Best wood for a rabbit run

Roofing batten will be the cheapest

A mate tells me Sitka spruce lasts well for bat boxes.

Should have added: bat boxes are never treated with any kind of wood preserver.

They'll gnaw it away before it has chance to rot!

Cedar, white or red. Rot resistant, resinous - so probably unpalatable.

R.

But if treated probably not to good for the health of occupants of the run.

Unless The OP knows he has a market for bespoke rabbit runs in oak then I'd stick to softwood. Rabbits will gnaw at the timber and it will be weakened by that before it rots...

the rabbots will rot in less than q100 years.

We used to use orange boxes got free from the grcers.

Pallets are good.

Let's face it, Nr Rabbit wont last more than 5-7 years, if you are unlucky, and if lucky will get eaten by a fox tomorrow. I wouldn't spend a penny on the bloody things. Well actually that is EXACTLY what I WOULD do. Useless bloddy pets. Nibble bibble bibble. Best stewed with sage.

You need to build it with the wood covered in netting on the inside. It won't stop them, but it'll slow 'em down.

Andy

IME bunnies will eat almost anything given the oppurtunity. We used to allow the kids' rabbits inside any they managed to chew the plaster off a corner of the wall!

Use cheap wood and replace when necessary.

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Filleted, coated in curry powder and shallow fried. Actually, I bet Thumper tikka massala would be nice.