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Is there any way to tell the age of buns?!

Jester

Jester

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Hi all! I am adopting two gorgeous buns from the RSPCA in two days time and they can only tell me that they are older than two years old (or so they think). I know that they have little history on them and I also know it's hard to guess how old bunnies are. They have both been neutered/spayed and when they yawned i caught a peek at their teeth which looked quite white.

I have had buns before but only as babies and just wanted a more specific guess at the ages for these two. One is a Dutch bun and one a lop eared lionhead (if that makes a difference in aging them!). PLEASE HELP! I don't want them to suffer because of their age and me not knowing that they need a Stenna stair lift or zimmer frame! HE HE!

Thanks!

Leah xx
 
To Be Honest it is near enough impossible to give an age to a bunny unless it is obviously very young or very old.

Good luck with your new bunnies, you must be very excited :D
 
Yup, it's pretty hard to age a bunny other than young ones, and then after that it is just generally 'adult', 'senior' things like that.

As for you missing signs, try not to worry about the lack of knowledge about their age. If you watch them and know them enough, you will see if they start to struggle, or if they need help or something. That can happen at any age, not just old age, and some old buns don't even know they are old and have no problems anyway.

Hopefully though you will have many years of happiness with this pair :)
 
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