Building House Bunny Home

[Rogue]

I decided that my understairs cupboard wouldmake a perfect rabbit house. My OH had a minor whinge aboutthe amount of space an indoor cage would take up, and I realised ourcupboard is at least 6ft by 3ft, so I started converting.

My first job was to empty out all the boxes that have sat in theresince May 2005 when we moved in! It took me ages, buteventually, I managed to clear them all upstairs.

By the time I finished, I'd cleared out almost everything. Ihave a suitcase and a box left to go upstairs and I need to find a homefor the rake :dunno:, but it's looking a lot better.

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The next phase will be getting a light up in there, and OH will beboxing in that meter for me, to keep the bunny safe. Then thefinal phase will be putting down lino on the floor, taking off the doorand replacing it with a mesh covered baby stairgate. I'm alsoplanning to get a play pen to go infront of the doorway for when I amout, so that the bunny is in the largest possibly space to play whilststaying away from any potential hazards.:apollo:

 

[naturestee]

That's going to be an awesome bunny home!

 

[cheryl]

That is going to be so cool,i will be looking forward to seeing it when it's finished



cheryl

 

[maherwoman]

Hmm....you're giving me ideas....

Wonderfully creative, and very nice space you're making for them! I'm sure they'll love it!!!

 

[Michaela]

Wow it should be great! That's a great idea:goodjob

 

[Rogue]

I went this morning to get the lino for thefloor. When I told the man what it was for, he cut me off apiece of a nice one, only charged me £10 and threw in a large cardboardtube for bunny to play in .

I've taken the door off it's hinges, and all I need to buy now is ababy gate, and wood to box in the meter. Then there's justall the things I'll need for the rabbit! :bunnydance:

 

[binkies]

Just a tip......My Tulla chewed a nice sizedhole through our baby gate. Get something chew proof if you can. Itonly took her seconds to make a hole in this:

http://www.babyant.com/bh047053.html

andis working slowly on this one, but it would be easy if left at it for a whole day.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=888179

 

[Linz_1987]

Why dont you just get a metal baby gate? Thats what we have for our dog to stop her from going upstairs.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3753282.htm

 

[Rogue]

I will be getting a metal one, and I'm planningto attach some mesh to the outside to hang water bottles and hayrackthrough the bars.

 

[Rogue]

Floor down, bed in...

The cardboard box at the back is full of toys and odds and ends (hayrack etc). The dish isn't the one I will be using when thebunny arrives - I just added it to dress up the pictures a little bit! His litter tray will be going against the back and there'sa few other little bits to do,but we're almost ready!

 

[Michaela]

That's looking good! When are you getting your bunny?

 

[Rogue]

Not for a few weeks - I've not even found oneyet! We're going away for a weekend at the end of October,so I wanted to wait until after that, as I'd rather be here for therabbits first few weeks to help him settle in.

 

[Michaela]

Yeah you should probably do that. Do you have any idea what kind/colour you are going to get?

 

[Rogue]

I'm hoping to get a French Lop, so I am buyingeverything on the large size . I suppose I will just haveto wait and see what finds me :elephant:.

 

[Rogue]

Well, I've just fitted the gate to the doorway:elephant:. Went out earlier and bought some more toys andvarious odds and ends... just the final DIY jobs to do like making themeter box and fitting the light. Then all that's missing isthe bunny! :bunnydance:

 

[binkies]

I cant wait to see it all decorated and lived in!