Keep Your Rabbits Cool This Summer!

It is important to never leave any kind of pet in the car. If your pet ever does accidently suffer heat stroke though, don't cool them off too quickly. Ice might put them into shock. Put towels with cool water on them and get to the vet for fluids.

Working at Petco has nothing to do with knowing about or liking animals. The whole place is an unethical operation. Their pets come from pet mills. And they owe employees money. I should know, I worked there and most of the people didn't care one bit about animals (especially the managers), and they still owe me $2,000.

O no I dont leave pets in the car.I did get on a woman who had left her dog in the car,while she was in Office depot.Boy did she turn red,I raised holy he--.And guess what? She worked at Petco.I just wish I knew this then.We had ran out of gas doing leaving for Rita and was struck on the Highway for over 30 hours,before we got a little gas,and they was bring that to people,so we got enought to get to a gas station.But it was to late for my little Albert.

I've seen a rabbit rescue do that at a hot event before, but I'm a bit worried about keeping them wet all day long (they had misters going all day there, not sure if that's similar to what you're referring too). I guess mine get a bit wet from the condensation of the water bottles, so I suppose it doesn't hurt them to do it a little. But I wouldn't go for the all day thing. Seems like they'd get some kind of problems after awhile of that.

Interesting. I guess that could make a fun occasional treat. Just make sure not to give rabbits too many carrots, as they're high in sugar. But I suppose other veggies might also work.

Are they actually wild rabbits? It seems very odd that wild rabbits would even tame. When I used to work at an animal hospital, one guy had a cottontail as a pet, but it wasn't really very tame at all. It just wasn't able to be released. Is there a wildlife rescue near you? You should contact them and they'll be able to evaluate the rabbits to see what kind they are, where they should be released, and if they actually can be released.

I think you misread that... (or I did a bad job explaining). Don't put ice IN her water bottle. Use a human water bottle, and put water in it. Put that in the freezer, so it's a nice block of ice for her to lay next to (but not toxic if she chews it). It's nice for her to have cool water too, but it won't really stay cool very long. Make sure she both has water at all times, and has something cool to lay next to (a frozen water bottle). I wouldn't recommend an IcePak though, as they could chew through that and possibly ingest it. Why did you move your rabbit outside?

That is definitely not normal. What's the temperature there? She could either be too hot, or it sounds like she's possibly got some type of respiratory problem. If it's not too hot, you should get her to a vet ASAP to have her looked at. That's not normal at all. You're offering water at all times right, not just 3 times a day?

Yeah, we have central air too. The rabbits don't really get too hot here with that, but I do find them laying around being lazy flopped out on the tile floor more often in the summer than winter.