In this master class there is a variant of how to make a cage for rabbits with your own hands, which can be used in your dacha section. This feature of the design, such as laying the feed through the top cover, makes it possible to apply the cage both outdoors and indoors, modifying it depending on the needs of the owner. It is worth noting that it is quite easy to build such a dwelling, which will take a day and a bit of skill.
What will it take to construct a homemade cage for rabbits :
- a hammer;
- a hacksaw on wood;
- plane, tape measure, corner;
- screwdriver and pliers;
- Galvanized wire mesh for floors, doors and cribs;
- nails or screws;
- wooden blocks, plywood or slat-board.
The size of the cells for rabbits depends on the size of the room, and the number of individuals contained in them. The proposed version has a length of 1.5 meters, a width of 40 cm, a height of the front wall of 50 cm and a height of the back wall of 40 cm.
Let's start
- To begin with, all the bars need to be well contoured, which in the future will ensure a denser connection of all elements and will ensure the absence of drafts. Then, from the same bars, we collect the frame to which the floor of the galvanized wire mesh is fixed. Places for attaching nests are left without a net.
- From the plywood or wood we make the back wall and the grounds for those parts of the floor, where the nests are then attached. All elements are nailed or screwed with screws.
- We fix the front upper jumper, the side walls of plywood or wood, we separate the nests.
- We make wooden or plywood roofs for the nests of future settlers, we attach them to the place.
- We put a pillar, which will divide the cell into two halves. Then we turn the whole structure over, and finally we fix the net floor. This is done with the help of ordinary rods, after which the legs are screwed, and the cage is returned to its original position.
- After the rabbit cage has been completed with its own hands, it is necessary to install feeding troughs and feeding feed hoppers. They can be bought or made again from wooden or galvanized elements. The main rule is the absence of sharp corners, which can injure animals.
- After the feeding devices have passed the test, we begin the installation of the roof. It will consist of two halves, and have in the middle a slider-door to fall asleep feeds.
- It remains to make only the doors, which represent two frames of wooden bars with a stretched galvanized net. They are equipped with hinges, bolts and other necessary fittings, safe for rabbits.
- After all the work done, it only remains to complete the cage with drinkers .
This option of how to build a cage for rabbits is only suitable for indoor use, since there is no roof protecting against rainfall. It can be made removable, simply constructing a framework of wooden bars, and covering it with slate or onduline. Such, at first glance, complex design is puzzling: why can not you immediately replace the plywood roof with a slate roof? The thing is that slate is a source of permanent drafts, which rabbits are afraid of as a fire. In summer, such a superheated roof becomes a cause of stuffiness in the cells, and the air layer provided with a removable skeleton, prevents the appearance of such.
Also, the feature of this cell model is the ability to fill a decent supply of feed, since the height of the device is quite impressive. This is especially useful for those summer residents, who do not have the opportunity to permanently be on their private plot.