A while back we adapted our rabbit tractors for winter use. Read about those changes here and here.
Elevating the tractors increased the occurence of what had previously been a minor issue: the rabbits flipping their feed dishes and spilling all the feed. When that happened and the tractors were on the ground, it was not a problem as the rabbits could simply eat the feed off the ground.
Now that the tractors are elevated, when the feed dishes are flipped the feed falls to the ground, out of the rabbits’ reach. That means the feed is wasted, which is negative for a couple of reasons. First, of course that wastes money. Second, the rabbits grow more slowly as they aren’t getting as much food. Since these are meat rabbits, we want them to get big as fast as possible!
Therefore, we updated the tractors with a new feeder system. Instead of using feed dishes on the floor of the tractor, we installed feeders on the side of the cage. We cut holes into the wood using a circular saw and a jigsaw, and we drilled holes to thread wire for securing the feeder. We’ve been happy with the results!
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