It was built as a small animal barn and we just put a very thin wood "wall" up to section off the pen. (We had our baby chicks in this penned area a few months ago.) It will be loud woodworking noises. So your vacuum cleaner experience may confirm what I am worried about. The other option is we revert back to our original idea to have them outside. We live in Central Texas, so it's doable, just not as comfortable for them. Also that is more investment for us, as we were going to wait on building cages to start since we already have 5 little pens sectored off. The idea is to first keep things simple and small while we try out the rabbits to see how we like it...
Most of my rabbits don’t mind we have literally been in their cage before with a battery powered screw driver to close off the hole to their ramp so the babies would stay up there eat and they were just fine kept their distance but never
I remember an old book called "baby taming" it was written rather humorously but premise was if you make everyone be extra quiet when baby sleeps, you train them to startle and wake at every little noise. They advocated making noise, running vaccum etc. I used the same principle with the rabbits. Was building an aviary next to them. Made multiple alterations to their space (with them in it). They had to deal with screw guns, drills, hammering... first few times they retreated to the other side. Eventually they seemed more curious than afraid. Would come nuzzle me( if I had crawled in their space) or any tools I set down. We tend to be loud. Someone here had said start them as you plan to continue. They were talking feeding I think but that idea gets applied to other things as well. Different animals have different personalities. So don't know till you try.Good luck with your " baby taming"
