| Re: My outdoor housing idea
Are you going to build outdoor runs too, or just let them run loose in your backyard? Letting them loose is very dangerous so I hope you are building runs. Do you have raccoons, foxes, or any other predators where you are? The wire spacing for runs must be very small so raccoons can't stick their paws in. The outdoor runs must have top, bottom and sides. The top prevents predators from getting in, and the bottom prevents rabbits from getting out and predators from digging in. I would give them lots of hay/straw in the outdoor run so the rabbits can dig and burrow.
Since they will be living outside, they will be more suseptible to illness and injury so you need to do thorough exams of your animals almost every day. Outdoor rabbits are prone to flystrike. Don't forget that all of them will still need lots of attention and care ( even during snowstorms, thunderstorms, and all kinds of weather) |