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Giant sizes?

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Jess1

Young Bun
Does anyone with larger bunnies (ours are 1/2 flemish giant 1/2 continental giant) have any idea when they are likely to stop growing (i.e reach full size), or of average / ideal weights at 1 year, 18 months etc? I cant seem to find any information. Male and Female if it makes a difference.

I just want to make sure ours are still as they should be, not to mention curiosity, and I was planning to get another litter tray at some point (being as they all seem to like to sleeping in it) and wondered how big I should go!
 
They should stop growing around a year, or a bit over.

There is no real standard for what is healthy, what isn't, because cross breeds are different, plus the standards are based on show quality rabbits, so a rabbit can be completely healthy and fine and differ from the 'ideal'.

If your bunnies are healthy, then that's the important thing.
 
Thanks - I was just curious - we saw both parents when we got ours, and they were both a lot bigger, so Im assuming they still have a ways to go.

They are all happy and healthy either way :)
 
Not sure about contis or flems but frenchies stop growing around 18months.Usually the buck is bigger with fuller heads,in the french lop breed,but like any species,not always!:D
 
Our boy is noticably different... we thought we had 3 girls originally, but hes always had a more 'blocky' flatter nose, plus hes much stockier and bigger than his sisters. My mum spotted his face was different even before we realised he had boy bits and had him neutered!

Im guessing they might stop around 18 months then perhaps... might hold off on bigger baskets a while then ;)
 
ebony is a giant and she's a year old and only 3.2 kg yet we were told she would be huge ? and she's been this weight for 6 months
 
Depends on the bunny by the sounds of it. Ours are proberbly about 7-8kg at the moment and they are about a year old.
 
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