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If you have no other option, the safest thing would be to set an alarm and check on them at some point during the night (maybe about midnight?).

A larger bowl will take longer to freeze, so if you fill a large crock with warm water that will buy you more time.

I have two buns one had a small case of GI stasis on Tuesday and gave him simethecone 1ml every hour for only 3 hours and he was feeling better instantly, he’s eating now regularly and running around

I ordered something very similar, pretty much identical to @LBJ10 ‘s link but it won’t get here until Wed. and unfortunately, insulation and glass bowls won’t work when it is down in the teens. I don’t know what to do because it will freeze the water and I can’t change it during the night. My dad is up around 3 or 4 or 5 am and they are left fo…[Read more]

I ordered something very similar, pretty much identical to the link but it won’t get here until Wed. and unfortunately, insulation and glass bowls won’t work when it is down in the teens. I don’t know what to do because it will freeze the water and I can’t change it during the night. My dad is up around 3 or 4 or 5 am and they are left for the…[Read more]

As a general rule, just don’t make more than a 25 degree Fahrenheit jump at once. Otherwise you should be totally fine!

Yes, I agree. I wouldn’t do that. that would only work if they were used to weather in the 20’s or 30’s.

Its wonderful both for you and your buns that they’ll get to become house buns!

A general rule is that the temperature difference shouldn’t be much more than 10 degrees Celsius between outdoors and indoors when you make this kind of move. Its more important when you move a bun outdoors from indoors in a cold climate and the buns don’t have thick…[Read more]

Is your bun eating as they should? Especially hay is important for proper gut function. If your bun’s appetite and food consumption is unchanged, there will probably soon be better looking poop.

Misshapen poops like these mean there’s a gut slow-down. It sometimes happens when a bun is shedding. If its coupled with a decrease in appetite,…[Read more]

Yeah, I agree with Wick. Too much shock of going between in and outside temps.

It sounds like he could be. My Bun Jovi is a REW and tends to “scan” and bobble his head a bit when he is checking out an area too. Most rabbits that are blind get by pretty well without much modification, because they also “see” with their other senses (whiskers, smell, hearing, etc).

I wonder if adding some ramps (with edges so he doesn’t fall…[Read more]

I wouldn’t do it — that’s very cold and would be a very rapid change in temperature from indoors to outdoors of a drastic degree.

I wouldn’t be concerned about slower consumption/less enthusiasm around pellets for reasons Dana mentioned too. It is unlikely a teeth issue since hay is the most teeth-intensive/involved thing to eat, but I’m sure exceptions exist is dental discomfort presentations.

Really lovely that you want to have your buns as house bunnies!

I just wanted to second what DanaNM has said. I don’t think there is necessarily any need to wait, as long as you make sure your house stays generally cool it should be fine.

When I adopted my newest bunny she had been outside for 4 years of her life and outside in the shelter, I…[Read more]