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Is my 6 year old rabbit elderly?

smallbrownfrog

smallbrownfrog

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I have a 6 and a half year old Netherland dwarf. I just read a thread which confused me. I previously considered 6 a grand old age for the little breeds. I have previously had an 8 year old dutch whom everyone considered very old, but someone has just suggested that rabbits regularly reach the ripe old age of 14! So is little Al supposed to actually still be in his prime?
 
Thanks Jack'sJane. I just did some searching around the internet, and the general consensus seams to be that they have an average life expectancy of 7-10 years. i aks because Al is looking quite doddery and frail, he's gone grey in places, and is a little less full of beans these days than he used to be. and likes more attention from me than he used to as well. He's still eating/pooing/being inquisitive. He looks like a little old man.
 
we have 2 to 3 threads on this. Do a search on it. The a no. of members have their bun at the age of 16 to 18.

IF you gives your bun, say he's a 2 KG bun, 3 oz. to 6 oz. of blackberry daily, he should live a longer life. Read the book "The Doctors guide on food remedies", as they put a lot of effort on anti-toxic.

A friend of mine told me her husband is 47, but he looks like 34, all because he eats a lot of blackberry, blueberry etc., the whole 9 yd. of those anti-toxic fruits
 
:D Thanks Wilbur :D

If someone could post a link to the afore mentioned threads that would be great coz I'm being a bit retarded and can't find anything. I have searched "elderly" and "age". Maybe i'm doing it wrong...
 
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