Ice pods or frozen bottles of water?

My foster buns hutches are in direct sunlight of a morning What with all the other rabbit hutches/sheds theres nowhere to move them to thats shaded.

I was thinking of buying some Ice Pods today, but the OH keeps saying frozen bottles of water will do the same?!? :? Is this right? I dont want them to chew the plastic of the bottle once its unfrozen and for them to have a soaking wet hutch :?

What do you guys use for your buns in this heat?

xXx

With the Ice Pods, there is always the chance of poison leaking when they chew it.
If they are not under constant supervision, I would stick to water.

Personally I use froen water bottles but wrap a tea towel round them too, just to take the edge off the coldness. I've not yet ever seen any sign my buns have tried to nibble them.

Drape a white sheet or a towel over part of the hutch, that should reflect some of the sun. We also managed to get hold of marble slabs from an old fireplace, marble never ever gets warm, buns love to lie on them, but ceramic tiles will do the same job and you could always put them in the fridge to chill overnight.

I use frozen bottles of water in a towel too He usually pushes it out of the way though

Ive used frozen bottles of water the last few days 2 of my foster buns have nibbled at the bottle lid I did see the Ice Pods on offer in P@H today and bought one... i'll have to give that to non chewing buns I get so paranoid about giving them new things

Thanks guys xXx

Lynda wrote:Drape a white sheet or a towel over part of the hutch, that should reflect some of the sun. We also managed to get hold of marble slabs from an old fireplace, marble never ever gets warm, buns love to lie on them, but ceramic tiles will do the same job and you could always put them in the fridge to chill overnight.

Fab idea about the tiles... shall try and get some tomorrow xXx

i just bought 3 half price ice pods at pets at home.

racheld69 wrote:i just bought 3 half price ice pods at pets at home.

Its a fab offer isnt it? At £4.89 you can hardly go wrong! Lets hope they work

i use both.but they seem to lie with their backs against the bottles

My OH got my bun an ice pod today - but he is on his own in the day so would you recommend I don't leave it in there?? My OH put it in today when I was at work and it was untouched when I got back but maybe it's not safe to leave him alone with it in case he turns on it. He threw his ceramic bowl down the stairs once and broke it and has now even mnaged to crack his heavy duty plastic one using the same trick.

i think they are pretty tough and fine to leave with them.

kitkatmoo wrote:My OH got my bun an ice pod today - but he is on his own in the day so would you recommend I don't leave it in there?? My OH put it in today when I was at work and it was untouched when I got back but maybe it's not safe to leave him alone with it in case he turns on it. He threw his ceramic bowl down the stairs once and broke it and has now even mnaged to crack his heavy duty plastic one using the same trick.

Strong bunny!

Liam and Mish spend most of the day laid in the middle hutch so i soak 2 large (light coloured) towels in cold water and put one on top of the hutch and the other draped over the front.