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What temperature are rabbits best kept at?
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Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
Hiya!! Buns cope better with the cold (provided they have adequate dry bedding and shelter) than they do heat. Buns struggle in temps above 16c. Keeping a bun in a garage might be a problem if the garage is used for a car too.The exhaust fumes etc wont make for a very healthy enviroment. Buns also do not cope well with extreme changes in temp.So its not a good idea to bring an outdoor bun into a centrally heated house for a few hours then put bun back outdoors again. All in all a dry, well ventilated living area with a nice deep clean bed of hay/straw is fine for an outdoor bun. Jane and Bunsxx
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they mustn't be in a garage if it's used for the car too as the fumes will hurt it - Other than that it doesn't matter so long as it's the same all the time, not going from a freezing garden to a hot room then back again - If it's coming from a shop at this time of year it won't have grown a thick winter coat yet, so it will need to be indoors preferably, especially if it's a baby rabbit. Not to mention it's far easier to look after a rabbit indoors if it's dark, cold, wet and blowing a gale outside
they mustn't be in a garage if it's used for the car too as the fumes will hurt it - Other than that it doesn't matter so long as it's the same all the time, not going from a freezing garden to a hot room then back again - If it's coming from a shop at this time of year it won't have grown a thick winter coat yet, so it will need to be indoors preferably, especially if it's a baby rabbit. Not to mention it's far easier to look after a rabbit indoors if it's dark, cold, wet and blowing a gale outside
Hi,
Where is he now? If he is inside a centrally heated house you will not be able to put him out until the Spring as the change in temperature will be too much and he will not have a thick enough coat.
A garage is good for the winter as long as no cars are kept in there, most bunnies are ok outside as long as the weather is not to bad and that the hutch is protected from drafts and the rain.
I guess if he is inside now then you may have won :lol: :lol:
Maureen
Where is he now? If he is inside a centrally heated house you will not be able to put him out until the Spring as the change in temperature will be too much and he will not have a thick enough coat.
A garage is good for the winter as long as no cars are kept in there, most bunnies are ok outside as long as the weather is not to bad and that the hutch is protected from drafts and the rain.
I guess if he is inside now then you may have won :lol: :lol:
Maureen
Inimical Me
Wise Old Thumper
^I just thought the exact same thing! :shock: :shock:
dogmaddebbie
Young Bun
I'm glad this was brought up. I was hoping to get a four month old french lop rabbit tomorrow, I was planning on keeping him in the shed with lots of bedding but my OH has just said it won't be fair on him as at the moment he is in a shop (large garden centre type (so not very warm) and he won't be able to adjust to the temperature. Does this mean I should wait till the spring to get a new bun. Or would he be OK with a snugglesafe heat pad and plenty of bedding?
Please help, I was so looking forward to getting him, but now feel that maybe I shouldn't. What should I do?
Debbie
Please help, I was so looking forward to getting him, but now feel that maybe I shouldn't. What should I do?
Debbie
I have health problems and have the heating pretty high. I have to say that Jacob sits under the radiator and even licks it, had to turn it down a bit in case he burnt his tongue as I burnt my hand when I touched it! He adores heat, I think they feel the cold more frankly and that that is more of a concern than being too warm!
I am certain that other bunnies from shops etc are being rehomed to be put outside in a hutch. Draughts are an issue, but other than that if you belive the shed to be warm and dry enough I suspect it will be. You wouldn't have come on this forum if you weren't going to take great care of your bunny. I think also that the fact that he will be in a nice, loving decent home will be better for him that in a shop being poked by whomever and maybe someone not so caring would buy him instead. I say do your best and give him a nice home.
I am certain that other bunnies from shops etc are being rehomed to be put outside in a hutch. Draughts are an issue, but other than that if you belive the shed to be warm and dry enough I suspect it will be. You wouldn't have come on this forum if you weren't going to take great care of your bunny. I think also that the fact that he will be in a nice, loving decent home will be better for him that in a shop being poked by whomever and maybe someone not so caring would buy him instead. I say do your best and give him a nice home.
sparklefairy
Wise Old Thumper
:shock: I didn't even think about this!!!! I got my baby french lop just over a week ago, he was kept out doors and he was brought inside as a house bunny! he's doing well, (and he's much better off with me than what was going to happen to him!.) my parents don't have the heating on high and it goes off at night, so may be it's not really warm in here, but I really didn't think about tempreture change
Well, Sooty lives in the conservatory which is centrally heated with a cat flap out to access to the bottom half of the garden. She just goes in and out when she wants to during the day. Tinkerbell lives in the kitchen but I only put her in her bit of the garden during the summer so she basks in kitchen temperature in the winter!
The change in temperature doesn't seem to affect Sooty. She still likes to go and sit out in the pouring, freezing rain.
Kate
The change in temperature doesn't seem to affect Sooty. She still likes to go and sit out in the pouring, freezing rain.
Kate
Happy Hopping
Wise Old Thumper
tomjacob said:
when it is cold in door, 'cause I try to avoid natural gas, I just heat up one room w/ the oil heater. So when temperture is around 15 C, I heat it up to 20 C. My bunny would sit next to the oil heater on purpose, enjoying the heat.
But in the summer, when it moves to 25 C or higher, she did drink a lot more water than usual. So some rabbit likes the heat up to a certain point.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
No!! as long as there is adequate ventilation and the atmosphere is not too dryAmethyst said:
. Central heating can play havoc with a buns respiratory tract....hence my c/h is set at 14c and I just wear lots of jumpers :roll: :roll: ......and a vest :shock: :shock: :lol: !!! Jane and Bunsxx
