Tracybeakerisland
Mama Doe
Its getting colder so I have bought the buns some straw as well as their huge bail of weekly hay. My set up consists of a big insulated 6x4 dog kennel for the big bad girls with large run [20x6] split in two with a forsham giant. They all have access to interior wooden sleep boxes lined with vet bed.
The run is laid out on concrete slabs, three walls are solid wood with a double lined anti-fox /hawks weld mesh running across the whole fo the fourth. The roof is insulated and waterproof and the mesh is covered so the inside stays dry from rain. The buns loved lying across the floor during the summer but are now spending far more of their time in their kennel/hutch. Giving them garden time would be unwise given the wildlife my garden attracts so I am trying to make the run a bit more fun to be in. They have toys, hidey holes and tunnels but they are not using them now its gone dark cold and damp outside.
I am hoping the straw might make the floor a bit warmer and more fun to explore and run on BUT I have absolutely no idea how often I would need to scrape out and completely change the floor covering for them if I do put the straw down. Would it possibly attract the teeny woodmice able to get through the mesh?
Holds hand up I admit it since Pumpkin died so unexpectedly I am doing all I can to make sure Treacle is eating, snug and active and the big bad girls do more than just eat the winter away and they are safe from predators.
The run is laid out on concrete slabs, three walls are solid wood with a double lined anti-fox /hawks weld mesh running across the whole fo the fourth. The roof is insulated and waterproof and the mesh is covered so the inside stays dry from rain. The buns loved lying across the floor during the summer but are now spending far more of their time in their kennel/hutch. Giving them garden time would be unwise given the wildlife my garden attracts so I am trying to make the run a bit more fun to be in. They have toys, hidey holes and tunnels but they are not using them now its gone dark cold and damp outside.
I am hoping the straw might make the floor a bit warmer and more fun to explore and run on BUT I have absolutely no idea how often I would need to scrape out and completely change the floor covering for them if I do put the straw down. Would it possibly attract the teeny woodmice able to get through the mesh?
Holds hand up I admit it since Pumpkin died so unexpectedly I am doing all I can to make sure Treacle is eating, snug and active and the big bad girls do more than just eat the winter away and they are safe from predators.