Your husband did a wonderful job on those suspended cages. Beautiful. Put plenty of sawdust down and keep adding. Keep chickens under them, scratching it all around. Best compost there is. Good luck!
We have been looking at a car port for our rabbitry. I love how you gave yourself space behind the cages. So glad I ran across your site, just told hubby that we're placing space in the back now...LOL! I have a question though. I was thinking about plywood on the sides since it gets really hot were we are located and my concern is the heat from the metal. We don't have power outside and if we ran extension cords, the wild critters would just chew then all up.
Hi Larraine, Glad I could help. To answer your question the sun does heat up the metal on the right side of the rabbitry. I'm installing foam board on that side. I prefer that to wood being wood conducts heat and mites really like it. The space between the cage and the wall helps on this too .
Just wanted to touch base with you on your question about heat. The rabbitry is working good as is but it did take some tweaking. I'll make a video soon to show what I'm doing, and my plans for the future soon!
Well we made it through the summer. What worked: I hung towels along the back and top of cages. On really hot days I sprayed the towels and misted the rabbits (just a little) around 2 p.m. every day, they loved it and degrees in rabbitry would drop 10 degrees and stay cool for rest of day. I put my fan mid ways between ceiling and floor and made a wind directional placed in front of fan to direct a breeze toward the front of cages. I took another smaller fan 20" and placed near top of roof to blow out on opposite side of intake fan. The rabbitry stayed anywhere from 90 to 80,when Temps were 100+. I will be investing in foam boards this winter. Hope this information helps.
Thanks Tracy. So far so good in the rabbits. I have planned on making a video on how I take care of them in 100 degree weather. After much experimentation I think I've found a method that really works for me & them. I guess I should do that :) soon.
Sorry for all the questions? Is there any way I can talk with you privately? I have more questions. I a looking for wire to be used for a different type of animal.
No worries. All I know about are rabbits with these cages but will help anyway I can, I just don't give out my phone number and not sure if youtube has a private way to communicate.
Hi Rick, the watering system is wrapped right now from the winter. I SHOULD be able to unwrap everything next week and I'll do my best to show you how I did it and where I got the items.
Just uploaded the watering system. Hope it helps and hope this link takes you to it ... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-alShHgcUUec.html
@@Dionne2U2 WOW great video, thanks for taking the time, theres a wealth of info, Algae I would have never taught about that, and the 2 levels waterer, baby and adults. the nipples are great too. All your clip is so informative. Thanks Dionne
How do I fix my kits eyes from kindle box eye? How can I prevent it? I've tried treating them with everything but antibiotics. It will cause them to go blind. It looks like pink eye and matts the eye shut. When the eye is opened manually it gooshes and drain white liquid from the infection. Earned a new Sub 👍
Hi Shiney, first look and see if eyelashes of kits are growing inward. If they are then not much will help, I guess you can try plucking the eyelash out but have not tried. Nestbox eye is caused primarily from dusty hay. I use a horse hay back and beat the hell out of the bag before placing hay in the nestbox. Clean nestbox every few days helps too. I use colloidal silver and warm water in a cotton ball to clean. I did invest in Terramycin ointment for the severe cases.
Hi ems, I first bought cages from a rabbitry going out of business. As I've needed more I have purchased from KW Cages and Bunnyrabbits dot com. You will want no less than 14 g for floors. And "after weld" makes for a longer lasting cage. Hope this helps.
Hi John, I used the 1/2 in by 1/2 in 18g (I think) cage wire. I used a template I found online and just tweaked it to measurements I needed. I can make a video and show how if needed.
Goodmorning Dawn, the prefab cages I bought from KW Cages in California & BunnyRabbit dot com out of Texas. I know Bunny Rabbit sells the wire in a roll with two options GBW and GAW. Hope this helps.
@@dawnspinks1088 hi Dawn. Let's see if this helps answer. My cages from KW are 72 long divided into 2 cages. The height is 18" and the width is 30. The gage of wire is 14. There is a slight swag, nothing major. Hope this helps. P.s. 30 " width is very difficult for me to reach to the back of cage, I like 24" best and from now on all my cages will be no wider than 24". Just something to consider as well.
