
Daisy is going to be 11 years old this year & some ailments are starting to creep up on her. One of them is a little arthritis in her back legs although it could be the spine just causing her legs to show signs. As she isn’t too bad I decided to try her on a heat mat over winter rather than start any painkillers. It didn’t quite go to plan.


I changed the heat mat’s position in the pen in the hope Daisy would use it but Apollo was straight to it. I know Daisy likes a little hay bed so I made a hay nest on top to further encourage her but once again Apollo got there first. Eventually though….

Unfortunately, she still preferred to relax & dose in her toilet area which is so illogical. She did use the mat a little bit more & did snuggle on it with Apollo but not enough for it to make a difference. Unfortunately, she appears to be deteriorating as I saw her struggle with the ramp to get upstairs. So she is now on a two week trial of painkillers.

There were a couple of other bunnies in the shed who I think would have liked the heat mat:

