Ventilation in the Rabbitry

We have an on-going storm that is lashing out the city right now with strong winds and heavy rains. I went to check on my rabbits earlier to see how they were coping with the weather and so far so good, they are all sheltered from the storm in their home. The rabbitry house is rain-proof and dry inside. I just had to cover up some of the back part and the sides underneath the rabbit hutches with plastic sacks that were cut in half to protect them from any down draft that may come in from the windows. You see, the windows in the rabbitry has no window glass panes on them, just the 1 x 1 inch wire mesh that we used to take the place of the glass panes. The awning on the roof that covers the windows kept the rains from going inside the rabbitry. There was no smell of amonia build up inside the rabbitry when I opened the door. Thanks to the simple screen windows that allows fresh air to get in and circulate inside the rabbitry.

I cleaned the hutches and fed the rabbits with their daily ration of rabbit pellets and gave them their portion of vegetables. We were feeding them some sweet potato vines and leaves but they finished those greens the other day. We have some chayote or sayote vines and leaves that were gathered yesterday just before the storm came and this is what we gave to them for their greens yesterday and today. We still have some other cut grasses stored for their greens tomorrow and then we will have to gather some more for the next day or so. It's just that with this on-going storm, it is dangerous to get out of the house because you never know what is flying around that could hurt anybody. So I'm hoping and praying that the storm will leave us tomorrow so we could go out and get some greens for our rabbits. The litters are still sleeping snugly in their nest boxes when I last checked on them and they are no longer pinkish because they have grown some furs on their bodies now. I was tempted to get them out and handle them individually but I thought better of it because they looked so contented and happy sleeping in their nest so I left them well alone.