A short while ago now we constructed a ‘Pets Corner’ in the garden, which was somewhere for the rabbits and the birds to enjoy life.  We finished this and then discovered that George and Jeremy could escape by literally climbing over there pen fence.  We then constrcuted a futher ‘overhang’ to prevent this which worked.  However for the last few days George has managed to find a way out.  How was the question?

I wondred at first whether he had figured a way over the overhang section of the fence.  But then again it was cleary just to much for them to scale.  Therefore I just couldn’t figure out how he was getting out.  The only other way I thought was literally a running jump.

Why am I so bothered you might ask?  Well the real reason is the plants.  If the rabbits do get into the garden there is no really problem of the escaping and getting into trouble as they are sealed in with 7ft high walls.  What does worry me if they get into the garden for long periods of time is that fact that they will just eat all of the plants that I have spent all year planting and getting right.

So the only way that I could think of was to video the rabbits for a period of time and then see if I could catch on camera George’s escape route.  Below is the video that I managed to shoot.

As you can see he was getting out, off camera and therefore it was nothing to do with the fence at all.  In fact on investigation of the left hand side of the hutch (far left on camera) there was a very small gap between the hutch and the all, with no over hang on there.  That was how he must have been getting out.  The gap was tiny and that would explain why only George could ever get out, because Jeremy is bigger than George.

I like the video, as watching the two rabbits makes them look so human.  Once George is out he almost goes up to Jeremy as if to say “you not coming out for bit to?”.  Jeremy would then reply with “how do you get out George?” and then proceed to get on his hind legs trying to scale the fence only to resort in a failed attempt.  They really do have such great personallities these rabbits.

So I suppose the only thing that remains is how will he find a way out next?  Maybe he will learn to high jump and then I will be stuck for ideas to keep them in!