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I made MikeBun build Indy’s mansion today. We started shopping at home depot and 5pm, and it’s now almost 3am and the doors are going on finally! My lower back is killing me and I hardly did anywork…although holding the light outside in the dark can take a lot out of you! Here’s some photos of the building process…it’s a monster!! My dad was really nice and let us use his power tools, as long as we took good care and covered the bikes lol.
finished product is soon to come as soon as the doors are on I’ll take more photos! It’s 5’5” tall, 4’2” across and 2′ deep! 3 stories!
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What a beautiful tribute to your guy!!!! It looks awesome, I bet he will be so happy. I love looking at pictures of what people are building. You are lucky to have this!!!! I will be building a new one soon out of Cubes. I will post when I am close to done. My Nili is a jumper and I have decided that I need to provide more of an enclosure for her. Soooo….back to the drawing board. Now, go get some sleep!!!!!!
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That is nicely done. I want one just like it! ^_^
However, my hubby doesn’t measure stuff out while building…he ‘eyeballs’ it…hence something always comes out looking crooked.
Will have to show him these pics.
I could actually see all three of my buns living in a spacious condo like this. Beautiful! -
Thanks all for the wonderful comments, I am so glad you all like it! I couldn’t stop talking about making it at work! Indy loves the cage so much. I think my coworkers think I am insane since I was so into it. It’s really nice not having that eye sore in my room anymore with a sheet roof…sigh. I never did get around to making that top for it. Lol – my temporary ramps are held down with hair clips
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BB- Yes please!! Thank you, that would be awesome!
MonkeyBun- OH yes…let the poop trail and rubbing begin!
mrmac – Bonding is still up in the air with Bun. Bee is only 3 months old so I still have to wait a few months. Fortunetly I am 95% sure unless something goes wrong after the spay with Bee (if she smells weird to Indy) they are going to have a very easy bond. Indy adores her and they both flop for eachother from their cages and groom through the bars. So hopefully he will still like her after her spay. I am really leary about bonding the females. I guess I will start with Indy and Bee, then bond Bee to Bun? Petzy will have to mentor me through this.
I’m just trying my best right now to manage the poop wars!! I think it’s so cute that they like eachother, I am very very excited to get her spayed and bond them. Poor Bun will be the akward 3rd wheel. hehe. So for now i’m just keeping my fingers crossed and hoping I am very lucky! So for now Indy gets to enjoy his large bacehlor pad until 1 of the ladies moves in
lemonysnicket: Do you have bikes too? The Roadliner is my dads…that’s the one that is covered, and the suzuki is my brothers. I ride on the back with my dad and my brother rides with us. We had a really nice time in the fall going to half moon bay and eating lunch together. It’s hard these days finding a time where the “kids” (well we’re both in college now) and Dad has free time to spend together on a ride and lunch. It was a really fun and simple time that I will remember forever. It was so much fun. My Dad cracks up because I bonk his head with my helmet a lot and I guess my mom does the same when she rides with him. hehehe!
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There’s only a few things that concern me with wooden structures for rabbits, and mostly because mine are such great chewers:
A) What kind of wood was used and,
B) If you are using screws of drywall screws…how do you ensure that no sharp edges can be exposed for bun to hurt itself on?
Would the constructors be so kind as to post your materials and the lengths/amounts used? Many thankies! -
Mocha your cage is awesome! That was really really nice of your dad to make for you! My dad needs to finish my case for my baton for conducting band/orchestra. That’s what is in one of those photos I posted first – the purple wood. It’s called purple heart. I can’t wait to show it off at school lol. He hasn’t worked on it in months though! *pokes dad* My dad has made me so many guinea pig runs, cages, houses…and awhile ago he was cutting pvc pipe for my pigs 2 story cage lol. Ahh Dad’s are great aren’t they?
Mimz I can answer part of your question. Those aren’t Drywall screws. Drywall screws have a different coating and are made different. These are just wood working screws. The hole is drilled first so the screw actually goes in a smidge deeper than being dead even with the wood so there is no way they could hurt themselves on the head of the screw. You can buy screws of appropriate length to ensure they won’t poke through – and even if that happened you could just take it out and redo it or you could sauder it off if you really needed it there. Mike can go into more detail about screws but really when you drill the hole first it sets the screw deeper in the wood so you don’t worry about it.
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Well, I’m sure he’d do anything for Indybun anyways. 
hehe 
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