Anya&Harry
Young Bun
Hi I'm new to this forum, Last week I was given 2 brother rabbits, Their previous owner hadnt realised they had a girl and boy not two girls and all of a sudden 2 became 6 , they were unable to home the last two and the local shelter was full so I agreed to have them, had been thinking of getting rabbits anyway, and had already prepared a hutch (wendy house conversion) and an 8ft x 5ft run with 24/7 access. When I saw them they were in a teeny hutch with a run as the bottom floor (maybe 3ft x 2ft each level) with the dad as well! Needless to say they are loving their extra room!
However I still feel that this isn't enough room for a permanant solution, My plan was to allow free roaming of our garden (which is huge) for the majority of the day under supervision....that was until this morning, when I noticed that a family of wild rabbits has appeared to have moved into the end of the garden! This leaves me concerned about two things, one will there be a disagreement over territory? and Two Can't the wild rabbits carry things that could make my two boys very ill? they have been vaccinated but not neutured yet as one isn't quite ready and the vet (and myself) would prefer them to go together..... Any suggestions as to increasing their exercise area would be greatly recieved
However I still feel that this isn't enough room for a permanant solution, My plan was to allow free roaming of our garden (which is huge) for the majority of the day under supervision....that was until this morning, when I noticed that a family of wild rabbits has appeared to have moved into the end of the garden! This leaves me concerned about two things, one will there be a disagreement over territory? and Two Can't the wild rabbits carry things that could make my two boys very ill? they have been vaccinated but not neutured yet as one isn't quite ready and the vet (and myself) would prefer them to go together..... Any suggestions as to increasing their exercise area would be greatly recieved