Winter Indoor Playtime.

Tilly having a weigh before playtime.

Now winter is almost upon us the bunnies’ outdoor pens will be shut off soon to let them rest & have maintenance done ready for next spring. To stop the bunnies from getting bored I make up an indoor play area using their outdoor pipes (fully cleaned) & lots of other interesting things for them.

Outdoor pipes, ready for indoor use.
One of the pipes put in place wedged between a barrel & box to stop any roll.
Things to climb on to including cardboard boxes, the hay bale & an old whisky barrel which does have a stool at the other end for them to use.
The finished area. Tunnels, things to get up high & of course cardboard boxes.

First up to try out the new area was Tilly & Peanut.

Peanut a little nervous of this new change in his shed.
He braves it & feels secure now he knows the hay bale hasn’t moved.
Thumper looks on as Peanut enjoys a nibble while having a reasonable vantage point.
Tilly meanwhile is straight in for an explore.
She too has a good nibble on the hay.
Then it’s a good chin round while getting up higher.

Of course there was the rest of the shed to explore too.

Tilly visits the well nibbled desk while Peanut enjoys pulling through some of the paper from Toffee & Poppy’s pen.
Tilly then moves onto Toffee & Poppy’s box that I had put out of their pen whilst I cleaned it.
Peanut thinks where to go next & Tilly is off back home.

All in all I don’t think they were too impressed by the new set  up, they spent very little time there after their initial investigation.  I think it’s most likely because they still had access to the outside & also needed to mark the rest of the shed as theirs after the last bunnies played in the shed.  What I was most pleased about was Tilly moving about normally & jumping onto the block of wood, I have recently upped her painkillers as she seemed to be having issues again.   Her back legs are weaker than they used to be, so it was good to see the painkillers are working again.

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