High heat and rabbits

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I tried something new this summer and it worked well for us. We had our rabbits in the typical cages but the heat in FL caused us to lose a few early this year. I decided to move the rabbits to a 10x20 moveable dog kennel. It’s made up of 6x10 fence panels you attach together to make a pen. At one end I buried 4 large clay pots in a row about 2’ apart, some round some were oval shaped. Then I boxed them in with cinder blocks filled with sand. Then I poured water onto the sand to wet it inside the blocks. Once all the sand was wetted a sheet of plywood was placed over it and heavy plastic with a 2inch overlap on the plywood to keep it dry. The remaining pen had chicken wire over the grass weighted down with brick pavers and pavers along the edges to keep them from digging out. Under the plywood the dens stayed cool all summer. We had no more loses and the rabbits produced like rabbits do.

Cool, You gotta a picture that you can share of this?

[VINCENT]

very reminisant of my cage for my sulcata tortise. how deep can they dig? i have chain link 3 feet down under the whole thing

[50BMG]

I'm in Iraq right now but I may be able to get a pic of the pen. Have one of some babys in the bottom of one of the pots though. Funny Vincent you mentioned sulcata torts. I have a couple 40 pounders in the back yard. They have their oun controlled heated "tort house" and the pen has fencing 6" under ground to keep them inside. See pics

[Matt In Oklahoma]

I'm in Iraq right now but I may be able to get a pic of the pen.

Shoot Brother dont worry bout that, you got better things to do I'm sure

[VINCENT]

to cool, you dont even need to mow. thats about the same size as mine.

[50BMG]

to cool, you dont even need to mow. thats about the same size as mine.

Vincent , those pics are from last year. They are about 4"- 5" larger now. They will make nice "Snapper" mowers after the SHTF.