Building Safe Outdoor Pen (Video added!)

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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 08/07/2011 at 4:03 PM
  mocha200
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  Today we started building the bunny pen! I LOVE it so far.
  
  It is mostly made from wood and sheet medal.
  
  First we built three frames like this.
  
  Next we screwed them together.
  
  Then we screwed on the sheet medal
  
  Then we built the frame for the door side.
  
  Then we put on the sheet medal.
  
  Next we put on the door.
  
  This is the furthest we got today. We have to go buy some chicken wire so we can build the roof.
  
  So what do you guys think of it so far?
- 08/07/2011 at 4:13 PM
  Arthur'sMom
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  That is AWESOME! Love it! Slightly jealous too
- 08/07/2011 at 4:34 PM
  Michelle&Lolli
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  Oh cool! I am totally jealous!!!
- 08/07/2011 at 6:12 PM
  lashkay
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  Your buns will love it!
- 08/07/2011 at 7:10 PM
  Lintini
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  I am SO JEALOUS!!! Wow it’s so green where you live too!!! *grabby hands* Beautiful!!
- 08/07/2011 at 7:47 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Make sure they can’t dig out of it too, given the chance I am sure they would try
- 08/07/2011 at 8:50 PM
  mocha200
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  Monkeybun. we are only going to have this pen up for about a month and then we have to take it down because we are going home and wont be back up until spring when we start to build a new house, so we couldn’t bury it. But we are planing to next year don’t worry I will be watching them.
- 08/07/2011 at 9:20 PM
  Monkeybun
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  Sounds good Hope they love it!
- 08/08/2011 at 5:11 AM
  PuddleJumper
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  What a cool idea with the sheet metal! I cant wait to see PICS of your bunnies playing in it! *HINT HINT*
- 08/08/2011 at 6:29 AM
  mocha200
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  PuddleJumper: Hehe. Don’t worry. There will be TONS of pics to come! It is quite cool this morning, I was thinking I might let them out! The sheet medal wasn’t my idea. It was from Petzy, She made a pen out of sheet medal and I copied her
- 08/08/2011 at 5:38 PM
  mocha200
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  Its Finished!
  
  We added the latch on the door
  
  and put some fencing on top!
  
  Me and the bunnies are in it now. Mocha has binkied 3 times already. Lulu is still getting used to it, but is loving the grass and clover! I took some video but it takes about 4-5 hours to upload it here. Hopefully it will be up by tomorrow or Wednesday.
- 08/08/2011 at 8:12 PM
  Beka27
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  That is gorgeous! Nice job!
- 08/09/2011 at 7:47 AM
  mocha200
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  Posted By Beka27 on 08/08/2011 08:12 PM
  That is gorgeous! Nice job!
  
  Thanks! I love it too.
  
  Oh I almost forgot. BUN PICS!
- 08/09/2011 at 8:51 AM
  Molzy
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  So cute! I am so jealous – I would love to have something like that for Riley!
- 08/09/2011 at 8:57 AM
  Elrohwen
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  That’s fantastic!! I absolutely love it!
  
  Is it heavy – can two people to move it around the yard? Also, what are the dimensions? I’d love to build something like this when we get our house.
- 08/09/2011 at 11:49 AM
  mocha200
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  Is it heavy – can two people to move it around the yard? Also, what are the dimensions? I’d love to build something like this when we get our house.
  
  Oh, I forgot to mention that. Thanks Elrohwen. It is 8×8. It can be moved by two people. So once they eat all the grass in one spot, you can move it to another.
- 08/09/2011 at 5:51 PM
  NaturalRabbit
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  Jealous!
- 08/09/2011 at 9:55 PM
  lashkay
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  Congratulations on a lovely outdoor pen!
- 08/09/2011 at 10:20 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  My head exploded.
- 08/10/2011 at 10:27 AM
  LizzyBunny
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  Wow that’s genius!
- 08/11/2011 at 9:44 AM
  mocha200
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  I finally got my movie to upload. Here it is.
- 08/11/2011 at 6:00 PM
  Lintini
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  AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  I just love it you are such a lucky gal !!!!
  
  AWww I just love Mocha smooshing his head into the grass NOM NOM NOM yeaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  It’s so rewarding seeing how happy they are!! Have fun out there, grab a book and hang out with them!
- 08/11/2011 at 7:24 PM
  bunnyfriend
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  I am so jealous!! (: too bad my yard has creeping charlie everywhere ):
- 08/12/2011 at 8:09 PM
  lashkay
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  That’s the perfect pen for them. They look so happy browsing the noms on the ground. Thanks!
- 08/14/2011 at 5:09 PM
  luvmyhunybuny
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  Wow! I am totally jealous!! I wish we could do something for our buns like that. HHMMM I feel a weekend project coming on!! Great job!
- 08/14/2011 at 7:12 PM
  BunniBee
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  That is totally awesome…. I see a To Do I need to add to my Hubby’s Honey Do list
- 08/14/2011 at 11:53 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  That’s a great outdoor run. Another thing to add to our gallery regarding “outdoor runs”…Do you mind? Since it is still diggable I could only recommend it for supervised play on our site but still a fun outdoor play run. Nice job.
- 08/15/2011 at 7:34 AM
  mocha200
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  No I wouldn’t mind at all! Next time we set it up ( which might not be for a year or two) we are going to make it dig proof ether by putting something on top of the ground so they can’t dig or burying the pen about a foot. Still not sure.
- 08/15/2011 at 3:32 PM
  PuddleJumper
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  OH MY BUNNY GOODNESS!!!! How adorable are they?! You did a wonderful job on that!
- 08/22/2011 at 3:05 PM
  binkybunnier
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  Im jelouse! thats amazing!
- 08/23/2011 at 8:52 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Great video too. : ) Loved seeing them come out the carrier to explore then eat and eat. heheh! Smorgasbord nom nom nom.
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