Weather Extremes and Your Rabbit

Written by Sarah Giers


Rabbits do well both indoors and outdoors, but they cannot handle certain weather extremes.

Hot Weather

Rabbits do not handle hot weather well at all. To them, 80 degrees is hot. In order to prevent your rabbit from suffering inrepparttar heat, there are several things you can do.

1. Make sure it has fresh, cool water throughoutrepparttar 111231 day. 2. Put water in plastic soda bottles or milk jugs and freeze them. Place oneinrepparttar 111232 cage andrepparttar 111233 rabbit will lean against it to stay cool. 3. Make surerepparttar 111234 rabbit's hutch or cage is fully shaded. 4. Set up a mister system or a fan near your bunny's cage.

Those things will generally keep your rabbit cool enough. However, be onrepparttar 111235 lookout for signs of heatstroke. These include heavy panting and wet mouths.

Another side affect of heat is in reguards to breeding rabbits. Bucks may go temporarily sterile, especially older bucks. Does may refuse to breed or loose litters.

Cold Weather

Rabbits usually handle cold weather a lot better than they do hot weather. So long as they are kept out ofrepparttar 111236 wind and are kept dry, they usually do fine. However, if they are not used to cold weather, or are particularly sensetive to it, there are some things you can do to help.

1. Provide hay for them to eat and to dig into. The hay will create extra calories for them to burn, which makes more body heat. They will also nest in it, trapping body heat close to them. 2. Be sure they have fresh water at all times. Ifrepparttar 111237 water freezes, getrepparttar 111238 ice out and giverepparttar 111239 rabbit fresh water. Ice is not enough for a rabbit. Do not give them warm water, as that actually freezes down faster than lukewarm water does. 3. If you do bring your rabbit inside, do not put it in a warm room. Keep it inrepparttar 111240 coolest room you have, or when you take it back outside,repparttar 111241 temperature change will be a drastic shock on its system. 4. Place tarps or blankets overrepparttar 111242 hutch or cage, leaving a corner open for fresh air. This helps retainrepparttar 111243 rabbit's body heat inrepparttar 111244 cage, increasingrepparttar 111245 temperature a bit.

Dating Your Spouse: Planning an evening on the town--no kids

Written by Alyice Edrich


When wasrepparttar last time you went out on a real “date” with your significant other? And no, a real date doesn’t mean takingrepparttar 111230 kids torepparttar 111231 movies with you and sitting them inrepparttar 111232 front row, while you sit five rows back to cuddle, eat popcorn, and share a large soda. If your date nights have consisted of squeezing in a little time whilerepparttar 111233 kids play or go off to bed then it’s time to dust off your dancing shoes and find a sitter!

Spending time with your better half can not only save your marriage, but bring it back to life. To add a little spark torepparttar 111234 romance department of your marriage, follow these simple steps to a romantic eveningrepparttar 111235 two of you will never forget:

1.Find a sitter. If you can’t afford to hire a sitter because money is too tight, enrollrepparttar 111236 help of a trusted friend or family member. If you feel guilty, offer to swap sitter duties. 2.Listen to your spouse. What is your better half constantly wishing she could do? Is that something you can turn into an evening of fun? 3.Ask your spouse out on a date. Don’t just tell your loved one that you two are going out withoutrepparttar 111237 kids, get romantic and ask her out on a date. 4.Buy a gift. Is there something your loved one has been eyeing but just couldn’t justify buying? Is it in your “cash only” budget? If it is, buy it. If it’s not, find something comparable and unique, then wrap it up in a real elegant box, tie a ribbon around it, and place a bow onrepparttar 111238 top. 5.Handwrite a love note. Hallmark is famous for offering cards that pull on one’s heartstrings. If you can’t think of something romantic to say on your own, spend a little time inrepparttar 111239 card section and findrepparttar 111240 perfect card to say it for you. But don’t just sign your name torepparttar 111241 card, adlib by writing a few extra special lines to personalize that card for your spouse.

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