Hi!:wave:
You prob dont want to have to do too much but I thought if you could get 3 new mesh panels...and then raise the existing run roof to just under the hutch roof...the run area would be double in height. Then you could :
Add a shelf halfway up in line with the bottom of the raised hutch (makes sense?eeek!:lol
...and make ramp/tunnel that then goes down to the run floor. Also make a hole in the back of the exsiting hutch so they can go onto the new shelf behind the hutch. This would mean that a shelf would be level with the back of the exisitng hutch.
Or
make a hole in the hutch....at the back and attach a wooden tunnel or those tough rubber tunnels from there to a lower shelf at the back of the run. This will mean they can run up into the hutch on the exisitng ramp.....into the hutch and then straight out the back into a tunnel to a shelf and then jump down onto the run floor. Like a circuit.
I'd also add a very large litter tray or even a dig box under the existing hutch now...as the run floor is cement...it can put pressure on hock.s..I found this with mine - when I pulled back the padding on their hocks..they were quite red...so hay is now down to add some cushioning...its is harder to clean, but hey - what can I do!
I thought a large tray or dig box would given them an option to relieve their hcoks.
Id' close in the existing ramp thats there...its just really steep and is too far from the side of the run for an accident to not happen when they scotting about having fun and it would be such a shame if they hurt themselves...so easily done
One of mine has falled backwards down the ramp before..if I could Id get rid of the ramps and have secured boxes as hopping steps instead.
Mine LOVe those grasss tunnels...
You could even go all out and make the shelf into a "grass shelf"...how cool is this bench!?
http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/04/MOW-Grass-Bench2.jpg
You could also hang a hayrack/hanging basket under the existing hutch so it hangs down into the dig box area under the exisiting hutch......just somewhere else for them to eat from.
You can get clear plastic to cover the hutch when its raining and pulled back for sunny days....that way you wont have to worry too much about things getting too wet....OR if you did the raised shelf in line with the back of the hutch - it would double as a roof area doubling what they have now at floor level.
Obviously the shelf idea's means you raise the entire run roof area up.
If you dont want to do that - Id still cover the run top with some plyboard to add cover from the back of the hutch...just so the floor area has a larger area protected from rain - so you can put carboards boxes etc under there. Mine adore there grass tunnels...though they can get mouldy in the rain - so have to be under cover and away from damp....otherwise those canvasy tunnels work fine...even in the rain
Id also add a bench...for them to hop onto and hide under. I found one in the "skip"....fits perfectly into the run...and those wooden bridge things...fits perfectly onto them for support.
Mine also love it when I pick willow branches...a whole branch that I then stick into the run mesh - they spend time stretching up to eat the different heights of the branches.
Just some idea's I thought of.....hope it makes sense...prob. eaiser if I explained in person or drew a pic! Goodluck! Its hard to make the runs work when they are small...Ive got the same size run, but seperate form the hutches...and I now want an aviary!:lol:
oooh...Ive also got a paving slab in the run...the buns often lay on it when they are hot
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