Hi All!

I’m hoping someone here can shed some light on my hay issue. I have two young rabbits (just about 7 months now), who have finally been neutered and made it out into the hutch I built. They were outside last week with no issues, but I had to feed them up to head elsewhere for Thanksgiving. I was away 3 days. ALL of the hay was moist when I got back. Even the hay on the carpet and in the feeder. It DID rain while we were gone, but the interior of the hutch is completely dry. I assume the hay just soaked up the moisture from the humid air… obviously the best thing to do is only feed as much as they’ll eat in a given timeframe, but certainly people ‘overfeed’ hay for a day or two’s excursion. ?? I have a house bunny as well and have never run across this problem inside (where the air humidity is regulated), nor has the timothy sitting in my garage had any issues (no air regulation save for closed doors). 

What do people with outdoor rabbits do? The hutch is raised 28″ and insulated on the bottom. Thankfully a friend of mine checked on them while we were away and gave them some fresh hay, but the rate of moisture absorption really threw me. Is there anything that can be done to combat this?