Transporting rabbit in winter

[Joeythenethie]

Hi everyone,

I live in Canada, which, as we all know, gets really cold in winter. I have scheduled a vet appointment for Joey’s breathing concerns later this week. The problem is, it’s really cold outside (we’re talking -10 at least). Jo’s carrier is small, has a front opening and small vents on the sides. I’m afraid that the cold weather will shock him, and as it’s his first time at the vet’s, I don’t want to put him through even more stress.The best I could think of is to pack the insides with blankets, but even then, I don’t know if it’s going to be warm enough. Any ideas or fellow bunny owners living in cold weather with experience?

Thanks

[Mikey]

Warm up your car before hand so he is only in the cold for a minute or so at most. We put a little fleece bunny bed into our carrier and a hand towel. Sometimes the buns like to use both, sometimes they only use one, and sometimes they push both to the back and ignore the items

[Jessica]

Everything Mikey’s said but I would also cover the carrier with a towel while moving from inside to the car

[LittlePuffyTail]

Agreed. Warm up the car first. I had to bring Bindi to the vet last week and I just put a nice warm blanket in his carrier and put a big thick quilt over the carrier in the car and for the walk into the vet.

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