How do you care for your rabbit in winter?

Answer 1

Where do they live during the winter?: If they live on a porch be sure to make sure there aren't any drafts coming up through the floor. To fix this problem you can put a rug or thick blanket under cage.

But what about the cold in the room? Put a blanket or sheet over your bunnies' cage at night. This will keep the body heat from leaving the cage and will keep it much warmer at night and during the day. But make sure you leave at least one side of the cage uncovered a little bit for breathing.

Also considering using a space-heater or something in the room, to warm the room up. But make absolutely sure the rabbit can't get to the space-heater! Everything must be bunny-proofed. There are also pet products -- like the SnuggleSafe heat pad -- which you can use to keep animals warm.

Draft?: Keep you bunnies as far away from windows and doors. Drafts come through and will make your bunnies more cold.

Water bottle freezing?: Make sure the water bottle is unfrozen the last time you feed them before bed. In the morning unfreeze the bottle by bringing it inside to unfreeze. Continue this till winters over.

Your bunny must always have access to fresh water. If you use bottles, and the water freezes, then you must have two bottles, so that there's always one available when the other one freezes.

Baths?: No baths during winter unless warm outside. Really warm.

Inside your bunnies' cage?: On the inside of your bunnies cage put in a little crate or box to keep it warm, it can then go inside to warm up and sleep. I also keep a blanket inside the house for my bunny, but make sure it doesn't eat the blanket. You can also put shavings inside but they tend to eat those too.

Shavings are safe for rabbits to eat, so long as they're aspen shavings. Some people have reported health problems from pine or cedar shavings.

Bonding your bunnies. Two bunnies together can snuggle and stay warmer that way. Bunnies are social creatures and they're happier with other rabbit friends.