Dig those Rabbits

The rabbits are doing surprisingly well in this hot weather. They have scraped out an area under the top of the dog crate and they like to lie on the dirt to keep cool. They haven't dug any real burrows yet, but they're practicing. The pics today aren't the greatest - sorry about that.


In the back left corner of the dog crate top, you can see a light colored area. That's where they've cleverly dug a back door for sneaky quick getaways. The light is spilling in their back door.


Looking down on the dog crate top, you can kind of see their little back door. Not very well. It doesn't show up as nicely as I'd hoped. But they're digging! This is a good thing, because they'll need a place to keep cool in the summer and keep warm in the winter and have lots of babies with which we can make stew.


The little monkeys dug under the fence in one corner and got out into the big wide world. We put rocks down to block their egress. Thankfully, they're pretty tame and they were relatively easy to catch... twice. The first time we thought we'd found their escape hatch it turns out we were wrong and they just ran out again. This was definitely the escape route. They are pretty darn happy in their enclosure. They groom themselves and run "quick like a bunny" when they feel playful. But we've had some wild rabbits coming around tempting them with promises of rowdy night life. We're looking for a buck...