I have always had lops and never had or live past eight. Dennis will be nine this year. Just wondering how old was or is your elderbunnies are and what breed/colouring . Bunnies that have lived 10+ what's your secret
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No secrets[emoji38]I have always had lops and never had or live past eight. Dennis will be nine this year. Just wondering how old was or is your elderbunnies are and what breed/colouring . Bunnies that have lived 10+ what's your secret
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I have always had lops and never had or live past eight. Dennis will be nine this year. Just wondering how old was or is your elderbunnies are and what breed/colouring . Bunnies that have lived 10+ what's your secret
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I have had quite a lot of elderly bunnies. My oldest is 10.5 and I've had a few more live till 10, lots until 9 and even more until 8. Genetics as Jane says play a part but good husbandry from birth onwards must contribute. Keeping rabbits clean is a must and attention to diet inasfaras the knowledge we have. Dennis looks good to me. I think we also should try to keep them happy as rabbits are not meant to be "down", lonely or ignored.
I shall have to come back to this thread in several years time as so far I've not had a bunny get past 8 (unless Mouse is - hard to say with Mouseypie, just know she is at least 7 as rescued first time round when she was an adult. Bob childhood rabbits lived til 12, 12 & 10 . I think they looked a bit English Spot like, uppy earred, medium sized. They free roamed in the garden, escaped regularly but returned of own will, not vaccinated, v little human intervention.
Dennis looks in great shape - early 30's . When is his birthday?
See I don't believe this as OH says his grandma had an uppy that lived to twelve. I think it's more like they get neglected in the garden and forget how many years they have had them. I bet 5 years topsI shall have to come back to this thread in several years time as so far I've not had a bunny get past 8 (unless Mouse is - hard to say with Mouseypie, just know she is at least 7 as rescued first time round when she was an adult. Bob childhood rabbits lived til 12, 12 & 10 . I think they looked a bit English Spot like, uppy earred, medium sized. They free roamed in the garden, escaped regularly but returned of own will, not vaccinated, v little human intervention.
Dennis looks in great shape - early 30's . When is his birthday?
It would be tempting to muse that they lived so long because they were happy, but I suspect that they might also have been constantly on edge for fear of predators like wildies are. I hadn't realised that Mouseypie was quite that age and won't be quite so surprised now when you talk about the possibility of Arthritis with her. Is she your oldest rabbit atm then ?
See I don't believe this as OH says his grandma had an uppy that lived to twelve. I think it's more like they get neglected in the garden and forget how many years they have had them. I bet 5 years tops
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My experience is similar: Nethie Charlie had 24-7 access to a run for most of his life (earlier we used to get him in overnight), shortest hutch was 4', next one 5', run was 6x4x2, fed muesli but loads of hay and grass, unneutered and vaccinated once :lol: He was basically a tiny wildie, not so round a nose as e.g. Mervinius' Archie. He was almost 11 when he went.My first rabbit, Twitch and her sister Smudge were about 12 when they died. They weren't spayed, ate muesli but had access to grass, hay and a large run so I guess that made a difference. It was quite some time ago though so genetics may have been a factor as well.
I totally prefer uppy-eared rabbits, always have and have never made any secret of it to Lopsy ;PTop secret information but I do feel a little uppy eared converted - he has the sweetest, cheekiest personality.