We're having a heat wave ... a tropical heat wave ...

If you live in a home where there is no air conditioning like I do and it gets really hot, we rabbits can get dangerously overheated.  I mean ... well, you know, we have to wear these fur coats all the time.

Some of the things you can do to help us out if you see we're getting overheated (breathing heavily, lethargic, miserable) is to wrap a bottle of frozen water in a towel (paper or otherwise) and put it near us.  It will cool the air around us.  A cool damp washrag or paper towel on our backs or around our necks will help also.  An ice cube or two in our water dish will give us nice cool drinks of water.

A word of caution: Please don't overdo it and freeze us.  Don't pack us in ice or throw us in a bathtub with cold water.  You can put us in shock that way.

Because heat is so dangerous to rabbits, here are some links to pages on the House Rabbit Society's web site that contain helpful information.

• How to Cool Down a Hot Bunny
• Ears as Air Conditioners
• Warm Weather Concerns