Moshu’s ear temperature is a bit cold these days. Not cold enough to frighten me, but..cold enough to give some worries. I know cool ears should means a visit to the vet but I called up my vet today and told her about it, the vet says its not a matter of worry The temperature changes from hour to hour. But its cooler these days to what it used to be a few three weeks back.
Few things I would like you people to give me an opinion on :-
1) She’s a Florida White. She has standy uppy ears and I read at a post at Binky Bunny that the ones with those kind of ears have cooler ears. She’s a bit lazy these days but she eats with enthusiasm. (Except for the hay that I have to force feed her, but thats probably because hay from pet stores isnt very appealing. I will be buying a bale the coming year). She is responding to affection and plays with us.
2) The temperature here these days is around 82 F. I know it isnt too much for a rabbit. Still, we started placing a bed sheet on the floor and she prefers to sit over that instead of the bare, cold tile floor. Sometimes, we even wrap the bed sheet around her like this :-
Sometimes it makes her grumpy, so she pulls it off. Sometimes she will keep it.
My question is..do their genetic make up changes if they are bred in the same place, under same conditions since years and years ? (Sorry if I am not able to explain it correctly ;language barrier ) For example, my genetic make up wont allow me to withstand the cold of Canada with ease..because me and those of my kind have been too long at a place thats sub tropical)
Florida White (and some NZWs too) are probably the only type of bunnies that are seen in India and have long been here, I wonder if their tolerance for cold has decreased as compared to the rabbits at your part of the world. (I hope I am making sense )
3) If they have been feeling a sense of threat, does it change their body temperature in any way possible ? Some of you might have read my post regarding Diwali and firecrackers. To explain it in brief, we had this festival called Diwali where there is heavy, loud fire crackers for 1-2 days and..it was real loud and obviously, Moshu had a hard time. Ever since that day, I have heard her grunting/snorting more often, even sometimes when I am holding her. And it didnt used to be this way earlier. And no, she isnt spayed so it could be her hormones too. But then why specifically after Diwali ?
4) Do any of you take rectal temperature at home ?