Hi everyone,
I don't post here much, although I do lurk (here and Ontario Rabbit forums) and I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to keep bunnies comfortable during heat waves.
Right now, my bunny's "room" is a north facing study with a tile floor. Thankfully the place is always a bit cooler than the rest of the apartment and there's always a cool spot for her to lie in, and she has a few hidey holes as well. I'm also making sure that when I refill her water bottle every day that its with cold water and I'm wetting her herbs to make sure she's getting more.
Some concerns though. She only seems to like drinking water from her bottle and not from a bowl, which means that she only gets water if she feels like going back into her cage. That also means that at night when she's out in the rest of the apartment, she won't take it from a bowl. Occaisionally I see her pop into her room but I don't hear her drink.
On Friday, the heat and humidity here is expected to feel like +39 degrees Celsius (I think that's like over 100 in Fahrenheit) and I don't know how to make it easier on her. I'm thinking of providing her with a series of damp wrung out towels, even though she doesn't like being wet much. I'm also going to wrap an ice pack in a t-shirt and put it near one of her favorite hiding places.
What else can I do?
I don't post here much, although I do lurk (here and Ontario Rabbit forums) and I was wondering if anyone had advice on how to keep bunnies comfortable during heat waves.
Right now, my bunny's "room" is a north facing study with a tile floor. Thankfully the place is always a bit cooler than the rest of the apartment and there's always a cool spot for her to lie in, and she has a few hidey holes as well. I'm also making sure that when I refill her water bottle every day that its with cold water and I'm wetting her herbs to make sure she's getting more.
Some concerns though. She only seems to like drinking water from her bottle and not from a bowl, which means that she only gets water if she feels like going back into her cage. That also means that at night when she's out in the rest of the apartment, she won't take it from a bowl. Occaisionally I see her pop into her room but I don't hear her drink.
On Friday, the heat and humidity here is expected to feel like +39 degrees Celsius (I think that's like over 100 in Fahrenheit) and I don't know how to make it easier on her. I'm thinking of providing her with a series of damp wrung out towels, even though she doesn't like being wet much. I'm also going to wrap an ice pack in a t-shirt and put it near one of her favorite hiding places.
What else can I do?
