bunnylover1995
Alpha Buck
Soooo, basically I'm going to be getting my girls a fabulous new hutch
However it will take six weeks for the turf to root properly over the wire I'll lay where their run will go
For those six weeks I'll have to keep them on gravel. Their run will be 8ftx4ft, and I have a 4x4ft thick picnic blanket which I use at the moment so they can cross to the grass from their hutch without running on it. The only problem is this will only cover half their run. Will they be okay for six weeks on this?
It's big smooth stone gravel, not little bits and it's not sharp (had to be child safe when we got it). This also means it's too big for them to try and eat it.
I don't want to splash out more money, another of those blankets is £30, especially as there will be about 20p left in the kitty after the 8ft double hutch plus run, wire, turf and lino... oh and paint and a custom cover :roll: ...and it's only temporary.
I can't do the turf before the hutch comes because it will be trodden on by lots of men in workboots while the hutch is sorted, lino fitted, doors put on etc. which will ruin it :roll: nor will I have a way to block it off from the dog until the old hutch is dismantled (we're using the run pannels to protect the grass but still giving it light
Also, do any of you have experience with buried water dishes? My girls always tip theirs over, so I was thinking of digging a hole, lining it with wire and then dropping a large dog bowl in there, with some way to get it out for cleaning (either some washing-line rope tied under the rim, or one bowl inside another). I think they just hate bowls, they take their food out to eat it off the floor :roll: unless I pack wood shavings up to the edge of it :roll: :shock:
Oh and as you can see, I listened to the RU advice, my girls will only be free-range for a few more months, and after that they won't unless there's someone to watch them, so they'll probably only free-range from about 4pm until 8pm and at weekends, when my bro is around. :lol:
However it will take six weeks for the turf to root properly over the wire I'll lay where their run will go
For those six weeks I'll have to keep them on gravel. Their run will be 8ftx4ft, and I have a 4x4ft thick picnic blanket which I use at the moment so they can cross to the grass from their hutch without running on it. The only problem is this will only cover half their run. Will they be okay for six weeks on this?
It's big smooth stone gravel, not little bits and it's not sharp (had to be child safe when we got it). This also means it's too big for them to try and eat it.
I don't want to splash out more money, another of those blankets is £30, especially as there will be about 20p left in the kitty after the 8ft double hutch plus run, wire, turf and lino... oh and paint and a custom cover :roll: ...and it's only temporary.
I can't do the turf before the hutch comes because it will be trodden on by lots of men in workboots while the hutch is sorted, lino fitted, doors put on etc. which will ruin it :roll: nor will I have a way to block it off from the dog until the old hutch is dismantled (we're using the run pannels to protect the grass but still giving it light
Also, do any of you have experience with buried water dishes? My girls always tip theirs over, so I was thinking of digging a hole, lining it with wire and then dropping a large dog bowl in there, with some way to get it out for cleaning (either some washing-line rope tied under the rim, or one bowl inside another). I think they just hate bowls, they take their food out to eat it off the floor :roll: unless I pack wood shavings up to the edge of it :roll: :shock:
Oh and as you can see, I listened to the RU advice, my girls will only be free-range for a few more months, and after that they won't unless there's someone to watch them, so they'll probably only free-range from about 4pm until 8pm and at weekends, when my bro is around. :lol: