Our rabbitry is in an old school bus, one of theshort ones, and tall, for older kids. We have the cages alongeach side of the aisle. All have drop pans, some arestacked. We have about 38 holes out there and two cages in myson's room. I don't use shavings, but clean pans out once aweek. I stack about 8 pans at the back door, and empty themone at a time onto our pile. Then the pans are hosed down andreplaced. I clean the cages themselves about once every twoweeks as most use the same corner, so cleaning is not thatbad. I have all the windows open in the summer, with screenson the outside. The back door also is a screendoor. Haven't figured out how to screen the front dooryet. We have a large box fan mounted behind the driver's seatand a standing ocillating one at the back. If it is reallyhot, I have another box fan I put on the floor in the front.They keep the air moving. In winter, I have two smallocillating heaters in the front and back and it usually keeps it abovefreezing. Any litters born in winter are in the top cages andI put a silver domed shop light over the nest box which works well tokeep them warm and toasty.
It works out well, the flies aren't too bad. This springhowever, we have developed a mouse problem. I have found themin the pans. I am feeding crimped oats now and I think thatis waht has attracted them and we never had the problem before westarted feeding the oats. Will have to set a bunch of traps,but it may be a never ending battle. We also have a chickenwho lives in the bus with the buns. My son's pet leghornLucky. She has been laying her egg up in the front placewhere the sign used to be, since before we had any buns in there, soshe sleeps in there, still laying heregg. Donna and Danny