I prefer. No raccoon paws and no snakes could fit inside them. Snakes could get in here, the paws might be doubtful but I still wonder. but my provisions of adding sides and hideaways inside prevent any tragedies.Incidentally, I got mine 1/3 of the normal price because a site called Critter Cages got some in that had a tiny bit of breakage on one of the sides, easily fixed. So I scored big. But even at the normal price, I think the hutches are made very well as long as whatever is inside gets mostly outdoor run or free range time. Nothing should be in a hutch most of it's time; it stresses the pet out and results in fights between 2 or more pets inside them.Conclusion: For what I was looking for, it fit what I needed exactly and it's a beautiful hutch made with non-toxic stain. Unless it's in a covered area, you'll need to make some changes to protect from the elements and if it's outside anywhere, you'll need to make some changes to protect from predators--specifically raccoons, but it's bigger than almost any other hutch I looked at so the comfort level is high which is most important, and the changes to make it solid are cheap and easy so it still wound up being the best in my search for the perfect hutch to add to my existing housing.