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How to make hutch warmer...?

peediepixie

Mama Doe
My 2 buns live in a 5ft hutch with double walls and insulation in the cavity and a felt roof, they are bedded on woodshavings (soon to be changes to shredded paper), straw and hay.One of my buns got a respiratory infection which my vet thought was partly to do with the cold. The hutch only has a large 'mouse hole' for the buns to go in and out through, no other holes or openings (the roof/lid opens for cleaning).
I have just bought a snugglesafe. I am thinking about how to make the hutch warmer and am thinking to put a cardboard box stuffed with hay in where they usually sit (the bit right inside the door, they use the bit meant to be the bedroom as the toilet :roll: :lol: ). If I put the box in that should shield them from the wind and if I stuff it with hay and the snuggle safe at night do you think that would be enough? They are in a run in the garage at the moment but it'd be better if I could get them back outside if possible... any thoughts??
 
carboard box would be a good idea as card board is extremly warm, In holly's hutch she has a bale of straw that she has broken up over the days to make a snuggly burrow with.
 
I put a card board box in Parsnips sleeping area, and between the hutch and the cardboard I stuffed bubble wrap where he couldn't reach it and straw where he could to give it a layer of insulation. I turned the box on its side so it had a bottom back and roof and put the opening in line with the existing door hole. ( hope that makes sense)
 
I went through a few weeks of extreme cleaning on Berts hutch to try to kill off mites and because i was worried he would get damp i lined the whole hutch with cardboard. It took ages to cut and fit but it helpled withe damp and the cold :lol:
 
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