How Much Time Out, Every Day
The headline question is hours. Ask how long each rabbit spends out of the pen exercising on a normal day, and listen for a substantial daily block rather than a short turn while pens are cleaned. A rabbit's gut, joints, and mood all depend on movement, and seven days is long enough for a sedentary week to show in his droppings, his appetite, and his behaviour on the drive home.
Ask whether exercise happens at set times or around staff convenience, and what happens on a busy day when the facility is full. The honest boarder will tell you the minimum every rabbit still gets when the diary is packed, and that minimum, not the best day, is the figure to judge the booking by.
Space, Surface, and Company
Ask to see the runs themselves. A rabbit needs space to build up speed, turn, and hop properly, on a surface with grip rather than slippery flooring, with shelter at one end and somewhere to hide. A pen-sized patch of concrete with no cover is exercise in name only, and most rabbits will sit in its corner waiting to go back.
Company rules matter just as much. Bonded pairs should exercise together, because separating them daily for a week stresses both rabbits and can strain the bond. Single rabbits should exercise alone or behind a barrier from neighbours: rabbits are territorial, and floor time spent lunging at a strange rabbit through wire is not enrichment. Ask whether the exercise area is cleaned between occupants, since shared ground is one route by which illness travels between guests.
What Fills the Time Out
A bare run entertains a rabbit for minutes. Ask what the boarder provides: tunnels, boxes to shred, digging trays, hay-stuffed toys, and level changes all turn floor time into the foraging and exploring a rabbit's day is built around. Ask whether you may send a favourite toy or a cardboard castle from home, and whether staff interact with rabbits during exercise or simply supervise from the door.
Also ask the weather plan. Outdoor runs need a wet-week alternative, because a week of rain should not quietly become a week with no exercise at all. An indoor hall, a covered run, or a rotated barn space are all good answers; a shrug is not.
Agree It Before You Book
Get the exercise commitment into your booking conversation in plain terms: daily hours, together for pairs, and what your rabbits will have to play with. Then say what your own rabbits are used to, because a boarder who knows a pair expects a long morning run can schedule them first rather than last.
Browsing rabbit boarders in the KinsLe Pet Services Directory lets you put these exercise questions to several trusted local facilities and keep the answers side by side, so the week's floor time your rabbits actually get is a decision you made, not a surprise you collected them to.