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Just how giant do these things get?

One came home from a shopping trip (they went out for FOOD) and its bigger than any cat I've seen kinda spaniel sized but heavier and its 5 months old, should I be expecting to see frank in a year or two?

or do they stay somewhere near the floor ?
 
david1701 said:
Just how giant do these things get?

One came home from a shopping trip (they went out for FOOD) and its bigger than any cat I've seen kinda spaniel sized but heavier and its 5 months old, should I be expecting to see frank in a year or two?

or do they stay somewhere near the floor ?
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Easy enough to deal with.....

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it has been agreed that if its not properly housetrained in a week its gonna be dinner and a hat/gloves oh and I'm gonna nail a foot to my peli for good luck on shoots :D
 
erm... they get big!!! :eek:

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That's a really small man. I've seen them before.
 
We get big Rabbits and Fox`s around our way.

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:cuckoo: How do you go food shopping and come back with a rabbit?

Although I reckon you'd get a good meal out of one of those.
One of my earliest memories is of my grandmother having rabbits hanging in her pantry . . . I think she'd have struggled to find a meat hook big enough to hold one of those things though!
 
They had some of these at Dudley Zoo in the kids part the last time I went. They're absolutely humungous! They look big enough to give you a serious kickin'. :D
 
Our old next door neighbour had a "Flemish Giant", and it was bloody big, bigger than another neighbours Staffie, in fact it scared the **** out the poor dog :D And it weighed a ton....

Steve
 
I had a big rabbit like that called Mabel. I bought her from a cattle market. She was bred to be eaten and I felt sorry for her so bought her. She was very gentle and friendly, more so than any of the other rabbits I have had.
 
these Giant wabbits in Chorley where 4 ft tall click for larger images but not full size :lol:





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Found these about 3 miles from my home

Dave
 
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david1701 said:
Just how giant do these things get?
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Big. More than big enough to steal food from the dining table.

The main element (80%+) of a rabbit's diet, whatever its size, is hay and grass. For a rabbit that size, you will need to buy hay by the bale. It will also need to be vaccinated against Myxi (twice a year) and VHD (once per year).

Rabbits can be easily housetrained and will happily use a litter tray once taught to do so. They will scatter a few droppings around, but these are dry and easily picked or hoovered up. And unlike cat ****, rabbit droppings don't stink.

Giants are usually very docile but because of their size they tend not to live beyond 4 or 5 years. Your main problem will be keeping it entertained. A bored rabbit will chew the furniture and strip the wallpaper.

For everything bunny, see the forums at Rabbit Rehome:

http://forum.rabbitrehome.org.uk/
 
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A restaurant we frequent in Crete has a small petting type "zoo" with rabbits and chickens for the kiddies to stroke.

They also serve the best kounelli stiffado I've found!
 
So, they went out for food and came back with a rabbit.

What a repsonsible purchasing decision that was :|
 
A decent sized rabbit would feed a family for a few days!
 
RichardtheSane said:
So, they went out for food and came back with a rabbit.

What a repsonsible purchasing decision that was :|
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Depends if there was a bag of onions, some celery, carrots, garlic and a bottle of red wine in the other bag.

You're going to need a bigger casserole dish.
 
I would suggest that David spit roasted it but he might post photos...
 
ha ha ha, im glad it happened to you, my missus has been eyeing one of these up in the local pets at home becasue 'it looks sad' there on its own she would want 2 !!! god knows where she would keep them!!! ive had her told if she comes home with any pets she will be sent to the vets to be put down XD

pund for pound it would be cheaper to keep the rabbits than her XD
 
My friend has a couple of Flemish Giant rabbits. She was the proud owner of Benny who, for a long time, was the biggest bunny in Britain. Benny was 93cm in length, his ears were 30cm long and he weighed 21lb. He wasn't overfed or mistreated by his family (they actually rescued him from an animal shelter) as the clue is in the name of the species. He was utterly adorable and I must confess to shedding a lot of tears when Benny died back in April.
 
RichardtheSane said:
So, they went out for food and came back with a rabbit.

What a repsonsible purchasing decision that was :|
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:thumbsdown: Well thats exactly what happened when I was young and the rabbit lived a happy well looked after 7 years so I think could be a great idea!
 
seashaker said:
:thumbsdown: Well thats exactly what happened when I was young and the rabbit lived a happy well looked after 7 years so I think could be a great idea!
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Still doesn't make it a responsible purchasing decision does it? Turns out it was a very good one, but responsible and well thought out. Absolutely not.
 
RichardtheSane said:
Still doesn't make it a responsible purchasing decision does it? Turns out it was a very good one, but responsible and well thought out. Absolutely not.
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lol its hardly gonna impact the lifestyle we have wolfhounds afghans cats rabbits a guinea pig and 3 horses (inc a shire)

She went to the vets this morning and spent all of yesterday laying on my feet - live in heater=win
 
david1701 said:
Just how giant do these things get?

One came home from a shopping trip (they went out for FOOD) and its bigger than any cat I've seen kinda spaniel sized but heavier and its 5 months old, should I be expecting to see frank in a year or two?

or do they stay somewhere near the floor ?
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I'd never heard of that movie - looks like I've been missing out!
Borrowing the Directors Cut and Watching it tomorrow night.
Looking forward to it....
He says I need to borrow it for at least a week as it may take several views to work out what the heck is going on. Last time I had to do that was Memento; superb film.

Cheers for an entertaining thread
Duncan
 
DuncanDisorderly said:
I'd never heard of that movie - looks like I've been missing out!
Borrowing the Directors Cut and Watching it tomorrow night.
Looking forward to it....
He says I need to borrow it for at least a week as it may take several views to work out what the heck is going on. Last time I had to do that was Memento; superb film.

Cheers for an entertaining thread
Duncan
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yeah its an EPIC film :D
 
seashaker said:
:thumbsdown: Well thats exactly what happened when I was young and the rabbit lived a happy well looked after 7 years so I think could be a great idea!
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Yours might have been lucky, and indeed this conti (giant) may also land on its (very big) feet, but the reality is that there are over 30,000 rabbits in rescue in the UK. Some of those are there for unavoidable reasons, such as the death or homelessness of their former owners, but a very big proportion are former impulse buys that the kiddies became bored with.
 
david1701 said:
She went to the vets this morning and spent all of yesterday laying on my feet - live in heater=win
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David, further to my post of earlier today, I would add the following:

1. Make sure your vet is competent with exotics and especially rabbits. Exotics, including rabbits, are usually an option within vet training and not all vets choose that option. As a result some are incredibly ignorant about rabbits.

2. Get the rabbit neutered. Rabbits which hit puberty are like perpetual teenagers - interested only in sex and destroying things. Bucks will hump anything that moves, including your leg, and are very good at spraying urine with deadly accuracy, ie you may well get a faceful. Does can become very aggressive because they are primed to protect their young. Neutering removes the hormones that cause this behaviour and your bunny will be a much happier bunny for it. Also with does, spaying removes the uterus and so prevents uterine cancer. Something like 80% of does will develop uterine cancer by the time they are 3 or 4 years old.

3. Rabbit digestion is very delicate and the digestive tract must not stop working because once it stops it is almost impossible to get it going again and the rabbit will die very quickly. Phase any changes of diet in over a period of one or two weeks. Test every new food with a small piece to start with. Unlimited hay (or grass) and a small portion of pellets should be the basis of your rabbit's diet. In pellets, Science Selective or Excel are probably the best, followed by Wagg. Avoid muesli types or "budget" or "value" makes.

See this list for safe and unsafe foods for rabbits:

http://forums.rabbitrehome.org.uk/showthread.php?t=176719
 
By the way, a giant rabbit isn't just for christmas - it should last well into the new year...
 
I thought they handed out the drinks...
 
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