River Run - A Shed Build Blog

[Lisa F]

Looking amazing. I had a real good read through the entire thread sadly some of the pictures are missing (I guess due to photobucket)

Oops thanks, I thought I'd fixed them all, will go back and check again!

Did you end up keeping the other non-bunny sections as planned, i.e offices/studios?

Yup, we did. The second shed is split in half, one part is my OH's workshop and the other half is currently storage but will eventually be my art/craft studio.

 

[Lisa F]

Spent a productive day fence painting today. The fence behind where the aviary is going needed staining and, as we won't be able to get to it once the aviary is up, it has to be done this week. It's going dark brown, same as the sheds (and all our other fencing, buildings, gates etc). Fingers crossed, the aviary will be done next weekend, or fairly close anyway.

 

[Lisa F]

More progress on the aviary this weekend! OH has been working like a maniac. Thankfully he enjoys doing stuff like this though.

Most of the frame is up now. Just securing and painting to go.

This gives an idea of the eventual floor area:

The run will be nice and protected from both bad weather and sun as it's sided by sheds on two sides and half-sided by a fence at the back. The roof will be clear corrugated plastic. The front and back will be open mesh.

 

[TheThreeB's]

I'm fascinated by this, it looks like it's going to be amazing x

 

[joey&boo]

I've just read the whole thread too :lol: I'm exhausted. So lovely seeing their fab set up, the photos are ace & showing now. Lucky boys

 

[Lisa F]

With rebonding the boys yesterday, we didn't get much time to work on the aviary but OH has managed to do a bit more. The roof is now on! We've used opaque corrugated sheeting. It's great because it still lets the sun through but diffuses it a little.

The mesh has only been added to the bottom half so far and OH is currently making the door.

 

[louise200]

It's coming on really well, cannot wait to see finished :-D

 

[Lisa F]

Aaaand it's finished!!!

Currently the buns aren't using it though . . . Eric will go out but Ernie has lost confidence since losing his eye and chickens out at the cat flap every time. Since Eric won't leave Ernie alone for long, neither of them are are going out. It's a bit sparsely furnished at the moment, so that probably isn't helping either. We have some exciting enrichment plans, some of which we are hoping to do this weekend, so will see if that helps.

 

[Zoobec]

It looks lovely maybe some treats or food would tempt them out :thumb:

 

[TheThreeB's]

It looks amazing Hopefully their confidence will grow in time.

Bit of a different situation, but a while back we linked up our shed with a runaround tunnel and our rabbits were having none of it. I tried putting one of them into the tunnel she froze just a little way down, we thought maybe she was too big and had got stuck and had visions of having to cut it open some how. But she was actually just afraid and rooted to the spot. Now she whizzes through no problem x

 

[obsessedwithanimals]

Wow!!! What an amazing set up! One of the best I've ever seen! Timing is good too because I'm looking to build a shed and aviary too.

 

[louise200]

It's fantastic, I love it! What a huge achievement! Lucky rabbits, hope they start enjoying it soon.

 

[keletkezes]

My first bunny was a ninja too It looks great, I'm sure they'll both be out enjoying it soon :thumb:

 

[bounderby9]

nice

these are very nice set up as well.

 

[Lisa F]

Up until the weekend we'd been having issues getting Ernie to go outside. Even with the cat flap taped open he was still too nervous so on Saturday we physically took him out there and sprinkled lots of herbs and pellets around the aviary. That seemed to do the trick in showing him it wasn't so big and scary out there and within a couple of hours he was racing in and out of the shed without a worry.

We've also added a few more activities to the aviary now, including a big digging box that my OH made for them (I still need to take some photos). Well, they absolutely LOVE it and have been valiantly attempting to dig to China. :lol: I caught Eric in there yesterday morning having a dig, then binky, then dig, then binky and so on. He looked so happy. We are planning to put in another level/shelf for them too so they can get a bit higher up if they want. That's a couple of weeks away though as we have dogs next door until this weekend and we didn't want to put the buns directly in the dogs line of sight (the fence isn't very high). Once the pups are gone then the buns can have their outside "raised deck" area. :lol:

 

[tonibun]

What an amazing job your OH and you have made. Eric and Ernie are 2 very lucky bunnies.

 

[keletkezes]

Oh, yes, please post pictures of the digging box, I need some inspiration!

 

[Lisa F]

Still haven't got round to adding a second level in the aviary yet (busy extending our own house!) but here is the dig box (which they love!).

 

[keletkezes]

a lovely box, I'm super-inspired! I especially like that it's MASSIVE! Unless your buns have shrunk ;P

 

[Lisa F]

haha they do look especially tiny there. They are itty bitty little buns though.