Igloo (Shelter)

Cornishlass

Mama Doe

• Oct 27, 2008

• #1

I got a new shelter today for Smudge when it rains. It's a plastic igloo - but he won't go in it! I've put food etc in there and he just won't. He sits next to it. :roll: It does look a tight fit - but I have lifted it over him and he can get out - therefore he can get in but he just won't - will he eventually or will he prefer to sit in the rain?

 

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Mazda

Warren Veteran

• Oct 27, 2008

• #2

is it one of these?

http://www.savic.be/DetAnimal.asp?group=Small Animal&fam=Small animal home&product=Cocoon

Pebble has one, but likes it upside down the best.. like this

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Cornishlass

Mama Doe

• Oct 27, 2008

• #3

Yes, very similar, but the holes on the top (bottom) are only on the top - not the sides. I've put a piece of lino on it to waterproof it. Looks cute the way yours uses it - but I want him to have a shelter.

 

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Mazda

Warren Veteran

• Oct 27, 2008

• #4

awh rite, thats originally what i got pebble one for, but she was haveing none of it haha! x

 

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p_prod_uk

Mama Doe

• Oct 27, 2008

• #5

None of mine use theirs either!!! but if i put it upside down and they fill it with hay!!! :roll::lol::lol:

 

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AlisonA

Warren Veteran

• Oct 27, 2008

• #6

Does he have any other option of shelter? If he's outdoors for a while then I'd say he really needs a bigger shelter that he can lie down, sit up and turn around in - and preferably with a 'base' on it so it's off the floor. I think those plastic shelters are useful as an additional thing of interest for a bun but don't really actually provide much useful shelter if it's the only shelter that is in a run.

 

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sillyrabbit

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 27, 2008

• #7

I got some of them for my rats and put one next to the buns just to see, my smallest bunny wouldnt even get their head in without lifting it :shock: Its quite small with three rats inside so ive no idea who thought it up for rabbits :lol:

 

Cornishlass

Mama Doe

• Oct 28, 2008

• #8

Yeah, l I think I've bought it on whim, can't take it back as I semi-peeled the stickers off. :roll: It is the only shelter in the run to be. So need to think again..... Any ideas?

He can get out of this one and turn round once in but he wouldn't lift it as there is a brick on top to keep it weighted down.:lol: It was £8. The one I saw for cats was £20 and I can't afford that just now.

 

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Mazda

Warren Veteran

• Oct 28, 2008

• #9

£8?

i didnt pay that much for it, im sure i paid £4.99 for p@h x

 

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kayjay

Warren Veteran

• Oct 28, 2008

• #10

How about a covered cat litter tray? You can fill it with hay, and it's covered. Or you can buy nice wooden ones for small rabbits. Or even one of those 'not fit for habitation' teeny hutches that petshops sell, as a shelter only of course!!

 

George&dillon

Mama Doe

• Oct 28, 2008

• #11

I got one of them and a fancy looking one but mine don't bother with them either, he'd rather go under the hutch :shock::lol: