Some animals will not settle in the open. Rabbits and guinea pigs are prey species, and a run without a solid, dark place to retreat into is a run they spend on edge. This is that place — two rooms divided by a middle panel, a solid wooden roof overhead, and a small entrance rather than an open front, so the inside stays dim and enclosed the way they want it.

It is built from fir and finished in water-resistant paint, so it copes with sitting out on grass rather than only living indoors. The whole roof lifts for cleaning or for lifting a hiding animal out, there is a 15.5cm window so you can check on them without opening anything, and a handle on top means you can pick the whole thing up and move it to a shadier corner one-handed.

• 61cm long x 49.5cm wide x 53.5cm high including the handle
• Main room 54 x 44 x 38cm; internal doorway 20 x 17cm
• Fir wood with water-resistant paint and a solid wooden roof
• Openable roof plus a front entrance
• 15.5 x 15.5cm viewing window
• Carry handle on top; assembly required

Please read this before buying it as a hutch. The total floor area is 0.22 square metres. That is a shelter, not a home — no rabbit should live full-time in a space this size, and we would rather lose the sale than have you find that out afterwards. Where it genuinely excels is as the hide inside a larger run or pen, as a travel house, or as an indoor house for a cat or a small puppy, which is exactly what PawHut also suggest.

Who it's for: Anyone with a run or pen that needs a dry, dark bolt-hole in it, and cat owners after a small wooden house that does not look like pet equipment.