Hi all,
I'm new to the forum & new to keeping bunnies.
We desperately need some advice about housing. We have been building a run system in order to adopt some rabbits from a well respected bunny rehoming organisation, and have hit a problem.
Our set up is (and please read all the detail before shouting No at me!) a coop to provide a safe sleeping area (5 ft by 2 ft) attached by a small section of rabbit runaround pipe to an 8 ft by 2 ft by 2ft covered run to provide their 24/7 sheltered living accommodation. This is attached to a 9 ft by 4 ft by 5 ft run that can be shut off at night if needed using the rabbit runaround sliding doors. The coop is not ideal, but it was all we could source as we live in the highlands and most companies won't deliver or want to charge a hefty surcharge for delivery (even though they advertise free UK delivery). The coop has a cover over it, and plenty of straw and fleece blankets insulating it, as well as heat pads available. The sleeping area is roomy and snug. We have a larger coop for hens, so I am used to cleaning the things out. I thought this set-up was more than the rehoming organisation required.
They have come back to me and told me rather tersely that our accommodation isn't up to scratch, and that we can't being the adoption process with them until we replace the coop with a 6ft by 2ft hutch, and that our covered run is too small. Apparently it needs to be 6 feet by 4 feet. They make no mention of the 9 feet by 4 feet run.
I've had our local SSPCA have a look, and they can't see what the problem is, as the rehoming group ask for 6 ft by 2ft sheltered accommodation with a 8 feet by 4 feet run and we have provided a total of 13 ft by 2 ft sheltered accommodation with a 9 feet by 4 feet run.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me, that might help me persuade the rehoming people to look at us again? I have emailed them, but they are obviously really busy and can take 3 weeks to reply to anything.
Thanks
I'm new to the forum & new to keeping bunnies.
We desperately need some advice about housing. We have been building a run system in order to adopt some rabbits from a well respected bunny rehoming organisation, and have hit a problem.
Our set up is (and please read all the detail before shouting No at me!) a coop to provide a safe sleeping area (5 ft by 2 ft) attached by a small section of rabbit runaround pipe to an 8 ft by 2 ft by 2ft covered run to provide their 24/7 sheltered living accommodation. This is attached to a 9 ft by 4 ft by 5 ft run that can be shut off at night if needed using the rabbit runaround sliding doors. The coop is not ideal, but it was all we could source as we live in the highlands and most companies won't deliver or want to charge a hefty surcharge for delivery (even though they advertise free UK delivery). The coop has a cover over it, and plenty of straw and fleece blankets insulating it, as well as heat pads available. The sleeping area is roomy and snug. We have a larger coop for hens, so I am used to cleaning the things out. I thought this set-up was more than the rehoming organisation required.
They have come back to me and told me rather tersely that our accommodation isn't up to scratch, and that we can't being the adoption process with them until we replace the coop with a 6ft by 2ft hutch, and that our covered run is too small. Apparently it needs to be 6 feet by 4 feet. They make no mention of the 9 feet by 4 feet run.
I've had our local SSPCA have a look, and they can't see what the problem is, as the rehoming group ask for 6 ft by 2ft sheltered accommodation with a 8 feet by 4 feet run and we have provided a total of 13 ft by 2 ft sheltered accommodation with a 9 feet by 4 feet run.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me, that might help me persuade the rehoming people to look at us again? I have emailed them, but they are obviously really busy and can take 3 weeks to reply to anything.
Thanks