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So it's finally happened, Bean has learned how to launch herself out of her 15'' high plastic bin that she sleeps in at night...with clipped wings, no less! We've been placing a towel over the pen at night to keep her inside, but I know it's not a permanent solution.
I've been hunting everywhere for a hutch or something to keep the ducks in at night, but everything I've found is either not big enough, won't work as an indoor enclosure, or has a wire bottom which I don't want since their webs are so tiny it'll probably hurt to stand on it for long periods of time.
I'm starting to think I may need to somehow struggle through building a pen myself, but I wouldn't know where to start. I'm totally open to ideas, you guys! While I'm throwing myself upon the collective wisdom of BYC, I'd like to hear opinions on substrate, as well. We use rubber mats and towels, but I'm trying to convince my hubby to use pine shavings. He's so dang protective that he's convinced they're going to eat so much of it that their crops become impacted. Even though both were raised on it.
I've been hunting everywhere for a hutch or something to keep the ducks in at night, but everything I've found is either not big enough, won't work as an indoor enclosure, or has a wire bottom which I don't want since their webs are so tiny it'll probably hurt to stand on it for long periods of time.
I'm starting to think I may need to somehow struggle through building a pen myself, but I wouldn't know where to start. I'm totally open to ideas, you guys! While I'm throwing myself upon the collective wisdom of BYC, I'd like to hear opinions on substrate, as well. We use rubber mats and towels, but I'm trying to convince my hubby to use pine shavings. He's so dang protective that he's convinced they're going to eat so much of it that their crops become impacted. Even though both were raised on it.