Re: -10 degrees

by Dotdot Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:49 pm

I'm going to have to buy some straw to insulate the bed even more. Just hope they realise it isn't really for eating.

by **Thumper2001** Thu Feb 02, 2012 9:53 pm

Thumper never ate her straw Thumbs Up

The again, she never ate hay either... Laughing

I remember Sooz saying that buns will choose to eat hay over straw every time and even in the unlikely event they do eat it, it doesn't do any harm. It just doesn't have any benefits.

by Josephine Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:36 pm

It is -5, here in the Exeter area. Brrrrr.

by **FarplaceRescue** Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:39 pm

Minus 7 in Weardale tonight

by lizzi_b Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:44 pm

It's officially -3 in Falmouth!! If its that cold down here I dread to think what it is like everywhere else!!

I hope everyone and their buns are keeping warm and cosy! Hugs

by **FarplaceRescue** Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:45 pm

All my bunnies are indoors tonight!!!

by Tuckerbunnies Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:57 pm

Minus 2 here and I am full of cold and sat here now with a soft warm fleece over my shoulders as I am feeling the cold -10 degrees - Page 2 Cold

by Jay Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:14 am

Tuckerbunnies wrote:Minus 2 here and I am full of cold and sat here now with a soft warm fleece over my shoulders as I am feeling the cold

I'm feeling it too, and it's minus 3 here. This flat is so poorly insulated, that we the storage heaters on full, and it was still only 15 in the lounge this morning. Brrr.

by lizzi_b Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:39 am

oh maysie bless you, I hope you warmed up!! im sure Lucy Rose would have let you snuggle with her in her hutch to keep warm!! Smile

Its -5 here this morning!! and in the reception at work it is freezing with people coming in and out so I have got a plug in heater next to me trying to keep warm!! But I am too cold to do any work!!

by Guest Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:38 am

It is only 0 degrees here in Bodmin. I have just topped up the piggies. their water bottle was frozen despite having been double wrapped in silver bubble wrap last night. I have put in lots of extra hay and readigrass topped up the food bowl. Then I managed to grab little pig treacle to check how cold she was - warm ears warm feet, happy piggy happy, pigmum!

by **Thumper2001** Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:02 pm

cheryl'n'bruce'flo wrote:It is only 0 degrees here in Bodmin. I have just topped up the piggies. their water bottle was frozen despite having been double wrapped in silver bubble wrap last night. I have put in lots of extra hay and readigrass topped up the food bowl. Then I managed to grab little pig treacle to check how cold she was - warm ears warm feet, happy piggy happy, pigmum!

by Tuckerbunnies Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:29 pm

Mike fed the wild birds this morning and gave them some food and fresh water and within an hour the water was solid ice again Shocked

by gentl Sat Feb 04, 2012 4:52 am

I'm sending y'all some warming vibes! How can you stay warm with that cold!?!? It's rare that we have such cold temps where I live, but they do happen occasionally and it kills off so many of the bushes and shrubs. I hope it gets warmer for you all very soon!

by icedancer Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:05 am

-6 now in Reading. Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

by Guest Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:43 am

I am hoping everyone is well prepared for the incoming snow today.

by Big Ears Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:50 am

cheryl'n'bruce'flo wrote:I am hoping everyone is well prepared for the incoming snow today.

Just about to go out and get spring greens in case they are in short supply when it snows. I bought two bales of hay this week too.

I hate going out to the buns to find frozen water bowls I feel so sorry for them. I bought extra heat pads to put under the bowls. In theory that should stop them freezing for a few hours but it hasn't for the full 8 hours that I sleep Sad

by lizzi_b Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:58 am

Well it won't be snowing here!! It's now up to 7 degrees and raining!! Sad

I just hope it doesn't go to minus again tonight with these wet roads!!

by **NickieM** Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:14 am

It hasn't been as cold as it is with you guys down south. It has been -1 or so. Today it is just rainy and miserable. I think they are forecasting snow on high ground but that will be over the Cairngorms etc.

Hope all your buns are OK but don't think the weather is going to be as cold as the papers led us to believe.

My buns coped with -18 two winters running and were perfectly fine. As long as they have loads of hay to eat and cosy into, a good thick coat and a dry warm hutch, they will be OK

by Sparky Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:38 pm

It's been pretty cold here the last few nights. The outdoor buns have all had extra hay, and Humum has had to break the ice on their water bowls in the morning. This morning poor Taffy was licking the ice, and Humum had visions of him getting stuck to it by his tongue Laughing

Funnily enough, they have all been spending more time outside but this might be because at least it has been fairly dry.

Is it ok to put a drop of olive oil in the water, and is it true this helps stop it from freezing?

by Tuckerbunnies Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:42 pm

It's just started snowing here , very fine flakes at the moment. Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

It's sticking Shocked

by **NickieM** Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:28 pm

Sparky wrote:It's been pretty cold here the last few nights. The outdoor buns have all had extra hay, and Humum has had to break the ice on their water bowls in the morning. This morning poor Taffy was licking the ice, and Humum had visions of him getting stuck to it by his tongue

Funnily enough, they have all been spending more time outside but this might be because at least it has been fairly dry.

Is it ok to put a drop of olive oil in the water, and is it true this helps stop it from freezing?

I don't tend to put anything in their bottles, but I wrap them in a thick layer of bubblewrap and then cover it all with an old sock. Unfortunately, it is the metal spout that is the problem. I tend to have a few bottles and just keep changing them around. You can also put a bowl on the inside area of the hutch away from the wire front as that might help, although Gloria used to sit in hers!

by Tuckerbunnies Sat Feb 04, 2012 1:41 pm

Sparky wrote:

Is it ok to put a drop of olive oil in the water, and is it true this helps stop it from freezing?

I've never heard of olive oil I've heard of people using glycerine without much success and you have to remember that these can interfere with
the ball bearing in the drinking spout and the way it works Smile

by Guest Sat Feb 04, 2012 2:18 pm

When I was using the normal ball bottles I just had 2 on the go during freezing periods and swapped them over morning ad night so one was always defrosting.

by Sparky Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:02 pm

Thanks peeps - they use bowls, not bottles. I'll just keep sending Humum out to break the ice Thumbs Up

It's been sleeting here, not even proper snow. I still haven't got to build a snowbun Hissy

by **NickieM** Sat Feb 04, 2012 3:09 pm

Sparky if you go into the yard and periscope and stay very very still .......................... you'll be a snowbun before you know it! Laughing

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