Fluffers
Wise Old Thumper
We needed to improve our foster bun hutch & run set ups to make life easier for us over the winter and to give the buns more safe time out.
Here's my two foster bun hutches on the patio
...and here's one of the two runs we have for them. This is one that we made in the summer and which has been in the lawn since May (moved each day).
Each morning the buns have to be liberated from their hutches and put into the runs, then put away again at night. This is ok but it means that a) they are handled an awful lot and this doesn't always please them :roll: b) all thier "kit" has to be transferred each am & pm i.e. litter bowls, toys etc. c) we have to bend down and reach right inside Bouncers hutch to drag him out each time (he likes to sit in the most awkward place :roll which isn't easy on the back and d) they often have to go to bed early if we're going out for he evening - although the runs are fox proof I still wouldn't leave them out after dark.
All this isn't too bad if it's me looking after them but we're asking my parents to bun sit for a few days starting next Sat and I really wanted to make it a bit easier for them and less time consuming. So, we decide that Bouncers hutch should sit on top of the run we made in the summer and on the patio. We would cut a hole cut in the hutch floor and fit a ramp so that he could go up & down as he pleased
Stage one: Lid removed (and tarpauline placed on top so that Paw paw could still be out exercising whilst we furtled with it)
Stage two: Scratched heads and wondered how to make it so that it opened on the short side instead of the long side :lol:
Stage three: Figured that out, did it & then moved the run onto the patio, re-attached the lid and measured up the hutch ready for the ramp hole
Stage four: Almost done (Paw-paw supervising)
Stage five: Complete with Bouncer - although he's not looking ever so impressed. There's gratitude for you :roll:
Means that we now have space for both runs to be on the patio leaving the poor lawn to recover over winter! Not sure Bouncer is terribly impressed with his new neighbour though :roll::lol:
Here's my two foster bun hutches on the patio
...and here's one of the two runs we have for them. This is one that we made in the summer and which has been in the lawn since May (moved each day).
Each morning the buns have to be liberated from their hutches and put into the runs, then put away again at night. This is ok but it means that a) they are handled an awful lot and this doesn't always please them :roll: b) all thier "kit" has to be transferred each am & pm i.e. litter bowls, toys etc. c) we have to bend down and reach right inside Bouncers hutch to drag him out each time (he likes to sit in the most awkward place :roll which isn't easy on the back and d) they often have to go to bed early if we're going out for he evening - although the runs are fox proof I still wouldn't leave them out after dark.
All this isn't too bad if it's me looking after them but we're asking my parents to bun sit for a few days starting next Sat and I really wanted to make it a bit easier for them and less time consuming. So, we decide that Bouncers hutch should sit on top of the run we made in the summer and on the patio. We would cut a hole cut in the hutch floor and fit a ramp so that he could go up & down as he pleased
Stage one: Lid removed (and tarpauline placed on top so that Paw paw could still be out exercising whilst we furtled with it)
Stage two: Scratched heads and wondered how to make it so that it opened on the short side instead of the long side :lol:
Stage three: Figured that out, did it & then moved the run onto the patio, re-attached the lid and measured up the hutch ready for the ramp hole
Stage four: Almost done (Paw-paw supervising)
Stage five: Complete with Bouncer - although he's not looking ever so impressed. There's gratitude for you :roll:
Means that we now have space for both runs to be on the patio leaving the poor lawn to recover over winter! Not sure Bouncer is terribly impressed with his new neighbour though :roll::lol:
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