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Overheated Bunny - Thanks RU!

JayUK

Mama Doe
After we came back from hols on Tuesday, we went to collect Bertie, he was really fretting in the car (It was 28C outside :shock:). We got him in, and within a 20 minutes he was behaving quite deliriously, unable to move properly but trying to move constantly, falling over, and spooked. It was as if he was seeing something in front of him that scared him. When I picked him up he was wet under the chin.

It was getting hotter, so we got the fan on him, I layed him on my legs, on top of a bag of frozen peas covered with a flannel, and cooled his ears with a hand towel dampened with cold water.

Within 1/2 and hour, he was fine, it was quite scarey, but thanks to the information I'd got from here, we knew what to do :thumb: :)
 
Thats fantastic to hear he pulled through and that RU gave the info you needed!

Lots of people don't think about heatstroke in animals, so glad you knew!
 
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