Just for those who were reading about the Mary saga, incase you were wondering!
The little boy has been on Panacur for a week and a half incase it was EC causing the weightloss and that. I'm happy to say he's definately gaining weight - a steady increase, he's gone from his low at 620g up to 810g!
His appetite still isn't 100% - it's hard convincing him to eat his hay, which I really need to do because of his molar problems, but he wolfs down his porridge. I've been mixing it in with his chopped timothy hay so he does eat a bit, and he's enjoying his first taste of mushy peas, which he loves!
It's nice to pick him up and feel how much more solid he is - I can tell I'm acually holding a bunny now :lol: And his poos are looking much better - bigger, darker and more of them!
So hopefully the Panacur is doing the trick and he'll be back to his normal self soon!
The question was to do with having buns outdoors in a run permanently. The buns will be moving out to a shed soon this year (probably once it's warmed up a bit, but shed will have electricity and heating). I've asked and got the go-ahead to have the bit of garden just outside the shed - it was kind of a garage/lean-to bit for my dad (he used to work at home as a mechanic), so it's waterproof and would be quite easy to enclose, there's one solid 'wall' with a plastic window and a door built in so perfect to access and look into.
However, I obviously wouldn't want the buns to get out, nor anything to get in (living next to a farm, we get foxes, rats, owls, hawks, etc.), so wondered what the best way of making it safe was. I was thinking of putting mesh/wire down underneath and putting soil on top and growing the grass (there's no grass there right now), so even if they do dig they can't get out. Only problem is cost - doubt I can get away with just chicken wire as we get a lot of rat burrows in the garden. What kind of mesh would be economical (obviously will pay whatever it needs) but rat-proof? And what kind of grass is OK to grow?
I was going to make the 'walls' of the enclosure solid at the bottom, so foxes and that couldn't see in or frighten the buns, and then have mesh at the top. Again, what kind of mesh is best? Would a fox be able to climb up the solid wood to get at the mesh if it really wanted to get in? Not sure I'd leave the buns out overnight, probably would shut them away in the shed for the night, but I have seen foxes out in the daylight, and although someone is usually home it doesn't mean there's always someone in the garden (though the dog is usually out so that would probably stop a fox coming in)
The little boy has been on Panacur for a week and a half incase it was EC causing the weightloss and that. I'm happy to say he's definately gaining weight - a steady increase, he's gone from his low at 620g up to 810g!
His appetite still isn't 100% - it's hard convincing him to eat his hay, which I really need to do because of his molar problems, but he wolfs down his porridge. I've been mixing it in with his chopped timothy hay so he does eat a bit, and he's enjoying his first taste of mushy peas, which he loves!
It's nice to pick him up and feel how much more solid he is - I can tell I'm acually holding a bunny now :lol: And his poos are looking much better - bigger, darker and more of them!
So hopefully the Panacur is doing the trick and he'll be back to his normal self soon!
The question was to do with having buns outdoors in a run permanently. The buns will be moving out to a shed soon this year (probably once it's warmed up a bit, but shed will have electricity and heating). I've asked and got the go-ahead to have the bit of garden just outside the shed - it was kind of a garage/lean-to bit for my dad (he used to work at home as a mechanic), so it's waterproof and would be quite easy to enclose, there's one solid 'wall' with a plastic window and a door built in so perfect to access and look into.
However, I obviously wouldn't want the buns to get out, nor anything to get in (living next to a farm, we get foxes, rats, owls, hawks, etc.), so wondered what the best way of making it safe was. I was thinking of putting mesh/wire down underneath and putting soil on top and growing the grass (there's no grass there right now), so even if they do dig they can't get out. Only problem is cost - doubt I can get away with just chicken wire as we get a lot of rat burrows in the garden. What kind of mesh would be economical (obviously will pay whatever it needs) but rat-proof? And what kind of grass is OK to grow?
I was going to make the 'walls' of the enclosure solid at the bottom, so foxes and that couldn't see in or frighten the buns, and then have mesh at the top. Again, what kind of mesh is best? Would a fox be able to climb up the solid wood to get at the mesh if it really wanted to get in? Not sure I'd leave the buns out overnight, probably would shut them away in the shed for the night, but I have seen foxes out in the daylight, and although someone is usually home it doesn't mean there's always someone in the garden (though the dog is usually out so that would probably stop a fox coming in)