Hi
I am new so sorry if this is in the wrong place!
I live in Scotland and we have had our bunny for 3 years this April, he was a rescue and always lived outside unless he’s been ill.
On Tuesday it got to -16 and I was so worried about him I couldn’t sleep, I have his cage really well insulated and had put a heat pad in but he has fresh parsley for breakfast and I put it out and within mins it had frozen, so I called the vet and said he was just sitting huddled up, she said even in a well insulated cage it was far too cold so bring him inside in a cool room.
We brought him in and he’s just sitting in his cage huddled up, he’s eating and pooping and I don’t know if he got sick in the cold or if he’s just upset as he has a huge run outside and loves being out there.
I want to put him back out as that’s where he’s happiest but it’s still -7 during the day and I’m worried because the vet made me bring him in, that the shock of going back outside will be worse for him than it would have been leaving him out there!
I don’t know what to do for the best for him, the last two days before we brought him in, his run was 6 inches of snow so he hadn’t been leaving his hutch, I didn’t know if that was just because he was cold or he didn’t like the snow.
Any ideas on what I should do? Put him back outside? Put him out during the day and bring him in at night? Keep him in until it gets warmer? He has access to a large room in the house and has been out of his cage 4 times today for a wee explore, but he’s mostly hunched up in his little bed in there and even though he’s eating, he’s not himself, but he never is when he’s in the house as he’s used to being outside and has a very large cage and run
I am new so sorry if this is in the wrong place!
I live in Scotland and we have had our bunny for 3 years this April, he was a rescue and always lived outside unless he’s been ill.
On Tuesday it got to -16 and I was so worried about him I couldn’t sleep, I have his cage really well insulated and had put a heat pad in but he has fresh parsley for breakfast and I put it out and within mins it had frozen, so I called the vet and said he was just sitting huddled up, she said even in a well insulated cage it was far too cold so bring him inside in a cool room.
We brought him in and he’s just sitting in his cage huddled up, he’s eating and pooping and I don’t know if he got sick in the cold or if he’s just upset as he has a huge run outside and loves being out there.
I want to put him back out as that’s where he’s happiest but it’s still -7 during the day and I’m worried because the vet made me bring him in, that the shock of going back outside will be worse for him than it would have been leaving him out there!
I don’t know what to do for the best for him, the last two days before we brought him in, his run was 6 inches of snow so he hadn’t been leaving his hutch, I didn’t know if that was just because he was cold or he didn’t like the snow.
Any ideas on what I should do? Put him back outside? Put him out during the day and bring him in at night? Keep him in until it gets warmer? He has access to a large room in the house and has been out of his cage 4 times today for a wee explore, but he’s mostly hunched up in his little bed in there and even though he’s eating, he’s not himself, but he never is when he’s in the house as he’s used to being outside and has a very large cage and run