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sounds like a good price How easy is it to get the buns in and out safely without escapes? Is shade possible from all sun-angles? Do you need to make a base to stop them digging out or anything else digging in? Is the wire strong enough to prevent predators chewing through (our neighbours...

sad outcome I feel guilty that it has taken me so long to come back online to report, after several of you were kind enough to offer helpful thoughts and ideas. First outcome was that bun poo was foud in the corner where the bun was last seen - very promising. I put apple pieces aroud the...

So many hiding places A wildie, yes. It's a big room with so many places to hide - I can't see where it has snuck itself in. Under a wardrobe? Behind the drawer units? I can't see how I can possibly search it out - it'll just run for somewhere else. All the drawer units have a channel...

I seem to have a new young bun. It was dropped in my bedroom doorway by the cat. It dashed in and ran for cover. I have not seen it since! I have peered behind things and under things to no avail. I need to check it over, but I think it is unmarked. I have always managed to catch and...

beware plastic If you keep it in a spacious open box in a well-aired dry space it is less likely to go off on you. Plastic sacks and plastic crates are best avoided. We use a giant cardboard box for our bale. Our 2 buns free-range in the day, so eat more grass and less hay. The 2 GPs eat...

avoiding drastic change More than anything, I try to avoid drastic change, because from what I read generally and on here, sudden change causes many problems. Ours free-range daily, and get a good supply of grass all year round, so we don't get the 'new spring grass' problem. They also have...

piggies are often shy It takes time and patience, and some piggies will always be shy. Ramps and things take piggies longer to adapt to, as well. They may well go up when they are sure no-one is around. It might help if there's a shelter they can hide in on each level - we like the little...

we have one We have a weeping pussy willow in a pot in the rabbit garden, and they love it! Buffy climbs into the pot in order to gnaw the stems off as high as possible. I don't take anything off - they get whatever they can reach. because of that it looks like a bad hair day - all the stems...

Marble Marble was VERY dominant, but when she bonded with Bunster she calmed down a lot. She was still dominant, but she seemed also to learn that in his calm way, Bunster was wiser, and she stopped stropping at him and at us quite as often. He took little notice of her stroppy ways - he...

he's adorable and he will be so grateful when things have evened out a bit for the poor chap - he is SO lucky to have found you.

hessian or duvet covers are brilliant ideas We use a giant cardboard box i worry about polythene or plastic because of condensation and/or mould

why not? We used one successfully for a long time with our first bun in our last garden where there was no safe free-range space despite it being a big garden. We were advised to have the harness fairly tight - the two finger test - can you get two fingers under it but no more? It was...

awww Your Pebbles is eerily like our Taz! Lovely piggies, too.

How Horrible For You I cannot imagine such a thing. We have 2 rabbits and 2 guinea-pigs in a similar wall-backed set-up. Smells are minimal an grass-based. Rats, ferrets and others are much pongier. Hens can be too, and certainly noisier. Your ex-neighbours must be hyper-sensitive. Talk...

awww those ears! :)

well... When we accidentally left the lower door of Marble's hutch open, we only realised what had happened when she emerged through the cat-flap into the kitchen! She had watched the cats do it often enough...

wow To do what you have done with such clarity and maturity at such a young age is AWESOME. Very well done. Clearly you are alert to their potential health problems, and watching out for any of the deterioration that would indicate that urgent vetinary intervention was necessary, and you have...

yes Male female bonds have always worked well for us, and it is lovely to see the joy that a partner brings to a singleton bun. Usually it is considered best to introduce a female that has already been spayed, but several on here (includng us) have successfully introduced an unspayed female...

aw only damp at the edges... and SO sweet! :)

ask horsey people Ask horsey people what farms they use. I don't know Lincs, but there are lots around here. We pay £3.50 usually, and we store the bale in a giant cardboard box in a dry outhouse - we find cardboard is less prone to condensation and therefore mould than plastic. A bale lasts...