Fifibutton
Wise Old Thumper
Paddy has cold weather snuffles and today his nose is quite snotty, his breathing is noisy and it almost sounds like bleating but only when I pick him up. He gets distressed at being handled and having his nose cleaned. I am worried though. He is on medication (baytril, biosolvon and critical care formula) but I don't think its enough. He lives in a large pen in my garage and its cold in there. All the other rabbits are fine and they also play in an outdoor run daily and have done for the past two years. But Paddy is still young, under 1 year and this is his first winter. He shares his run with a large friend so they need space. Ideally I would bring them indoors (but we already have two separately living house buns) or would it be better to buy a heater for the garage (oil filled radiator) and put it in his run to warm the air up a bit and then let Paddy free range in my hall instead of outside so he doesn't get a temperature shock?
I want to get it right for him so I would appreciate all advice. I am willing to rearrange things in the house in order to fit him in if need be.
My only concern with giving him a radiator is that the warm air might spread to the middle and back of the garage where my other buns live and so might cause them to suffer from temperature shock.
I want to get it right for him so I would appreciate all advice. I am willing to rearrange things in the house in order to fit him in if need be.
My only concern with giving him a radiator is that the warm air might spread to the middle and back of the garage where my other buns live and so might cause them to suffer from temperature shock.