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Baby Rabbit Temperature & Humidity Guide
Ideal comfort bands for a baby rabbit: room setup, heatwave and cold-snap playbooks, and quick safety checks.
Baby Rabbit Temperature & Humidity Guide
Baby rabbits are narrow-band creatures. I keep the room predictable so a rabbit baby doesn’t spend energy on cooling or shivering.
Comfort bands
Temperature: 18–22°C (64–72°F). Humidity: 40–60%. Anything outside this range triggers my mitigation scripts below.
Room setup checklist
- Place a digital thermo-hygrometer at rabbit height.
- Build a two-zone mat: breathable cotton + cool tile piece. Kits choose the tile when warm.
- Block drafts at floor level; keep vents from blowing directly on the nest.
Heatwave script (≥24°C / 75°F)
- Swap to a ceramic tile and add a frozen water bottle wrapped in cloth 15–20 cm away.
- Run a fan on the room (never at the rabbit) to move air; keep humidity under 60%.
- Mist the room air lightly (not the rabbit). Offer cool, fresh water; replace every 2 hours.
Stop and cool: If the rabbit baby stretches out, breathes fast, or ears feel hot, end play and move to the cool zone.
Cold-snap script (≤17°C / 63°F)
- Use a warm (not hot) bottle in cloth next to the nest wall.
- Layer fleece over part of the mat but keep a breathable corner.
- Check ears and paws: cool but not cold is fine; cold ears plus hunching means add warmth and shorten sessions.
Humidity tuning
Below 35%: add a small humidifier across the room. Above 65%: improve airflow, switch to a drier mat, and remove soaked hay quickly.
Daily safety checks
- Twice-daily feel: ears (not hot/cold), chest breathing (steady), belly (not bloated).
- Water swap AM/PM; bowl over bottle for easy sipping.
- Shorten handling sessions during heat or cold corrections.
Export and handoff
I plot these comfort bands into a four-panel in Rabbit Daylife Grid, turn tile-and-mat textures into repeats in Rabbit Wallpaper Studio, and capture a cooled-down loaf for Bunny Avatar Studio.