Heatwave warning for the UK - How to combine lots of little measures to save lives.

[Wiebke]

As every year, please take the time to read our most comprehensive Hot Weather guide.

It is the combination of lots of little things that make the biggest difference, starting with some easy tricks for keeping your rooms as cool as possible.

If your piggies are plastered to wrapped-up frozen water bottles, they are actually already overheated. Your aim is to not let things get that far, or even risk heat exhaustion or heat stroke. Incidentally, our tips can also help you to keep your home cooler with some easy, no or low cost measures.

Here is our guide which you may want to bookmark for quick access in the case of overheating: Hot Weather Management, Heat Strokes and Fly Strike

This link is a good way of finding lots of questions and practical experiences from forum members for a range of different settings from inner city flats to countryside homes: Hot weather warning for the UK - Member questions and heatwave feedback

But you are always welcome to ask any questions or give feedback of your own experiences and personal tweaks of your own in this thread here. Our members can help you with practical advice and how-to tips. We always like to extend the range of our tips and experiences in order to save more lives.

 

[Wiebke]

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[LondonLady]

It's going to be 30C here tomorrow they are saying and I'm worried. The good part is that I've got the experience of several heatwaves behind me and I know what to do to keep the piggies as comfortable as possible (and I've been re-reading the above links). But on the other hand, Toffee is an old man now and Spice is not really back to normal after her spay surgery so I'm worried about them. I can only do my best but I'm feeling very apprehensive.

 

[Wiebke]

It's going to be 30C here tomorrow they are saying and I'm worried. The good part is that I've got the experience of several heatwaves behind me and I know what to do to keep the piggies as comfortable as possible (and I've been re-reading the above links). But on the other hand, Toffee is an old man now and Spice is not really back to normal after her spay surgery so I'm worried about them. I can only do my best but I'm feeling very apprehensive.

Piggies get gradually used to hotter conditions; it is the sudden heat spikes that are generally the more devastating - and underestimating what heat traps hutches, uninsulated shed and lawn time or open windows in the way of a full sunheated breeze are.

That said, I am sharing your concerns re. my own elderlies. I tend to lose at least one or two despite my best efforts; often in the wake of hot weather or sudden heat spikes when the extra stress on the body is tipping an already rather fragile balance. Short of running very expensive air conditioning there is only so much you can do; even if keeping temperatures around 9-10 C below outside temperatures without using electricity is an achievement in itself in a dual aspect lounge that sun from early morning until close to sunset on it at this time of the year.
The piggies themselves are not plastered to a frozen bottle.