Yes, as long as it has a good hutch and bedding
2007-02-14 05:19:43
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answered by Anonymous
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if your rabbit was outside all year and was allow to adjust to the climate then ... you DO NOT need to bring him inside. In fact this can be dangerous and over heat a rabbit with a thick winter undercoat. Heat is more dangerous to a rabbit than cold. Be sure your Hutch is out of the direct wind. If its very windy by a tarp and tarp the hutch up. Also provide extra bedding and a nice, snug, warm shelter. Be sure to change his frozen water often and if its extremely cold move the hutch to a better sheltered area. He will be fine he wont freeze... I have raised 200 rabbits and more outdoors in the artic tundra of Northern Minnesota and none have ever frozen but i have lost some to heat exhaustion.
Danielle where do you live, Antartica? You would have had to have your rabbit in a steel cage in the middle of an ice storm with no shelter or box to go into and had to have thrown water on it the night before in order for it to freeze to death. Seriously people unless your rabbits have no fur, its sick, or weak, you are not feeding it, you let it inside all year and then threw it outside in a box with no shelter on the coldest night on record, you rabbit is not going to freeze. Its got a coat. Its a rabbit for goodness sake. Use common sense.
2007-02-14 05:24:31
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answered by I luv Pets 7
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A rabbit can live outside, but you need to be very careful. Make sure it has shade all day, a box to go in to escape cold winds, and food and water. Get a small bail of hay for the rabbit to stay warm in winter. Give as much human contact with it as possible and do so by letting the rabbit out of the cage, they need their exercise too! There water bowls can freeze in winter weather so you just need to be aware of this.
In order to accomplish that you will first need to keep the rabbit in its cage until it becomes familiar with its surroundings and after it learns where it lives it will return to its cage voluntarily!
You need to ensure that its hutch is raised off the ground - Pref on legs. At night / in winter the hutch is covered over with a sheet or something this will help to keep the heat in & also help prevent it being scared - they can die from shock. And will help stop other animals getting to your rabbit.
You should bring it in for cuddles etc regularly a rabbit will love to sit on your knee - it will take time & patience to get your rabbit used to being handled but the effort will be worth it.
I did keep my rabbit outside but he always appeared unhappy, he is much happier being an indoor one. If i was going to keep a rabbit outside then i would keep it with a friend.
Also keep you rabbit vaccinations up to date espically myxomatosis etc.
2007-02-16 05:05:29
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answered by Angela G 2
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Yes they do get cold like us. My vet told us that their temperature is similar to humans so I'm sure it was very cold for you rabbit. Normally in the wild a rabbit will burrow into the ground and are able to stay warm, but I imagine being in the hutch doesn't offer much shelter from the cold.
2016-05-23 22:34:10
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answered by April 4
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When I was a kid we (and many of our friends) kept rabbits in hutches outside all year round - in Scotland, ie. even deep snow! If the hutch is properly waterproofed, is sheltered, has a separate, enclosed sleeping area with plenty of warm bedding, your rabbit will be just fine.
2007-02-15 04:37:17
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answered by Mouse 2
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Yes, but make sure the hutch is well insulated - a blanket or piece of carpet over the top, that you can then put down the front overnight works well. Also lots of hay or shredded paper. Rabbits live out in the wild and grow thick coats to cope with it, as will your rabbit, but if he is used to being inside then he can't just be put out as he won't have the thick coat.
2007-02-14 06:04:40
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answered by MyNutmeg 6
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yea. put some stylophome round the hutch, n then plastic cover over that 2 keep the rain from soakin thru. u can also buy complete hutch covers 2 cover the door at night so it dnt get soaked or frosted on!
i only bring my rabbit in when its galing cuz i feel sorry 4 it...plus it sticks it bum in the wind n then her ears fly up and she looks so unhappy!!! aww....u culd put it in a shed or garage (as long as they r dry n mouse/rat free) until it warms up abit, just make sure u take it out everyday!
2007-02-14 12:30:53
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answered by evilbunnyhahaha 4
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Why is your rabbit outside? Just asking. I never understood why people keep rabbits out side. We live in Wisconsin so it does get Cold. My sister keeps her bunnies on the sun porch in the summer bringing them in when it gets to hot and brings them in during the winter months. I have three bunnies and none of them have ever lived out doors. They are all litter trained. I clean their litter pans in their cages daily, and their litter pans outside their cages weekly. I don't have a problem with odor. In fact friends who visit say except for the stray bits of hay on the floor or the odd toilet paper tube laying under the coffee table You couldn't tell I had rabbits. Unless you can miss the two large cages in the living room. They have the run of the house during the day and the family loves watching them run and jump around, but whoa to the child that left their homework on the floor. Any paper items on the floor are fair game to the bunnies. The go into cages at bedtime so that the cats can have rest and so I don't have to worry about the cats pouncing them in the middle of the night. So I rally think you should bring him/her in. If it's to cold for you it's probably to cold for them.
2007-02-14 05:37:12
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answered by BiancaRose 2
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Yes, if it has adequate bedding and a good hutch. I used to put my rabbit hutches in a shed, so that they escaped the worst of the wind and frost.
2007-02-14 06:08:52
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answered by debzc 5
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Rabbits, like polar bears and penguins actually originate from the arctic. They are perfectly able to cope with sub zero temperatures. Do be mindful, however, that as the temperature drops the chances of your rabbit being eaten by a penguin increase dramatically.
2007-02-14 07:57:35
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answered by MARC H 2
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