Re: Ferret Hutch

Kerry Brennand DipAVN (Surgical) RVN A1 MBVNA — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:28:23 GMT

Totally agree with you Gemma they are expensive for what they are. Yeh think I need to find a man who can make me one!!!!!

Re: Ferret Hutch

Gemma Burden RVN — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:24:12 GMT

When I have looked at rabbit hutches in the past I have found that all of the ones in petshops etc have been far too small and usually made out of ply wood, not usually being worth what they are charging for them. I saw some better ones at a local garden centre that someone was obviously making for them (they had chicken coops etc as well) which were really well made, but you have to pay a lot for them. Therefore whenever I have needed a hutch for one of my rabbits I have always got my dad to make one for me. Aside from being a lot cheaper and better made, I have then been able to have them made to my specifications as well (I have had sliding doors put in between the front and back of the hutch, built in bottle holders, and have been made to a size too suit the rabbit - I don't think I would have ever found a pet shop hutch big enough for the French Lop cross I used to have). Obviously this isn't necessarily going to be an option, but my hutches have always lasted well, I know they are well made, and they have cost me considerably less that something simular would have cost me to buy from a petshop.