How big will she get?

[Amy]

Hi,
I adopted a baby rabbit that is supposedly half Flemish giant and half French lop. She was only 6 weeks when I got her and tiny, under 7 ounces. She is 10 weeks old now and 2 lbs. Her ears were upright and now have started to lop. How big do you think she will get? She is small considering her parents. The litter of 5 were all small like that. Has anybody had a small rabbit that ended up getting quite big?

[MountainBuns]

Babies shouldn’t be taken away from there parents till they are 8 weeks old.

Flemish giants can get to be very big, they need lots of space. I’d say she’s still going to grow a lot.

How is her diet like?

[Asriel and Bombur]

To be completely honest it sounds like the seller lied to you. 7oz for a baby with those parents it’s only a few weeks old, not 6 weeks old. At 6 weeks she should’ve been closer to 2 pounds. So either the seller lied about the breeds of the parents or lied about how old the bunny was. I have holland lops and at 8 weeks they were both around 2 pounds. If she’s truly a mix of those bigger breeds she’ll end up being somewhere around 8-12 pounds maybe bigger. It’s hard to really say.

I’d take her to a bunny savvy vet ASAP to determine her true age and make sure she’s healthy. She sounds like she was way too young to be taken away from her mom.

[Amy]

She eats lots of oxbow young rabbit pellets and orchard grass and Timothy hay. I know they are supposed to be with their moms longer. The lady I got her from seemed to not be too knowledgeable. She was feeding the babies wheat bread and grass and vegetables and fruit. I’m trying to upload a picture, but it won’t work, just puts in the file location.

[Amy]

She has been to the vet. She is healthy . He doesn’t think she will get very big. He didn’t say anything about her age .

[Amy]

I asked the lady to confirm her birthdate, June 8, and I saw pics of the mom, a French lop. She doesn’t own the dad but said he is a Sandy Flemish giant.

[Amy]

I also saw pics of them when they were a couple of weeks old, all laying together, with their mom and then an updated picture a couple weeks after that.

[MountainBuns]

Yup, It does seem a bit strange at how small she is. If the breeder was feeding bread, she wasn’t very knowledgeable.

[Amy]

I know, that’s why I keep questioning everything she said. But at least the bunny seems happy and healthy now. She is a very sweet little girl. I did want a big bunny, though.

[Q8bunny]

This is a mystery only time will unravel :p

[Amy]

Too true Q8bunny!
I couldn’t get her picture in the message, so I made it my avatar instead!

[MountainBuns]

Lol, What is her name?

[Amy]

Luna

[MountainBuns]

Thats adorable,I love her ears by the way. Lol so cute!

[Sofia]

Hmm this is a mystery, maybe shes a runt?? If she’s healthy I guess it doesn’t matter too much. Very cute btw

[MountainBuns]

I just figured out how to put pictures in posts today. Its a struggle, lol!

[Amy]

Thanks for all your nice comments! I hope I can figure out how to post pictures soon so I can share my other buns too!

[MountainBuns]

You could pm me if you want a step by step guide. I’d love to help!

[kurottabun]

If all the 5 kits were this size, then she’s most likely not a runt. I’m not too well versed with breeds, but she’s definitely the adorable kind! The helicopter ears <3

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