Microwavable cloth rice bags wrapped inside a dish towel and placed in or under a nestbox can heat it up quickly for kits. Do not use it to heat the kits themselves, use it only to heat the nestbox! Newborns cannot regulate their body heat or move away from the heat source. Don’t cook them! You can also keep some shavings in the house instead of just the rabbitry. The shavings in the winter rabbitry are cold and not appreciated by the heat seeking babies and can chill them.
Slippery manure pile wooden ramps can be combated with nailing down asphalt shingles to give wheelbarrow and boots something to grip.
Microwavable cloth rice bags wrapped inside a dish towel and placed in or under a nestbox can heat it up quickly for kits. Do not use it to heat the kits themselves, use it only to heat the nestbox! Newborns cannot regulate their body heat or move away from the heat source. Don’t cook them! You can also keep some shavings in the house instead of just the rabbitry. The shavings in the winter rabbitry are cold and not appreciated by the heat seeking babies and can chill them.
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AuthorHoping to share the rabbitry happenings & thoughts. Also HINTS that I hope will help you and your rabbits.
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