How can I make sure my bun is a comfortable temperature?

[hokielizabeth]

I just brought home my first bunny on Saturday. She’s a two and a half month old Holland lop, and as a first time bunny parent I’ve been doing a TON of research! Right now she has free run of my living room and office, where her “bedroom” is. Her food, water, hay, and litter box are in a large dog crate which opens up to an x pen that I only close at night or when I’m not home. Right now, she mostly hangs out in the dog crate where she likes to take naps   My concern is that she seems to pant a lot when she’s laying in her crate. I keep my apartment between 68 and 70 degrees and her living space is not near a window where she would be getting a lot of sunlight. I do have a fleece on her crate floor so that she can get traction when she’s hopping around- could this be heating her up too much? She doesn’t seem interested in napping in her bed, so she mostly sleeps on the fleece. 

I hope I’m not overreacting! I just want to make sure she’s perfectly happy and healthy! 

[RabbitPam]

The temp sounds fine. You might fold the fleece once so she can choose the cool floor or the fleece to lie on. Make sure she has cool (not ice) water at all times.
As a new bunny owner – congratulations! – I suggest you cruise through the Info section from the banner above, drop down menu. Loads of suggestions and tips. Also check out the photos and videos for more good ideas to try.
She needs time to get used to you and her new home, but it sounds like you’re off to a happy start!

[kurottabun]

Bunnies do seem to breathe a little faster usually unless they are deeeep in their resting mode, so if it’s not extremely rapid all the time it does sound fairly normal

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