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building an outdoor hutch

22 11:15:05

Question
I would like to keep my rabbit outdoors in warm weather.  I have been searching for instructions to build a hutch but I have not found anything that could help me.  I have lived in the city my whole life and not on a farm so I know nothing about building barns or fences.  I don't know, for example, how to attach the wire to the cage.  I'd like to have the cage made of wood and with a wire floor and I'd like to have a run or a "backyard" added on.  If I hired someone, what kind of person would I even look for? Forget farmers or breeders - they don't exist around here.  Carpenter, maybe? If I can't house the rabbit outside I may have to get rid of her. :( I really don't want to do that.

Answer
Someone who has some basic carpentry skills can build a hutch.  They wouldn't want to use chicken wire, but rather cage wire or hardware cloth.  

There is a good set of instructions with the necessary materials needed at http://www.rabbitweb.net/hutchsystem3.asp

Kim