25 lbs of food, 60 lbs of litter, a bale of hay...

[Aina]

All for two rabbits, who weight 14 lbs together. Maybe I should just get more rabbits, then it would be gone sooner. I still want a rex, dwarf, holand lop, lionhead, flemmish, ect. But there is still a space problem. Maybe I can foster. I could probably handle one more rabbit in my room if my parents would let me...

Anyways, I am wondering how to store a bale of hay outside without it getting moldy. And I live in almost Flordia, so it is really humid here, and it rains a lot. I would have gotten less hay, but I paid less for it than for a small bag of timothy hay.

 

[aurora369]

I bought a big Rubbermaid deck bin to store my hay in. So far it's worked well, hasn't leaked when it rained. I've only had it for about a month, so I haven't had the chance to really test it. Here's a link to what I have: http://rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/product.jhtml?prodId=HPProd100689

As for food, I use a 40 litre bin and store it inside. I also use the same size for my wood pellets. This one is the right size: http://rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/product.jhtml?prodId=HPProd150021

I also use a flip top rubber maid bin to store hay in the house so it's easy to give hay to the buns easily. This one:http://rubbermaid.com/rubbermaid/product/product.jhtml?prodId=HPProd100182

It's easy to stack all the bins on top of each other for storage.

Hope I could give you some ideas...

--Dawn

 

[Aina]

Thanks I will probably look and see if I can get something. I really do need to put all my rabbit stuff in containers, right now they are just in cardboard boxes, lol. I do have a container for their food, but it only holds about half of it so I have to leave the other half in the bag.

 

[luvthempigs]

Ibuy my hay by the bales as it is much cheaper than buing it in bags fromt the petstore. A friend of mine got me a wooden pallet from work and I stack the hay on it in my garage then I cover it with a plastic tarp to keep it clean. I have a large rubbermaid bin that I use in the house to keep hay in and then refill from the garage as needed.

My pellets and hay cubes are in the house in another rubbermaid bin.

 

[juicyjuicee]

I'm pretty sure the only solution to your problem is to get more bunnies.

 

[Celestial Wind]

juicyjuicee wrote:

I'm pretty sure the only solution to your problem is to get more bunnies.

inkelepht: Ow yes I think that is the only way too.......

More bunnies less food to store....Hummmm but then again it goes faster witch means more trips to the pet store.....and I sure do love the pet store and it sure does love my $$$$$$$$

 

[Butterfinger]

Yeah, we use a Rubbermaid bin for Butter's hay, too Really useful things~
Buuut....If I were anywhere near a farm-animal supply store, I'd definitely buy it by the bale instead of going to the pet store and buying those big $8 bags that eat your money faster than if it was dipped in gravy and fed to rabid poodles... :?

 

[Aina]

Yup, I have to get more bunnies. Better go tell the parents that. As if they didn't already think my room was taken over with animal stuff. I have been slowly getting rid of furniture so I can fit more rabbits stuff. So much for it being my room, lol.

I got may hay from my horseback riding teacher as I don't know where the feed store is. It only cost $7, so lots cheaper than normal hay from a pet store. They seem to like it.