My Rabbit Journey~New Pics pg 17 - Page 2

I really should get that book, you're the second person to recommend it to me. Thanks  I actually dont' really have to worry about feeding the bunnies to my dogs now, I had to put my GSD to sleep this week.  I don't think my small Papillon would be able to do much with a rabbit, as he's missing a lot of his teeth.

So here's my set up so far.  It's not really that much of a "set up" as it's only one hutch. 

I came up with a fairly good and easy solution to all the poop and pee going everywhere.  This solution is only temporary until we get our waste drawers installed under the hutches.  But for now it is working really well.


1. Plastic Garbage bags tacked to the underside of the frame all the way around. My hutches are 36"x36" each.  Took three gargage bags each.  I used tape at the seams:

2. Then I used tape to stick the bags to the inside of these old recylce containers, I have lined them with newspaper and they'll be dumped a couple times a week.  I already have several orders for the bunny compost.

   

This is what it looks like all finished:



Here are the girls:

~~~this girl is 5 months, she is 3/4 New Zealand and 1/4 Flemish



~~~this is my 5 month old Champage d'Argent doe

Thanks, it has been a difficult week.

We are also planning on eating the rabbits of course, and I have three other families who have commited to buying some later on in the year.

Thanks for the tip!  We are going to build one more hutch, but larger. My husband wants to do one that is 8 feet long and have one 36"x36" square hutch (same size as the one's in the pics above) and the rest of the 5' of space be for does with active litters.  We are going to grow our bunnies out in tractors after they are about 6 weeks old.  When we get more invloved with this whole process we'll definately be thinking about things such as you suggested!

About the chewing...Yeah my NZ really chews a lot already.  I have talked to my husband about getting some of those corner metal strips inside the hutches to protect the 2x4's.  I will also be giving my bunnies apple and pear branches from our yard and neighbors yard to chew on.

We plan on using a plastic paint on those 2x4's that will come into contact most with the urine so they'll be easy to clean.  The paint is really expensive though, its used as flooring on the Ferries here in Washington state, and also makes really good dog kennel flooring.