New hutch almost finished and ready for the pigs!

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It's a rabbit hutch really but its big enough for my 4 females!

my mum bought the hutch half price as it was x display!

then I bought a hutch hugger, and then mum randomly bought me the hutch snuggler, because she thought it would keep pigs snuggly! tis is someone who is not an animal person haa! I almost fell over when I saw the price of the snuggler thing!

Just need to lino the floor and fix the ramp in a different place and its ready!

the snuggler-with attached fly net
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without fly net
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with hutch hugger over the top
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with rain cover down
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Not sure what to have down and when, like when to have the fly net on over night and when not etc!

I'm guessing in the summer just keep the fly net on and rain cover off!

and then in winter maybe keep fly net on under the rain cover for extra warmth?

The ramp
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Oooohhhh wowie thats a beautiful and spacious hutch I'm sure thats fine for four females looks like plenty of space to me :)
 
AudioHeart said:
Oooohhhh wowie thats a beautiful and spacious hutch I'm sure thats fine for four females looks like plenty of space to me :)
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its 5ft by 2ft! tho seems alot bigger, it can fit two 9 year olds in the bottom of it aha!
 
alikateross said:
Wow that is such a nice hutch :) x
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its the pets at home rose cottage! don't think they make it anymore hence why is was ex display! defo one of there better hutches, ideally a rabbit hutch but only for a single rabbit wouldnt say its big enought for a pair, tho with afew ajustments it can take the pigs!
 
Emmiiee said:
its 5ft by 2ft! tho seems alot bigger, it can fit two 9 year olds in the bottom of it aha!
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The 9 year olds annoyed you that much :))

Lovely hutch for pigs, not big enough for rabbits at 5ft long, but fab size for piggies, they're gonna love it. Love the house they've got too :)
 
All0about0the0animals said:
The 9 year olds annoyed you that much :))

Lovely hutch for pigs, not big enough for rabbits at 5ft long, but fab size for piggies, they're gonna love it. Love the house they've got too :)
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was tempted to keep it as a rabbit hutch as I have a single old man! but he is happy where he is! so decided to use it as a pig house lol! x
 
We got the old version of the Rose Cottage when we picked up a little girl from Gareth Nelson! To say it is big is an understatement! You can have 4 and then some in there!

We considered putting my herd in it, but seeing as how the weekend before Dad had spent hours pimping out their current hutches and joining them up, the hutch is still going unused! I think when I get my shed I may block off the ramp hole in mine and make two hutches, or even use it for my rabbits!

It is a massive hutch and your pigs are very lucky! :D
 
ghostbusterbunny said:
We got the old version of the Rose Cottage when we picked up a little girl from Gareth Nelson! To say it is big is an understatement! You can have 4 and then some in there!

We considered putting my herd in it, but seeing as how the weekend before Dad had spent hours pimping out their current hutches and joining them up, the hutch is still going unused! I think when I get my shed I may block off the ramp hole in mine and make two hutches, or even use it for my rabbits!

It is a massive hutch and your pigs are very lucky! :D
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lol will startoff with 4,i take in rescues so no dout it will fill up lol! the 4 going in are mum and 3 babies! mu was dumped at a bus stop in a box,heavily pregnant! gave birth to 3 little ones about 5 days later!
 
Emmiiee said:
lol will startoff with 4,i take in rescues so no dout it will fill up lol! the 4 going in are mum and 3 babies! mu was dumped at a bus stop in a box,heavily pregnant! gave birth to 3 little ones about 5 days later!
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Aww, what a poor little love! Thank god she found you, eh? Bless her!

I've a feeling it will fill up...this forum is not the place to be if you want to set yourself a number for the amount of pigs you have... :]
 
ghostbusterbunny said:
Aww, what a poor little love! Thank god she found you, eh? Bless her!

I've a feeling it will fill up...this forum is not the place to be if you want to set yourself a number for the amount of pigs you have... :]
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LOL I started off with 1 guinea pig when I fist joined here I now have 7 lmao!
 
I'm loving!
How did you make the little house at the bottom!?
Ive got this same hutch and the guinea pigs's arent going up the stairs
 
think it was from zoo plus website! i got the rabbit one tho! and then linod the top but they've chewd it :/
 
Emmiiee said:
think it was from zoo plus website! i got the rabbit one tho! and then linod the top but they've chewd it :/
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Someone gave me the link to it!
Ive order 2, I seen the guinea pig one it looked to small!
I'm gunna buy some lino for the bottom of the hutch, I dont think the bottom piece of wood is safe so gunna put another piece of wood to keep it secure! :)
 
looks good!

Thats a really nice looking little house you have for your piggies there I'm sure they will b happy in it xx
 
Bailey said:
It looks great, I bet you can't wait to move the piggies in. They will love it!


It's not really big enough for rabbits with it only being 5' long (even with the extra level) as 6' x 2' x 2' is recommended
http://www.rabbitwelfare.co.uk/ahutchisnotenough.htm
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I didn't read this earlier, sorry I didn't reply.

I've got one rabbit in the bottom part of it now. She's a very old lady who can't hop very well so she gets that hutch with a lot of hay for padding. She gets free range every other day for the whole day so she can get out and about, but she's at the age now where she's spending more time laying down in her hutch. She can't move very well when she's having a 'stiff day' so having a little less space helps because she can get to everything in her hutch, and as it's lower down she doesn't have to hop in and out. It's perfect for her, but I wouldn't put a younger more active rabbit in it unless it were a dwarf rabbit of some sort. That said, after my old lady and her brother have passed away, we won't be getting any more I don't think.
 
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