coldest temperatures to leave rabbits outside?

Question

does anybody know how low the temperature can be before they need to be brought in?

Answer 1

Rabbits actually do much better in the cold than in the heat. Rabbits can normally withstand very cold temperatures down to about -10 degrees Fahrenheit. Below that temperature, you start running the risk of their ears freezing or the rabbit freezing to death.

Rabbits can take the cold well, however they cannot take a draft well. That's why if you keep your rabbits outside you want to make sure your rabbit has protection from the wind on 3 of the 4 sides of the hutch or cage. A draft will cause them to get pneumonia. When they get pneumonia, they will start breathing heavily and normally die within 1 to 2 days. Once the temperature starts getting down into the mid to lower 50's, that's a good time to make sure you have the back on your hutch to make sure your rabbit doesn't get pneumonia.

In the summer however, you want a draft on your rabbits to help cool them down from the heat.

Answer 2

I'd say around 50.
I use to leave my rabbits outside all year long, but, I did bring them into the barn in the fall. Over the winter I just made sure I packed the cage to the top with lots of straw so they could bury down in it and keep warm. I fed them extra food too. They were fine.

Answer 3

Rabbits actually do better in the cold than in the heat. If you have them in a sheltered cage with straw or hay that they can burrow in, they will be fine. Just make sure they are not in direct wind. Also, even though temps are cold, make sure they still have water. A heated dish, if you live in a below freezing area.

Answer 4

If you can avoid not putting them out, this will increase their life span by years. I would say 50 degrees any lower you would need a heater going constantly. Down south in Florida I would say your OK till winter nights start to kick in but I would bring them in as they are use to the warmth and cold might make them sick.

Answer 5

My grandmother used to raise rabbits. Whenever she heard it would freeze, she had old sleeping bags that she covered the hutches with. I don't think she had any rabbits freeze to death in the 40 years that she did it.

Answer 6

Rabbits do fine outside as long as they're sheltered from the wind/snow.

Answer 7

if your rabbits have continually lived outdoors in the shed then they're completely okay to maintain that way for the time of the wintry climate. they might have geared up up a thicker wintry climate coat & as long as you supply them lots of hay or straw to mattress down on & shop heat then they are going to be large. it is overlook by way of starving & no water that kills in the less warm climate. shop a pair of spare water bottles in the abode so as that once their water has frozen you are able to in simple terms exchange the bottle for yet another one, additionally supply them greater desirable meals to consume so as that they could produce the physique warmth & lay down fat to maintain heat. you are able to positioned an previous cover/blanket or carpet on suitable of the hutches to assist shop the warmth temperature in or some breeders i comprehend have a heater on low of their sheds to maintain the nippiness off.

Answer 8

55 degrees

Answer 9

Please don't leave your rabbit outside at all. They are suseptible to heat stroke, hypothermia, predators, flystrike, fleas, mites and many other things. They make great house pets with some preperation. If you are concerned about smell you should get it spayed or neutered and they can be litter box trained.

Answer 10

Bring them inside and leave them inside