luvabunny
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Oklahoma - winter weather is a roller coaster. 70 degrees today. High Monday will be 25. Last weekend it did the same thing - 65 over the weekend, the front came in and dropped it to the coldest temps we've had in 12 years, overnight. Woke up to 5 degrees with a -12 wind chill.
Concerned for my out of nest 3 week old babies, I placed a 100 watt light bulb, in a clamp lamp, outside the front of their cage. All snuggled in. I checked it for nearly an hour, to make sure no one was getting too hot, there was no possibility of anything getting into it to start a fire, etc. I've used 100 watt bulbs as heat for years with no problems. The bunnies were plenty mobile enough to move away if they got too warm.
This time, problem. My one and only, very favorite, little blue bunny must have gotten warm....and thirsty. Unfortunately, there was just enough of an ice skim over the water bowl that he climbed on top....and fell in. Probably not an issue, Mama has been very attentive and would have dried him at once....except, he touched the metal urine guards on the way out, and just like licking a pipe in the cold, he stuck fast.
That's where I found him in the morning, frozen solid to the urine guard. Without being too graphic, I absolutely could not get him loose without removing hair. There is no way the little guy was going to get himself loose.
Why is it always the one you are most looking forward to seeing grow up?
Do they sit around at night and discuss the most odd and weird ways to commit suicide? Who would have thought they could lose a bunny this way?
What are some of the most strange ways that your bunnies have passed on? Maybe some of the stories could prevent others' bunnies from making the same mistakes.
I removed the light the next morning. No more overheated and thirsty bunnies for me.
Concerned for my out of nest 3 week old babies, I placed a 100 watt light bulb, in a clamp lamp, outside the front of their cage. All snuggled in. I checked it for nearly an hour, to make sure no one was getting too hot, there was no possibility of anything getting into it to start a fire, etc. I've used 100 watt bulbs as heat for years with no problems. The bunnies were plenty mobile enough to move away if they got too warm.
This time, problem. My one and only, very favorite, little blue bunny must have gotten warm....and thirsty. Unfortunately, there was just enough of an ice skim over the water bowl that he climbed on top....and fell in. Probably not an issue, Mama has been very attentive and would have dried him at once....except, he touched the metal urine guards on the way out, and just like licking a pipe in the cold, he stuck fast.
That's where I found him in the morning, frozen solid to the urine guard. Without being too graphic, I absolutely could not get him loose without removing hair. There is no way the little guy was going to get himself loose.
Why is it always the one you are most looking forward to seeing grow up?
Do they sit around at night and discuss the most odd and weird ways to commit suicide? Who would have thought they could lose a bunny this way?
What are some of the most strange ways that your bunnies have passed on? Maybe some of the stories could prevent others' bunnies from making the same mistakes.
I removed the light the next morning. No more overheated and thirsty bunnies for me.
Poor little thing! 
