HUTCH DOOR GAV ME THE BIGGEST FRIGHT!

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Has any one else have a problem with hutch doors?
whenever i have a hutch summit is always wrong with one of the doors.
my old hutch was springy.
in the summer, when it was only coco and biscuit, they were sleeping in their beding area, when i popped in to visit them in the morning. the cats were staring at them, if they were in run, they be on the grass watching them. and if they were in the hutch, they'd be eyeing them up on the patito. the guineas had grew used to it. biscuit stayed in bed, while coco, ran downstairs for feeding. I closed the bedding door, which was stiff and hard 2 close. i fed coco and shoed the cats. my dad was chopping them carrots. i went upstairs on my pc for about 30 minutues, then went bak 2 see them with their carrots. the cats were back, sunbathing by the hutch. but the bedding room door was open! i panicked, i looked inside and their was biscuit happily sleeping. i was amazed. why hadn't the cats went for them? i got my dad to fix the door after that! i actually thanked god for keeping my piggies safe.
[rip coco hunni miss u so much 5.9.06]

the new hutch locks are stiff
the new hutch i got has stiff locks, but the doors are pretty stiff so it hold it together most the time. i left the piggies. i came in last night to the garage to put down the cover, when the hutch door was open. i panicked! i checked to see if everyone was in their. fluffly and fudge were under the log cabin, biscuit and the babies were in the sleepsack. oh no! i thought, were is patch? their was woodshavings all over the floor obviously,  when patch went to get a drink knocked open the door and kept trying to reach for it and fell out. i gave me a bit of relief to know she was still in the garage. i looked all around, and couldnt find her. i called my dad. i look under their hutch. i was nearly crying. "wheres patch?" i called her. i looked under georgy's hutch and found nothing. i ran into the house, calling my dad.
went out agen and lay on the floor and pushed my hands under the females hutch, and found nothing. then i dug my hand under georgy's. i felt woodshavings, plastic and something furry. i looked under, patch was snuggled up in the left over woodshaving and hay that had been brushed under the hutch a long time back. i  caught her and checked her over and gave her a cuddle. then put her back in. she was very happy to be back in her hutch! i was so relieved she'd made such a lucky escape. has you can imagen, theirs paint and tools in the garaage, and without the protection of the hutch, she could of easily got herself in alot of trouble. i now only use the roof that lifts on the hutch because only my dad knows how to close the hutch doors.


any of you guyz had hutch troubles?
 
I have the same problem with our home made hutches edwin is so teeny he slips through the gap to the floor but i usually find him snoozin in the hay bin, my dad has now mended it and when they go back out fingers crossed it will be ok. When out bunnies where born punkin would insist on sleeping on the edge of the hutch so we had to cup our hands under the door when we opend it cos she always fell!
 
ive got 4 hutches from P@H - 2 lavender lodges, 1 sage house and 1 thistle hall. they all have stupid tiny fiddly little bolts! but none of the doors have sprung open on their own thank goodness! i have just written to P@H customer services to complain about them - i'll let you know what they say >:(
i have 5 cats they sometimes get in the runs with my rabbits and guinea pigs and they never hurt them :) they are just curious and want a closer look ::)
 
I have to kick the hutch door closed becuse it is so old it has swollen up, and I have to hammer it open from the inside ::) my other huthes have crappy locks. My run fromP@H has a tiny bolt that went rusty already and my hutch from there has no locks as they snapped off. >:(
 
I know what you mean about the cheap bolts on PAH hutches. They don't even line up properly and are too flimsy.
 
Our first hutch as a rabbitshack (we only had George the rabbit at the time) - the locks are really rubbish little leaf shaped wooden pegs that a fox could easily open. When we got our pigge Tiger we found he could squeeze through the attached pen, so we replaced the hutch with a 2-storey one with proper locks (although they are really stiff!) and a better pen. There's plenty of space for both of them inside and they have the run of the pen all day (and our house in the evening for an hour or so!)

We saw a lot of badly-made hutches when we were looking for our new one - sharp edges, splintered wood, and the prices were exhorbitant! My boyfriend said we should start our own business making decent, fox-proof, rain-proof, safe and comfy hutches!
 
Furthermore (this is a bit of a rant!) we found that the rabbit shack pens that are supposed to attach to all their hutches, don't, they don't even come anywhere near!

For our new hutch we got a generic pen as it looked the sturdiest and then screwed it onto the hutch so that they are completely safe from foxes and other intruders. One of my big fears is that someone gets into the garden and nicks them - so we put a big fence up too! ;D
 
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