How long do lop eared bunnies live

Fruit is full of sugar, and just like us, too much sugar will make your rabbit fat and unhealthy which will leader to a shorter life. Provide Mental Stimulation. Your bunny can get bored and even depressed without mental stimulation. Rabbit toys can help feel the hours that your rabbit is alone.

Provide Socialization. Rabbits normally live in groups, and if you keep a single rabbit then you need to make sure that you are part of its social group. A lonely rabbit is a sad rabbit.

Provide Love. You got this. Here are links to some of my favorite rabbit gear on Amazon that might help you help your bunny live longer. While there is some comfort in knowing the average lifespan of your pet rabbit, always keep in mind that tomorrow is never guaranteed for any of us.

My name is Stacey Davis and my family has kept rabbits for decades. Here on RabbitPros. I have a black male Holland lop I rescued from a back yard hutch when he was 8 years old when the owners were taking him to a kill shelter.

It took him a few weeks to bond my female lion head rabbit who was 2 years old, but he used the litter box almost immediately and is a free roam house rabbit. She did love to be petted and would lean into your hand and nuzzle you, she would not move away until you were tired of petting her. Having her in the kitchen where you would put a kitchenette , made her available for loving, petting, and general talking to and also let her feel a part of the family. She had recently taken to stepping out the lower floor of her bunny coop into a large oregano plant brought in to protect it from the cold.

She would nestle in the dirt surrounded by a miniature forrest of oregano leaves. When the temperature was right, we let her run around on our deck with supervision. Charlotte was a well loved bunny.

He was only 3 years 8 months old. He lived in the house with us with no restrictions. We gave him the best of everything. He followed me everywhere. Despite a good diet he had many bouts of statis and we got him through with medicine and Critical Care.

I should have got him straight to the vets. The night before everything was fine. I feel I cheated him of many more years with us. I cry everyday. Not just cry, I sob because my heart is broken. There are still some little footprints under the table — I cannot bring myself to clean them off. I miss him so much.

Our Beauregard was caught on an earlier December day in Alaska, because of his fur color we knew he was a domestic rabbit someone had let loose we have no idea how long he was living in our woods. It took us almost a month to coax him into a trap but after weeks of hand feeding him fruit and carrots we still could not grab him and turned to trapping. Beau was taken to a vet within days of catching him, he was neutered and easily litter box trained. Our wonderful buuny will be 8 yrs old in Jan.

Beau has full reign in our house. We rarely tell guest we have a rabbit and Beau makes his surprise appearance hopping through the house. I have two beautiful rabbits, one being a rex mixed with a loopy, and the other being a full Flemish Giant. My boyfriend and I love them to pieces. She is 6 in September and still hopping strong. In her free time she loves chasing balloons and the cat! Our rabbit is a dwarf lop.

He is 10 years old. He is still in pretty good health but I sometimes need him to help him keep clean. Loves his food too! Thanks for this site…I have 2 albinos.. Both fixed.. Thanks again John….. I loved snuggles so much and we were very close, I sobbed for hours last night.

She is buried in my garden and I am painting a very large white pebble with her name etc on. I am riddled with guilt???????????????????????? I have 3 buns. The bonded pair are lops. The doe is about 5 years and very chunky but she loves to run fast. The buck is very small and had terrible malocclusion when I first saw him. He had a dental extraction and he eats just fine now. A few yeas ago he developed a cataract.

Over time his eye became inflamed and he eventually had an enucleation. He gets about ok using his good eye and other senses. He has metacam twice a day to help with some stiffness in his spine.

I called him Sage because he was long in the tooth when we met. My oldest bunnie is called Verity. She is an agouti and is very affectionate. I have had her since she was 8 weeks old kit. She was so small she could fit in the palm of my hand. She had huge long ears which she eventually grew into.

She had her 10th birthday earlier this year. We just lost our beautiful rabbit. She was coming up to her 4th birthday.

She was fine and had a check up on sat and this morning she passed away. We lost our lop ear rabbit named LeRoy yesterday. He was a retired breeder. The person we got him from said he was born in We had him for 2 years. I have always suspected he was older than that. He lived in a large and secure outdoor rabbit apartment with my dutch rabbits. We let all of our rabbits out for playtime in the yard. Over the past few months he would tire out fairly fast and want to go back in his house.

When he was done playing he would periscope and look up at his door. We took him to the vet 2 weeks ago because I noticed he was becoming incontinent. They cleaned him and shaved his bottom and sent him home with some ointment.

For 2 weeks his mom and I washed him and put the ointment on him. He never put up a fuss with the daily butt baths because he understood we were trying to take care of him. I gave him all the greens and pellets we could eat and that was a lot. He had a bigger than usual piece of banana for dessert.

Leroy was a big boy. He weighed around 10 lbs. In a weeks time he had lost a considerable amount of weight and was drinking excessive amounts of water.

He was dying of organ failure. I was there with him when he passed away. He went peacefully. He knew I was there with him. I talked to him and rubbed his ears. We gave him good food and lots of attention. He loved his greens and hay. He got a small piece of fruit once a week for a treat. We will certainly miss having him. I have a Rex rabbit.

A friend of mine had given him to me and my husband a couple years ago. Pretty neat. My only problem with letting him out of the cage is he has this issue with eating my carpet. Really confusing honestly. Our rabbit cookie dough came to us as a rescue from an elementary school classroom. We had no idea how old she was when we got her.

But she was at least 2 years old. She was pretty mean and vicious so she lives in the garage, but as she has aged she likes to be handled more. She spends Saturday and Sunday days on the lawn and just hangs out.

We have had her for almost 10 years now and she is still going strong. I have just had to lay to rest my grand-daughters 10 year old bunny Lilly , she was heart broken and am amazed to admit so was I.

Lilly was bought so Amelia would learn how to love and look after somebody other than herself, and I must admit from the tender age of 4 she loved that bunny, every weekend and after school she would come to mine to make sure Lilly was ok , I thought as she got older it would fall to me to be the care giver but no she did it all.

Our Dutch rabbit has lived outside in a hutch for 10 years! He still seems active and healthy. We have never taken him to a vet. Have had a few bunnies over the last ten years, Flopsy my first was I believe, though not being spiritual in the least an angel, he just seemed to get me and came into my life at a pretty tough time and his comfort was invaluable.

Before he died I bought Benjamin, a timid and quiet extra large lip rabbit who sat in the corner of his cage for a full week without budging. When I introduced Flopsy to him, it was pretty impressive how he just seemed to somehow calm Benjy down and though Flipsy died a few weeks later, I think somehow he knew his time was short and since then Five years ago Benjamin has been the best of friends, he literally goes everywhere with me and at night, he sleeps in the knook of my arm and wakes me up in the morning by licking my face and when I am endlessly writing manuscripts he sits at my feet patiently.

Being a little anti social, rabbits have saved and shaped my life and some part of me will always hold onto the wildly irrational assumption that Flopsy was a spiritual soul put on this earth just for me.

He taught me to be softer, kinder and more forgiving. The power of love huh. Hello,My name is Kelli and we bought a rabbit for her on Easter 4 years ago n was told that it was a male thanks to the web we just now meaning today that we found out he is a she.. Not that we care about the sex but she is so great this is our first rabbit n she is wonderful loves to play with the 2 cats that we have and the dog,which he is a big boy but the rabbit runs along with them and all he is so spoiled he knows when i come in the room if he is put away i will let him out..

I never knew that a rabbit could be such a wonderful pet she is trained to go to the potty on paper in another room when she is out of her cage.. We love her so much and want to tell you thanks for your help.. Our Lucky is 12 years old and doing wonderful. He is super spoiled and loved very much. Our pet bunny Hoppy is 14 years old. He loves to play and be cuddled by the family, but has slowed down with age. Unfortunately, I fear in the last week he has broken his back leg and will not be able to tolerate any surgery at his age if it is needed.

I hope that our trip to the vet will result in splinting the leg so he can make a full recovery. Jack was my rescue bunny, we got him from our local RSPCA centre in and were told that he was approx. He was bonded with my female bunny Lulu for 6yrs, sadly she died of unknown causes. She was quite timid but soon learnt to trust us. She bonded with Jack after a couple of months, sadly she died a year later, age 2yrs, His next female companion was Poppy, 1yr and another rescue, she arrived August Once again Jack bonded well with her.

Sadly Jack died last Sunday evening at the vets following a dental procedure. I have cried a million tears for him and my other beloved bunnies. Jack was 9yrs old. It has a left a massive void in my world and I am heart broken, he was the sweetest soul. Poppy is now alone and so sad to see. Bunnies are the sweetest, gentle creatures and deserve the best. My rabbit will be 12 years old and 6 months on April 11, He just lost his vision in his right eye 1 month ago due to cataracts.

He always lived in our house. He sleeps most of the time now, taking mini walk around the rooms in the house and going back to sleep.

He was neutered when he was 6 months old. I have owned4 rabbits, the most recent died only3 days ago at 9 yrs, 10 days! He was such an old man, and my other bunnies have passed around 8.

I take such great care of them and feed them high quality food. So sad. I had a bunny, half dwarf and half lion head. He died last Wednesday. I am so very sad.

He was 9. Overall, I thought he would live much longer because he was always running around and acting normal, just like he was when he was a little baby. I should have taken him to the vet sooner but he still acted normal. I miss him. I loved him like I would my own child. Our rabbit is just over 11 years old.

He is a neutered male. He lives outside most of the time , but when cold comes indoors. He has had myxamatosis , he got bitten by his half brother , he also had to have a toe removed when it was infected. He never bites and I give him fresh food each morning and evening.

He eats nuggets , too. I am hoping he will break the record! I have 3 Bunnies we have had them since they were babies. All females they have there disagreements I would see. Last night I found one on its back she had died probably mins before I found her. I have no idea what it could of caused it they have water feed hay and get carrots from time to time.

Very sad and I already miss her. She was sweat and loved to watch TV. She will be greatly missed. Lots of tears…R. Our mixed breed, small bunny was born outside during a brutal snow storm in Alaska.

His body was still warm but he was dead. He was 11 years old. Thank you for the information. We have had a few rabbits over the years and had two for best part of 7 years which sadly passed away this passed weekend.

We are devestated as they had the freedom of our house both inside and out. Sleeping in our room every night and played all over our garden during the day. The one suffered from bladder problems throughout his life and sadly passed on in a peaceful manner.

His companion both males who has been neutered got down and after an X-ray at the vet found to have an enlarged heart. We have buried them together as they were so close but are so sad that two healthy bunnies who seemed as happy as could be deteriated with visits to the vet during this time sadly left us so fast. We knew the one left behind would be depressed and pine for his life long mate but are so sad and down it happened so fast. If you really love your rabbits and give them the best they are the most rewarding pets and really made us all so happy.

We will never forget our two little guys and love the pm forever. Peter, Natasha, Reagan and Jordan. Hi I have a dwarf rabbit and she is 12 weeks old, I was reading how long she likely to live for? Trying to train her to go toilet in one place! Our sweet baby let out a squeal we have never heard from any animal before.

My daughter held him longer, and we put him back in his cage. He squealed again very loudly about an hour later. I checked on him around am the next morning, and our sweetie had crossed the Rainbow Bridge.

I think that last squeal might have been right before his last breath. I am so thankful that he did not suffer long. Our little Havanese is missing her chase-around-the-house playmate. Animals know. They just do. Thanks for posting. We rescued him nearly six years ago from our idiot next door neighbors who let him roam the streets and never fed him that we could see.

One day, my daughter held out her hand and instead of running away, he came right to. One rescued bunny added to our menagerie. We have no idea how old he is, but the vet said he was at least two years old when we rescued him.

Yesterday, he was knocking over his food and running in his cage. Today, our sweet little bunny is lethargic and barely moving. She has been holding him since she got home from work. He seems to be getting stiff in her arms. Is it normal for a bunny to get that sick that fast?

Our hearts are breaking. We have lost two dwarf hamsters, seven guinea pigs, one rat, and a year-old Shih Tzu over the last several years. We lost our last four guinea pigs in the span of a week; one of them apparently had a respiratory infection and passed it to the others. Our two Shih Tzus, one Havanese, and one rat will miss him a lot. He is the man of the house, as all the rest have been girls. It looks like he might be close to 8 years old which is the lifespan of a lot of rabbits.

Your best bet is to take him to a vet to get looked at if his condition worsens. Hoping for the best outcome for your bunny and family. Hi , I have a question how long do rabbits live?

My rabbit just passed suddenly she was very well taken care of shes about 5 years old indoor living we kelp her in a cage inside I had pen I whould let her run around in outside I always stayed outside with her. I rasied her on a bottle. Rip honey bun. Any info is greatly appreciated thanks. Sorry for the loss of your honey bun Virginia. She died fairly young as most rabbits live at least 6 years with 12 years being the high end. The average lifespan is around 9 years old but it really depends on the breed of rabbit and living conditions.

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It goes without saying that flystrike can be life-threatening and should be avoided at all costs. You can see from the above three sections — Lifestyle, Diet and Illness that Mini Lop rabbits live longer when they are given the best attention and care.

However, this will only be achieved if they receive the correct care. It also should be noted that a potential seven to twelve years of care for your mini lop is a long term commitment and not one to be undertaken lightly.

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