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indoor temperature

cheekytikki

Wise Old Thumper
can anyone give a rough guestimate at what temperature my room (the buns room) should be kept at? im sure i read somewhere between 12-18C but at 18 im still shivering! i would go by a when im warm they should be ok rule but my internal thermostat is broken and i often feel very cold in very hot temp and vice versa (when i went to the eden project in the tropical section - where they have special exits, water fountains and air con'd rooms - i was wearing a trousers, a t-shirt a jumper and a 3/4 length coat :shock: ) any help would be appreciated thanks :D i do worry about them getting cold/hot they have a carrier of thick straw + hay (although the hay doesnt last long :roll: :lol: ) in case they get cold and their sand box and my laminate floor in case they get hot. any temp guidline would be appreciated
thanks again
 
OMG are you mad...I really feel the cold but I felt sick and faint at the eden project it was so bloomin hot :shock:
 
mandy said:
OMG are you mad...I really feel the cold but I felt sick and faint at the eden project it was so bloomin hot :shock:

:lol: :lol: :lol: i said my thermostat was broken i quite often sit shivering whilst everyone else is lounging in T shirts :lol:
 
:lol: :lol: Me too, im always having arguements at home wanting the fire on. It was just the eden project that was bad for me :lol:
 
Are your buns indoors all the time? If so, I think it's less important what temperature your house is, as they will just moult to a thinner coat if you have it warmer. They can get too hot if you have it really cranked up but I'd have thought 18-20 degrees would be fine for them, so long as you don't then put them outside.
 
AlisonA said:
Are your buns indoors all the time? If so, I think it's less important what temperature your house is, as they will just moult to a thinner coat if you have it warmer. They can get too hot if you have it really cranked up but I'd have thought 18-20 degrees would be fine for them, so long as you don't then put them outside.

my buns are indoors all the time (whenever it rains i always say i could never put them out) but they might go out in the summer which obviously wont matter.
thats ok then they both have quite thin coats, teegras is very thin, duchess's was quite thick when i got her as she had just moulted her summer coat but she has had another huge moult since being here and now has a thinner coat
ok thanks for that
 
Alison, what if the room the rabbit stay almost 24 hr. is around 19 C, but on occasion (about 5 minutes), the rabbit "escape" to downstair which is at 9 - 10 C?
 
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