I recently moved my outdoor bun William into a playhouse with attached run, (on a concrete patio) to give him more 'indoors' space. However, we've had a few days of non-stop rain, and it's proving impossible to keep the inside of the run dry. Even the lino floor of the playhouse is getting soggy, which I think might be rain blowing in through the meshed windows.
At the moment I got a heavy tarp over the run, which is helping a little, but it gathers great pools on top which eventually run down inside. It also seems to be getting wet underneath, I'm not sure if this is condensation from the wet ground, or from water running off the top and beading underneath.
So I'm looking for suggestions as to how you keep your outdoor runs dry? I've seen a few set ups with clear, corrugated plastic on top, how are those fixed? Is it effective? How about kick boards, maybe? I feel like shutters of plastic on the playhouse windows might help, but then what about ventilation?
William is starting to get rather soggy and dirty on his back legs - hocks and 'trouser' area around his bum, and I'm not sure how to go about trying to make it dry and clean again?
He's currently got his 'eating' tray lined with litter pellets which has his hay in, and an enclosed wooden box stuffed with straw. I'm going out today to buy an extra, bigger litter tray to line with straw, so he's got more absorbent places to sit, but he seems to prefer sitting up on the bare wooden shelf, next to the window :roll:
If anyone has any ideas or tips for keeping outdoor housing dry, I'd love to hear! I'm so worried about him getting sore
At the moment I got a heavy tarp over the run, which is helping a little, but it gathers great pools on top which eventually run down inside. It also seems to be getting wet underneath, I'm not sure if this is condensation from the wet ground, or from water running off the top and beading underneath.
So I'm looking for suggestions as to how you keep your outdoor runs dry? I've seen a few set ups with clear, corrugated plastic on top, how are those fixed? Is it effective? How about kick boards, maybe? I feel like shutters of plastic on the playhouse windows might help, but then what about ventilation?
William is starting to get rather soggy and dirty on his back legs - hocks and 'trouser' area around his bum, and I'm not sure how to go about trying to make it dry and clean again?
He's currently got his 'eating' tray lined with litter pellets which has his hay in, and an enclosed wooden box stuffed with straw. I'm going out today to buy an extra, bigger litter tray to line with straw, so he's got more absorbent places to sit, but he seems to prefer sitting up on the bare wooden shelf, next to the window :roll:
If anyone has any ideas or tips for keeping outdoor housing dry, I'd love to hear! I'm so worried about him getting sore