How To Tell How Big A Rabbit Will Be Full Grown

wally4eva · Mar 30, 2010

I was just wondering how do you tell how big a baby rabbit will be when it is older?
Its just a question I thought about when at pets at home looking at the baby rabbits the other day.
And once I have thought of of a question I can't just forget about it

Is it their ears or their feet?

Thanks

anaveragemuppet · Mar 30, 2010

I wonder this as our Zeke is apparently a mini lop X lion head! But he's already bigger than my childhood rabbit who was an english, lop eared dwarf!:wave::wave::wave:

Becca24 · Mar 30, 2010

I have been thinking about this too, I have a baby bun coming in a couple of weeks supposed to be a mini lop, but his mum doesnt look very mini and I have had "supposedly" dwarf lops that were smaller than mini lops I have seen recently. :?

I think its the feet you go by, but I could be completely wrong!

ecudc · Mar 31, 2010

ears can usually give a good indication, most bunnies grow in to their ears.

wally4eva · Mar 31, 2010

ecudc said:
ears can usually give a good indication, most bunnies grow in to their ears.

Yes thats what I thought but I think it is a bit of ears as well because most small rabbits will have small ears.

areia · Mar 31, 2010

ecudc said:
ears can usually give a good indication, most bunnies grow in to their ears.

more so with large/ giant breeds they have hoooooooge ears, then seem to grow into them :lol:

I though it was average 12 to 18 months they were fully grown ?

wally4eva · Mar 31, 2010

areia said:
more so with large/ giant breeds they have hoooooooge ears, then seem to grow into them :lol:

I though it was average 12 to 18 months they were fully grown ?

Yes, I think that also depends on the breed. I think I read somewhere that dwarf bunnies become fully grown quicker than giant bunnies.

WeeBarraxO · Mar 31, 2010

If its ears then my Buffy has still got a bit of growing to do, here ears are huge :lol:

wally4eva · Mar 31, 2010

WeeBarraxO said:
If its ears then my Buffy has still got a bit of growing to do, here ears are huge :lol:

Awww

. Shes lovely

. Yes I see what you mean. It obviously dosen't apply to all bunnies!!!

areia · Mar 31, 2010

awww buffy is so cute love the ears , maybe true how old is buffy now ?

WeeBarraxO · Mar 31, 2010

areia said:
awww buffy is so cute love the ears , maybe true how old is buffy now ?

she is around 7 months, we don't know her exact age

areia · Mar 31, 2010

WeeBarraxO said:
she is around 7 months, we don't know her exact age

so maybe she has some more growing to do into those gorgous ears of hers

How To Tell How Big A Rabbit Will Be Full Grown

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