Bunny Update
Dec. 19th, 2008 08:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnThermometer: 10F and falling, windchill at 8F. (Thank Gods there's no wind.)
Translation: water is freezing faster than I can thaw & replace it.
I'm resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to switch out the water every 2 hours, instead of 3. Weather Underground informs me that at 1am, expected temperature will be 13 degrees. Which while an improvement, isn't really enough to make a difference.
The Oak Harbor city weather station is no longer reporting, presumed frozen. Weather at the local airport, roughly 1 mile from here, is 14F with 4 inches of snow on the ground. I'm amused to read that they list elevation at 46 feet above sea level because I'm higher up the hill than they are.
The bunnies are stressed but seem to be okay. They are still eating, which raises their metabolism though I'm concerned that they really don't seem to be using the nesting boxes for warmth.
For what it's worth - average low for December 19th, previous years - max 43/low 33. We've already broken through previous low in 1998.
Thank Gods tonight is supposed to be the worst of the lot.
Translation: water is freezing faster than I can thaw & replace it.
I'm resigned to the fact that I'm going to have to switch out the water every 2 hours, instead of 3. Weather Underground informs me that at 1am, expected temperature will be 13 degrees. Which while an improvement, isn't really enough to make a difference.
The Oak Harbor city weather station is no longer reporting, presumed frozen. Weather at the local airport, roughly 1 mile from here, is 14F with 4 inches of snow on the ground. I'm amused to read that they list elevation at 46 feet above sea level because I'm higher up the hill than they are.
The bunnies are stressed but seem to be okay. They are still eating, which raises their metabolism though I'm concerned that they really don't seem to be using the nesting boxes for warmth.
For what it's worth - average low for December 19th, previous years - max 43/low 33. We've already broken through previous low in 1998.
Thank Gods tonight is supposed to be the worst of the lot.
