09-19-2006, 01:56 PM
I am getting ready to build a few nesting boxes. The rabbits are outside full time and all the nesting boxes I have seen in catalogs and stores have half the top open were the doe jumps into. Our low temp as of this morning was 34* in Alaska. Has anyone seen a nesting box totaly enclosed except a opening in the side 3 or 4 inches off the bottom so the kits won\'t crawl out? I am afraid the with the top half open it won\'t be warm enough. What I have heard and read is that the doe does not stay in the nesting box all the time but only to nurse the kits. Any suggestions would be a great help as I have 2 does that shold have kits in the next 2 weeks.