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Home made runs?

This is the run the Big Boys use for on the lawn at the moment. It now has an extension on the side, and one end is boxed in, but this is it when it was first built (for Nethies, not big buns)

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There is a ledge that runs along the back wall, with a black builders pipe underneath, so they can run through the pipe or over the ledge. There is a shels either end to sit on or sit under too.
 
yup

ok, some tips, put the mesh on the inside so buns dont chew wood, make it so the whole top can some off if you need to catch them,

old (pretty rubbish) run i made
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run attached to shed (has mesh under it..that took awhile :lol:)
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new run im making
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We built ours from galvanished mesh from B&Q and reclaimed floorboards from my OHs house.
we used half lap cuttings for the corners as in the pic below to make them extra strong - my 17stone OH can sit on it with no problems ;)
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We also have a totally lift off roof which we find really handy for catching them but wouldn't be good in an area where there's risk of foxes.

Don't know what other tips I'd have really!
 
here's a photo of ours.
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We're moving next month when we'll connecting it to a shed and extend it widthways so it will be 6x6 instead of 6x3
 
I get all our weld mesh from the ebay shop animal kingdom :wave:

snap!

there's several pics on here somewhere of our run & hutch builds on previous threads. I'll have a search and see if I can find some links for you.

ETA: found them:
Here's our homemade hutch and separate run
http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=118207&page=2 (about halfway down the page)

and our Pets at Home extended hutch with homemade run
http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=167900 based on a Primrose Den hutch.
 
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