Now that summer finally seems to be approaching I was wondering what those with house bunnies do about garden access.
At this point in time my garden is not secure, but am planning lots of work to build a brick wall all around to they can't escape, but I was wondering how much access to allow.
Would it be unadvisable to build in a catflap in the back door to allow them access 24/7 or just blocked off overnight. If I should only let them out while I'm at home I could just open the door. Do I need to literally watch them constantly while the door's open or should they be pretty safe?
One of the things I'm thinking is that over the summer I tend to have barbecues, and I'll feel bad shutting the buns in the cage while I have friends over and would prefer them to be able to run free. Am also thinking that one day I'd like to get a dog, which would need to have garden access during the day to do it's business etc.
Just wondering if anyone has had similar experience. The buns safety comes first so I'm more than prepared to cage them when necessary, would just feel bad for them as the cage has been open constantly since I got Bob, and when he gets his girlfriend in a few weeks I don't plan to change that.
At this point in time my garden is not secure, but am planning lots of work to build a brick wall all around to they can't escape, but I was wondering how much access to allow.
Would it be unadvisable to build in a catflap in the back door to allow them access 24/7 or just blocked off overnight. If I should only let them out while I'm at home I could just open the door. Do I need to literally watch them constantly while the door's open or should they be pretty safe?
One of the things I'm thinking is that over the summer I tend to have barbecues, and I'll feel bad shutting the buns in the cage while I have friends over and would prefer them to be able to run free. Am also thinking that one day I'd like to get a dog, which would need to have garden access during the day to do it's business etc.
Just wondering if anyone has had similar experience. The buns safety comes first so I'm more than prepared to cage them when necessary, would just feel bad for them as the cage has been open constantly since I got Bob, and when he gets his girlfriend in a few weeks I don't plan to change that.