Sendhendrix
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I lost my favorite doe to a 105° (ambient!) day back in June. We’ve had another spell of hot weather with heat index exceeding 105° so I’ve been monitoring my remaining rabbit very closely. We take frozen ice jugs out to his cage, provide crushed ice, swap out marble tiles from the freezer, oscillating fan, etc. He seems to be holding up admirably, barely even panting when the heat peaks.
Something I’ve noticed with the rabbits is during the heat of the day they seem to stop drinking water, and their overall water intake drops noticeably, and they eat much less. I know they get a bit from the condensation on the ice jugs, but my concern about dehydration and low appetite led me one morning a couple days ago to try throwing some handfuls of dewy yellow nutsedge in his cage. He attacked it vigorously so I’ve been feeding him that pretty much every morning this week. He seems fine, but of course now I’m worried it might be bad for him.
Any input?
Something I’ve noticed with the rabbits is during the heat of the day they seem to stop drinking water, and their overall water intake drops noticeably, and they eat much less. I know they get a bit from the condensation on the ice jugs, but my concern about dehydration and low appetite led me one morning a couple days ago to try throwing some handfuls of dewy yellow nutsedge in his cage. He attacked it vigorously so I’ve been feeding him that pretty much every morning this week. He seems fine, but of course now I’m worried it might be bad for him.
Any input?