Paradox, that is an awesome setup there! It is very similar to setups that have been developed for tropical climates (cages with clay tunnels leading to buried clay pots with lids... that sort of thing).
When you get a set of good pics, please do start a new thread and explain your process thoroughly. Pics of the building of it, if you have them, would be ideal, but if you didn't take pictures when you built it, then please lots of nice-sized pictures from all different angles. If you need help getting the pictures up, any of us Mods would be happy to help!
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Sorry to give you an assignment already!
You happen to have something there that, as far as I know, no one else on this forum has done. It could be extremely helpful to the many, many members who raise rabbits in the heat!
(Hope I don't scare you off...)
Mandz87":i30t5szn said:
Oh, I was referring when I was younger when I lived with my parents and we had rabbits outdoors. I don't have any now. Are there breeds that will do better in the heat? I really like lionheads and mini lops, but see a lot of california and new zealand. Awesome idea too about the coolers, looking forward to more/bigger pix so I can build it too.
Trinity's right, it's possibly just the wool breeds, though I've read that some Rex can have trouble in high heat/humidity places. That's why it's so important to buy from local lines if you can, for rabbits you're going to raise outside. OneAcreFarm is able to keep Rex in this climate, so it can be done.
Minilops will be fine, and even Lionheads should be, if they don't have too much wool on them. You can always give them a clip when it's getting hot, though.