NZminilops
Well-Known Member
So, it's been a little over 10 months since I lost Sakura. The old regulars here will know about her, but for those that don't, she was the coolest little nethie and she was my best buddy.
When she passed I gave up on rabbits, just lost all interest. I stopped coming here as often, and just felt really strange seeing everyone happy with their bunnies.
I still miss her just as much, but I am slowly coming around to the idea of having a rabbit again. I don't want to rush into anything though.
Since losing her my life has changed a lot, I moved to a completley new part of town, my partner lost his job, and we are both I.T students now. We've moved to a very small 1 bedroomed flat (teeny ground level apartment, in case some of you don't say flats where you live
)...well it's two bedrooms, but the second one is so small I don't even see how you'd get a single bed in there. Since we came from a large 3 bedroom house, it's crammed full of junk anyway...boxes, car parts, bits of furniture.
My point being is that I don't really have any room in the house for a bun, not on a perminant basis anyway. Plus the fact that we both get very bad hayfever this time of year and bunny fur flying around the house doesn't help.
However we have a great little back yard, it's very quiet and private and plenty of room for a large bunny hutch.
I was looking at this one:
It's pretty pricey but it's solid and well made, at $330 NZ (maybe almost $200 US). I would add a roof to the entire top though, and perhaps a few more modifications to make it a bit more sheltered from any sun/rain/wind. There are other hutches selling for the same price that aren't even half the size and made of real flimsy wood.
The doors are all able to be padlocked which is great.
It is 150cm (59") long, 100cm (39") tall and 70cm deep (27.6"). So it's certainly a great size for a small rabbit. It's longer than I am tall!
What do you guys think? What would you do to improve the hutch? Any tips from those that keep bunnies outdoors? I used to but haven't done so for a very long time.
Ok, now onto the fun part, choosing a bun! :biggrin2:
I've been talking with the lady who bred these little guys and next weekend I'm going to go and meet with her, and see if one of these buns would be suitable. Excuse their user name on the pics, it's from an online buy/sell site.
Anyway, I guess that's about it? I waffled on a bit, but it's been so long since I bun-talked.
Any little bits of advice or anything you guys could offer would be great...been so long that I am rusty with what to check for when looking a bunny over.
Michelle
When she passed I gave up on rabbits, just lost all interest. I stopped coming here as often, and just felt really strange seeing everyone happy with their bunnies.
I still miss her just as much, but I am slowly coming around to the idea of having a rabbit again. I don't want to rush into anything though.
Since losing her my life has changed a lot, I moved to a completley new part of town, my partner lost his job, and we are both I.T students now. We've moved to a very small 1 bedroomed flat (teeny ground level apartment, in case some of you don't say flats where you live
)...well it's two bedrooms, but the second one is so small I don't even see how you'd get a single bed in there. Since we came from a large 3 bedroom house, it's crammed full of junk anyway...boxes, car parts, bits of furniture.My point being is that I don't really have any room in the house for a bun, not on a perminant basis anyway. Plus the fact that we both get very bad hayfever this time of year and bunny fur flying around the house doesn't help.
However we have a great little back yard, it's very quiet and private and plenty of room for a large bunny hutch.
I was looking at this one:
It's pretty pricey but it's solid and well made, at $330 NZ (maybe almost $200 US). I would add a roof to the entire top though, and perhaps a few more modifications to make it a bit more sheltered from any sun/rain/wind. There are other hutches selling for the same price that aren't even half the size and made of real flimsy wood.
The doors are all able to be padlocked which is great.
It is 150cm (59") long, 100cm (39") tall and 70cm deep (27.6"). So it's certainly a great size for a small rabbit. It's longer than I am tall!
What do you guys think? What would you do to improve the hutch? Any tips from those that keep bunnies outdoors? I used to but haven't done so for a very long time.
Ok, now onto the fun part, choosing a bun! :biggrin2:
I've been talking with the lady who bred these little guys and next weekend I'm going to go and meet with her, and see if one of these buns would be suitable. Excuse their user name on the pics, it's from an online buy/sell site.
Anyway, I guess that's about it? I waffled on a bit, but it's been so long since I bun-talked
.Any little bits of advice or anything you guys could offer would be great...been so long that I am rusty with what to check for when looking a bunny over.
Michelle
