Escaped Buns!

Flippin good job my garden is escape proof :shock: I went out to give the rabbits their breakfast this morning and was confronted by 3 very happy rabbits hopping round the frosty grass :lol: Was a bit puzzled as to how they got out as the run is so secure :? grabbed Sooty and uncovered the hutch to put him back in and saw Sweep run round the back of the hutch. Sweep then suddenly appeared in the run:? The little monkeys had only managed to slide 2 bricks out from under the front of the hutch giving them an escape route under the hutch and out of the back!! :lol:

Had to chase Holly round the garden for a bit before she decided she wanted her breakfast and went back under the hutch into the run :lol:

Escape route is now secured so they won't be getting out again!

It was just so funny to see the 3 of them binkying round the garden and the 4th one sitting looking through the wire of the run looking puzzled :lol: :lol:

So glad you got them back safely!:shock:

They were safe in the garden, there is no way out for them unless they can open the side gate!!

Once I got over the shock of seeing them running about I realised how funny it was when they saw me Sooty stopped in his tracks and had that look of 'Oh Sh*t now were in trouble' :lol:

Beau was in the garden when I came down this morning too :shock: Luckily the run door hadnt blown shut so he could get back to the hutch if he wanted, and our garden is secure. I have no idea how he got out though :? The run door has two twisty bits of wood to close it and it was definetly shut because I fed them last night at the usual time and then got up out of bed at about half 11 to because I thought I had forgotten to check their water bottles were full, and I went right up to the run with the torch and looked through the door part without opening it :? Trip and Scarlett werent happy though, he probably sat right next to their run all night winding them up :roll: :lol:

:lol: They are clever little monsters aren't they!!

The bottom of mines hutch has had the bricks under it for almost 2 years now and they have never managed to move them before. I just had this vision of one of the holding up a brick and saying 'Quick put some poo under it then we can roll it easier' :lol: :lol:

Sue&Sooty said:

They were safe in the garden, there is no way out for them unless they can open the side gate!!

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Don't put it beyond them! I used to live in a place with a garden surrounded by a 6 foot brick wall with a side gate - let the buns out, and saw a flash of white go past the front door - Egg managed to somehow squeeze out under the gate (only 2 inches gap) - luckily the local kids were playing in the street - saw her, started to run towards her, and scared her back under the gate :lol:

Trickly little monkies aren't they!:lol: :lol: :lol:

Sue&Sooty said:

:lol: They are clever little monsters aren't they!!

The bottom of mines hutch has had the bricks under it for almost 2 years now and they have never managed to move them before. I just had this vision of one of the holding up a brick and saying 'Quick put some poo under it then we can roll it easier' :lol: :lol:

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I can so imagine them doing that :lol: :lol: :lol:

There is no way Beau could have opened the door because the opening bits are on the outside :lol: I really have no idea what happened and I doubt anyone came into the garden because we have high fences and two high locked gates to get through :?

Im just so relieved our neighbours just moved out though because they had a vicious cat that used to attack us so I am very lucky :shock:

The side gate actually catches on the path at the bottom so no gap at all.. only one side of my garden has a fence, the other side is walled and the end is the garage.

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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I can so imagine them doing that :lol: :lol: :lol:

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To the tune of The Great Escape!!:lol: :lol:

sillyrabbit said:

There is no way Beau could have opened the door because the opening bits are on the outside :lol: I really have no idea what happened and I doubt anyone came into the garden because we have high fences and two high locked gates to get through :?

Im just so relieved our neighbours just moved out though because they had a vicious cat that used to attack us so I am very lucky :shock:

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That was the even funnier bit.. my cat was sat looking though the cat flap, busting for a wee but too scared to go outside for fear of being attacked by a scary rabbit!!:lol:

Sue&Sooty said:

The side gate actually catches on the path at the bottom so no gap at all.. only one side of my garden has a fence, the other side is walled and the end is the garage.

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They'll have their spoons out and be digging out somewhere they just hide them when you're looking :lol: :lol:

sillyrabbit said:

Beau was in the garden when I came down this morning too :shock: Luckily the run door hadnt blown shut so he could get back to the hutch if he wanted, and our garden is secure. I have no idea how he got out though :? The run door has two twisty bits of wood to close it and it was definetly shut because I fed them last night at the usual time and then got up out of bed at about half 11 to because I thought I had forgotten to check their water bottles were full, and I went right up to the run with the torch and looked through the door part without opening it :? Trip and Scarlett werent happy though, he probably sat right next to their run all night winding them up :roll: :lol:

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If these are the closures on some hutches which swivel round with a central screw in it, ARC have had a number of people saying that they have seen foxes playing with these trying to open the hutches. As these have been used a few times they also become looser. I would always recomennd bolts on hutches and runs to maintain them more secure.

jrn1310 said:

If these are the closures on some hutches which swivel round with a central screw in it, ARC have had a number of people saying that they have seen foxes playing with these trying to open the hutches. As these have been used a few times they also become looser. I would always recomennd bolts on hutches and runs to maintain them more secure.

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There are no foxes where I live, but yes those are the type im talking about My garden is surrounded by high walls and high fences and gates so there is no way a dog or anything could have gotten in. I can only think of a cat but the only ones who ever came in were the neighbours cats, and they have gone now :? I will make the run more secure but I think its just something like I only closed one and it must have been loose and just dropped open.

my cat was sat looking though the cat flap

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Smirnoff was sat at the cat flap meowing waiting for it to be opened when I got up :lol: She was looking like how come he was allowed to play out at night :lol:

Foxs can jump big walls tho :? My sister and her fiance spotted 3 foxs lerking around our street so we keep our 2 cats indoors now,luckily my buns are indoor for the winter or i wud of had them all in my bedroom :lol:
I had a little triangle run wen my 2 older buns were babys and i put bricks up against the loose end and they actually turned around and kicked it open with there back legs! talk about kung fu buns :lol: :lol:

I have never seen a fox near here in the 7 years I've lived here.. sure I know there must be some around but never seen them

Vikkie_Ell said:

Foxs can jump big walls tho :? My sister and her fiance spotted 3 foxs lerking around our street so we keep our 2 cats indoors now,luckily my buns are indoor for the winter or i wud of had them all in my bedroom :lol:
I had a little triangle run wen my 2 older buns were babys and i put bricks up against the loose end and they actually turned around and kicked it open with there back legs! talk about kung fu buns :lol: :lol:

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I know they can jump big walls but I already said there are no foxes here. If there were then my hutches and runs would have bolts on them