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Did I do a bad thing...

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sam2607

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Hey everyone,

I finally gave in and brought my elderly rabbit in last night. She's about 7 and really showing her age.

Yesterday morning the poor love was shivering despite the mass amount of hay - I mean loads - and the snugglesafe.

So last night sorted her out a nice snug box and let her stay in the spare bedroom. I did turn the radiator off and left the window open on the vent so that it was cooler than the rest of the house!

Was that a bad thing to do? She's gone back outside this morning with her snugglesafe and hay but I don't want her to get a cold... is it ok as a one off? It was -7 on Monday night and the local weather threatened -10 last night.

Sam
 
Hm, better be safe than sorry and bring her in until it's warm enough in the spring. Bless her, musn't be nice being freezing :(
I think you did the right thing bringing her in, just keep her in.
 
I'd personally bring her indoors permanently if she's suffering in the cold weather.

You can buy indoor cages/ dog crates / puppy pens really cheaply
 
abbymarysmokey said:
I'd personally bring her indoors permanently if she's suffering in the cold weather.

You can buy indoor cages/ dog crates / puppy pens really cheaply
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i agree - lots of temp changes are bad. - im stuggling with the tempation to bring my two in.- ive managed to move them into the shed as a happy medium as hubby is dead set against having them indoors!

they are such a wory arent they!
 
As a 'one off' I would say it was OK but it isn't normal for a bunny to be shivering, even in this weather, which tells me she isn't coping with the cold at all.
For that reason alone I would say she needs to spend the rest of this winter inside in the warm.
 
jennyp said:
i agree - lots of temp changes are bad. - im stuggling with the tempation to bring my two in.- ive managed to move them into the shed as a happy medium as hubby is dead set against having them indoors!

they are such a wory arent they!
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husbands ey?my husband took some getting used to too when we moved him in with us:lol:i was lucky that i'd had housebuns for years when i met my husband so he had no choice,but,i think it took him a while to get used to sharing his duvet with the fuzzbutts-now tho he loves them just as much as me+I had to stop HIM coming home with more than the hay last time we stocked up at the pet shop:shock:!!!
 
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