Done! (Basically …)
Just need to install the roof and move the cages out to a pasture stall tomorrow.
I’m thinking I need about 15 cages in total, so 3 down … 12 to go!
Some people might suggest that I’ve over-engineered the cages, but I would beg to differ. Sure, I could have just stuffed the rabbits into tiny, metal-only breeder cages, but that’s not how we roll around here. I’m really bummed that I have to migrate the rabbits out of their geodesic dome colonies … because I would much rather they live in conditions that more closely approximate their natural living habitat … but that just didn’t work out.
Perhaps the cages will just be temporary until I can figure out how to build out the domes with better environmental controls (specifically moisture).
But, if they have to live in cages, might as well be nice cages. 😉
I actually designed the cages to fit standard greenhouse flats, so I can provide each cage with a flat of fresh wheat grass about once a week. Gives them fresh veg and fiber, and a grass mat to hang out on so they don’t have to stand or lay on the wire fabric floor all the time.
This was a relatively expensive project (e.g. premium grade wood, new tools, heavy-duty hardware, …), but I don’t care.