Our bunnies are such loved little things, they are proper members of our family, even our confirmed "non-animal" teenage son. We are thoroughly enjoying having them and they have settled in very well, they are monstrous already weighing in at 1.5 kilos and 1.7 kilos at 10 weeks!
They have such lovely personalities, Gatsby is naughty and mischievous, and always the first to run and nuzzle my hand or explore something new, and Daisy is quieter, but with such a gentle personality, loving to be stroked and petted. They have escaped their enclosure several times and Gatsby now heads straight for my herb garden, and I have to usher him back, smelling of basil and thyme which is lovely! (and herbs haven't upset their stomach so they get a basil leaf as a treat).
Anyway, that was a bit of back story and a gush about the lovely bunnies and my "problem" is this: when it's sunny, there's always someone in the garden so they get lots of attention and running around time. When it's rainy, obviously they don't get as much attention (although dd2 has been sitting in the hutch with them) so I have been bringing them into the house where they free range for the entire afternoon and then go back to their house in the garden in the late evening. They love the attention and clearly are used to coming in the house now, as soon as I get the pet carrier out to transport them across the garden to the house, they leap in and get excited.
Am i doing the wrong thing in bringing them in for a few hours every day? Will this be a problem in the winter when temperature changes might affect them? Much as I'd like to, I really can't house them inside permanently, there's five of us in the family already so I haven't really got any space as our spare room is used as a study for my older two kids and DH can't have them in his office (and I've spent a fortune on a large dog kennel/enclosure and now a massive run, but don't tell DH ) They obviously love being inside and I'm happy to have them in but need to return them to their house outside at night.
They have such lovely personalities, Gatsby is naughty and mischievous, and always the first to run and nuzzle my hand or explore something new, and Daisy is quieter, but with such a gentle personality, loving to be stroked and petted. They have escaped their enclosure several times and Gatsby now heads straight for my herb garden, and I have to usher him back, smelling of basil and thyme which is lovely! (and herbs haven't upset their stomach so they get a basil leaf as a treat).
Anyway, that was a bit of back story and a gush about the lovely bunnies and my "problem" is this: when it's sunny, there's always someone in the garden so they get lots of attention and running around time. When it's rainy, obviously they don't get as much attention (although dd2 has been sitting in the hutch with them) so I have been bringing them into the house where they free range for the entire afternoon and then go back to their house in the garden in the late evening. They love the attention and clearly are used to coming in the house now, as soon as I get the pet carrier out to transport them across the garden to the house, they leap in and get excited.
Am i doing the wrong thing in bringing them in for a few hours every day? Will this be a problem in the winter when temperature changes might affect them? Much as I'd like to, I really can't house them inside permanently, there's five of us in the family already so I haven't really got any space as our spare room is used as a study for my older two kids and DH can't have them in his office (and I've spent a fortune on a large dog kennel/enclosure and now a massive run, but don't tell DH ) They obviously love being inside and I'm happy to have them in but need to return them to their house outside at night.