I have two un-neutered does, both are approximately 10 months old, and are due to be neutered over the next few weeks (once the weather warms up a bit).
They are both housed separately at the moment in their own hutches with metal runs attached. The runs are the kind with the small doors at the side which slides upwards. One of them has discovered that she can move the door up and escape so my Husband found her loose in the garden a couple of mornings ago. Whilst she was out she has managed to dig most of the way under the fence which means that she would be out onto the road. Obviously a big worry!
We have secured the little doors so thats not a problem anymore but as I also like them to have supervised free range time in the garden (separately at the moment as they do fight if they get together) I am a bit worried that she will carry on with her digging and find her way out onto the main road whilst my back is turned.
I know that rabbits dig naturally but has anyone got any solutions for securing the garden a bit more.....we had already put planks all around the bottom of the fence where there were some small gaps, but as its just set ontop of the turf rather than sunk in to it, its obvious now that we have to take some further steps and sink something below ground but what? Does have anyone have any ideas, the only thing I can think of is some of the log roll garden edging, if we sunk it completely below lawn level, obviously it wouldn't stop the digging but it would take a fair while longer and a buy us a bit of time to take evasive action. Can anyone else offer any suggestions as to what we could use?
They are both housed separately at the moment in their own hutches with metal runs attached. The runs are the kind with the small doors at the side which slides upwards. One of them has discovered that she can move the door up and escape so my Husband found her loose in the garden a couple of mornings ago. Whilst she was out she has managed to dig most of the way under the fence which means that she would be out onto the road. Obviously a big worry!
We have secured the little doors so thats not a problem anymore but as I also like them to have supervised free range time in the garden (separately at the moment as they do fight if they get together) I am a bit worried that she will carry on with her digging and find her way out onto the main road whilst my back is turned.
I know that rabbits dig naturally but has anyone got any solutions for securing the garden a bit more.....we had already put planks all around the bottom of the fence where there were some small gaps, but as its just set ontop of the turf rather than sunk in to it, its obvious now that we have to take some further steps and sink something below ground but what? Does have anyone have any ideas, the only thing I can think of is some of the log roll garden edging, if we sunk it completely below lawn level, obviously it wouldn't stop the digging but it would take a fair while longer and a buy us a bit of time to take evasive action. Can anyone else offer any suggestions as to what we could use?
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