I talked about our rabbits and our rabbit pens in my last article and now I would like to talk about how we care for our rabbits or really how we keep them alive in the hot summers in FL.
As you can see in the picture above we have a fan that we run a mister from the water hose in the hotter months. This really helps along with the shade from a large tree above. You can also see pine needles on the top of the tin. I actually put those there because we run sprinklers on top of the cages also. The pine needles soak up and hold the water dropping the temp under the tin roofs up to 10 degrees. When all else fails we break out the frozen water bottles and add in the cages for them to lay next to. This helps them regulate their temp. Usually this is only done when they are really fanning their ears and panting from being hot. This is how we have managed to breed rabbits year round even when the real feel temps are pushing 115 degrees.
In the winter we will wrap the cages with 6 mil black plastic to block the wind chill and also if it is really cold we will give them warm water bottles on their cages for them to drink.
How do you keep your rabbits cool in the summer months and warm in the winters?