Patches has full run of the house for about 5 hours a day. But I was wondering if I can let her outside or not. I don't have a run right now, our fence is about 3ft high so I thought it might be too low and she'd probably jump over it. Should I give the garden a miss until we have a run?

I wouldn't let her run unsupervised in the garden at all without a secure run. Foxes love a tasty rabbit take-away. Remember foxes can easily jump a 6ft fence so 3ft is nothing to them and depending on how nice your area is you might get visits from kids wanting to play with bunny who can easily hop the fence.

Its hard to say if bunny would jump the 3ft as well, some bunnies are acrobats and love to take running jumps at something they think they can get over. But then most rabbits are very cautious and won't jump it without first seeing whats on the other side to see if its safe.

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I've seen Sugar do a cat spring 4ft high once, it really suprised me how high they can jump so I'd wait until you can get a run sorted, if they hopped the fence I imagine it wouldn't be fun trying to catch him/her again!

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I let Barney have a run on our lawn twice a day, I am with him at all times. We have approximately an 8' fence, I have seen Barney launch a good 3' into the air from a standing position, not trying to reach great heights. It made me wonder if he could jump our fence.

A previous rabbit I owned he didn't jump, or rather I didn't see him jump and at that time we only had a 3' picket fence with either 1' or 18" high of chicken wire. I think it depends on the rabbit. Having said that I wouldn't risk a 3' high fence now after seeing Barney.

Sue

I've seen Colin clear 3 foot,
Maud wouldn't clear 3 inches,... she's so lazy!

Not sure about Malc or Cilla tho

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i'm sure they'll be plenty to pay with a sniff at before she even considers jumping the fence. It would be possible but as long as shes supervised I cant see any harm in a bit of fresh air, just watch out for any poisons plants.

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Thanks guys, I think I'll supervise her out there for an hour or so but I won't leave her unsupervised until I get a run for her.