Female rabbits are prone to mammary and uterine cancers and male rabbits can develop testicular cancer. By getting a rabbit spayed or neutered, you will drastically decrease the likelihood of your rabbit developing cancer and therefore increase its odds of living a long life. Rabbits need a lot of space and mental stimulation, but unfortunately, many people think they are happy being kept in a cage their entire lives.
Rabbits, while able to live indoors or outdoors, need large areas, such as a bedroom, to call their own, as well as toys , things to chew on , and items to play on. Rabbits that don't get the proper space and enrichment aren't usually as healthy as those that do and therefore may not have as long of a lifespan as they should.
It is also important to provide a calm home for your rabbit. Extreme amounts of stress can cause your rabbit to die. Being taunted by a cat or dog, grabbed by a child, or being hurt can result in your rabbit going into shock and dying. According to Guinness World Records, the oldest rabbit to ever live was a wild-born rabbit named Flopsy, who was slightly more than 18 years old when he passed.
Flopsy was caught in Australia in and lived with his owner, L. Walker, in Longford, Tasmania. Most rabbits don't make it into double digits, so to have a teenage rabbit is quite the achievement as a pet owner. Diseases In Rabbits. VCA Hospitals. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data.
Select personalised content. Create a personalised content profile. Measure ad performance. Ask yourself how well you take care of a rabbit in terms of food, housing, stress-free lifestyle, veterinary care, mental stimulation and a lot of love. The breed is also an element but not as powerful as diet and care are. Years ago there was a myth saying that rabbits only live a year or two.
Today that is not true anymore, therefore raising a pet rabbit is not just a summertime activity. It all started when people took rabbits inside as pets only and lessened the stress regarding the predators.
About 35 years ago. From that point on, rabbits started to live longer: 3 to 5 years. But after that, the life span changed again: 5 to 7 years. And the story goes on and on: 7 to 9 years, 7 to 10 years, and 8 to 10 years.
Now the lifespan is around 8 to 12 years or even more in some cases. This also reflects the evolution made in diet and veterinary care.
Wild and outdoor pet rabbits have a very low lifespan because they have to confront plenty of harmful conditions. Records: — Oldest domesticated wild rabbit: 18 years and 10 months old. Part of me regrets not rushing her to an emergency vet, but another part is thankful she died at home peacefully. Sorry for your loss of Ginger. I have added her name to our list of rabbit names. I have a male neutered lion head rabbit.
He loves children and chases them when they run. He also likes to push a rubber ball around the house. I did not know about including hay in the diet, so I will purchase that.
I had 2 rabbits they live outside in a big enclosure at night and all the garden during the day but unfortunately a cat killed Clark…. I hate cats.. Sorry for your loss of Clark. Just take it slow and spend some time each day trying to handle the new one, eventually she should start to warm up to you holding her.
My bunny turned 10 today! He hasnt been neutered and survived a bout with cancer and is going strong! Hes a mini rex broken. His name is cow. She lives in a cage indoors and I let her run around inside about twice a week, but I should do it more.
I feed her mostly food pellets, but we give her lettuce, parsley, and hay sometimes. She always has water and I clean her cage once a week. I would encourage you to feed her less pellets and more fresh hay. Just like people, proper exercise and a good diet goes a long way to living a healthier longer life. Thanks for sharing! I adopted my bunny from the shelter when he was 3.
I love this bunny so much I came online to check their life span. B-Boy is 11 years old. He lives in an open door spare bedroom. He occasionally hops out into the hall but will quickly run back into his bedroom if he hears anyone approaching. I initially got my Bun for my daughter but probably also for me too. Cause she long since got tired of bunny. If I stop he will nudge my hand for me to keep on going. Bunny Boy lives indoors. I feed him Timothy hay, pellets, veggies.
He does not like to be picked up but he does like to be cuddled. He seems to really like this. B is a mixed American Standard. I really believe bunnies make one of the best pets to own. Thanks for sharing about B. Sounds like B is lucky to have such a caring owner. May B live many more years. My husband and I have a bunny we found when he was about 2 weeks old.
He had a badly broken leg and chewed up ear. We named him George. George is not 6 months old and thriving, despite his crookedly healed let and birth-defect arm joints. We took him to the vet for care once a week, and he wore splints and jackets for the first 4. He is so happy and sweet! We had a silver martin boy named Leonardo who was neutered at 1 year old. He passed away last year at 7 years old. We still have his companion Peach who is spayed, she is about 7 now.
Always indoor with lots of cage space and free roaming time. She is starting to show signs of aging, nit sure if her breed but she weighs about 6lbs. Our rabbit was just diagnosed with breast cancer. She is 7. Would having her spayed have reduced her cancer risk?
I have dwalf x French lop he is 6years old he lived in a big wooden wendyhouse with is sister she passed away this week plus i handtreared those 2 as there mam pass away when there were just under 2 weeks old i thought he would pine for her he enjoys it food to him self no. I have a 10 year old neutered male dwarf bunny named Marley. I have a rabbit that I have had for 4 years. It uses a liter box. She has access to go in and out.
I have a fenced in yard. So she can run an play with the dogs. She eats tator chips, popcorn, crackers. Even hard dog food. It is a very different rabbit. A sad day for our family, especially my oldest daughter. Her pet rabbit, Flowie, passed away today or late last night. He was approximately 9 years old and was a mixed breed male.
When we first got him, we were told he was a female, and later we found out differently. He was a good boy but pulled some pretty ornery tricks when he was young and left good memories. But today there are lots of tears. Rest in peace, Flowie Boy. We loved you and will miss you. I just spent a lot of time and money building a big outdoor hutch for my rabbits. I have one which has mostly been kept inside in her cage other than free time when we let her out. The other is her mother which was transitioned from indoor to outdoor and has been fully outdoors for several months now.
My issue is I had planned on them being able to stay in this huge hutch we built for them outside. I believe the mother is pregnant by a wild rabbit who is almost always in our yard as well. My plan to house them together has been going horrible as the mother is very aggressive to her daughter and the poor baby squeals and is terrified. Someone please help!
I have a satin rabbit who is 2 and a half years old. I acquired him from a reptile store. He was bred to be snake food, so I wonder how long his life expectancy will be. I was told with his particular breeding that he may not be the brightest rabbit or a great pet. Trixie is amazing, loving, and smart as a whip.
I had him neutered, he eats great food with a lot of variety, and he has a half of a room to himself. Our hollandlop bunny died this morning. His name was Sumo, 6 yrs old, indoor bunny. He is loveable, likes to be cuddle, like a baby. We take him with us for traveks, he likes to seat by the arm rest and look out. My husband takes naps and he does too beside him. He would snip you for attention, for food, to be pet or if he wants to go outside the deck. He would follow you and straight to his bowl or by the fridge waiting for food.
He likes, carrots, kale, banana, grapes, apples, fav. We cried, and hoping to revived him but. Sumo gave a lot of joy to us, best buddy, my garden buddy, when the house is quite, he is there to delight you. P my baby Sumo. I have a female dutch who is around 5 now, I got her around 1 year old.
She is very friendly and will come right up to people when she feels like it. I have tried to keep her outside but with running room, not in a cage. She has a big yard now and loves to dig and run. She likes to lick me and has never bitten me. I love that little bunny. Best pet ever, I hope she lives a long life. I work at a veterinary clinic and someone had dropped of a cute, super sweet black and white bunny. Instead of calling animal control we only take care of dogs and cats i decided to take him home!
I took him to another vet and had him neutered. They said he was a very young rabbit no more than 6 months old. He gets his revolution medication every month to prevent mites. Our medium size white rabbit with a black dot at his back passed away this noon after 6. He was well cared, indoor, fed with hay, carrot, kale, green vege, pellets and drinking water. He is a friendly, funny, loving, mischievous bunny. He used to hop onto the couch where I slept just to sit on my face if he saw me sleeping on the couch.
We left him free in the office room and eat with us in the living room. He used to bite off my shoe strap or bottle rubble when he was young, to claim his territory. He lost weight after I got pregnant. He accidentally ate two apples couple weeks ago. Is this the reason he passed away?
Doctor said he passed away due to his heart failure. I have a pure bread BEW holland lop. All white with blue eyes. Shes only a yr old. I hope she lives for many yrs.
I want to bread her. Our rabbit unfortunately just died at the weekend age 5. We live in Turkey. No sign of illness. He lived happily free in our back garden with our cocker spaniel. They used to run round the garden in circles chasing. The rabbit ate the dogs dry biscuits and the dog loved the rabbits variety of good. Very odd pair. Used to sleep in their under balcony storage come kennel together in complete harmony. My rabbit Charlie is 12 years old he lives indoors ,Charlie is a lot less active than he was but still happy and healthy.
His partner passed away 2 years ago aged We have has Lightning for over 4 years. Which tuned into Hunny Bunches, and now, just Bunch or Bunches. The main problem we have had with Bunches is keeping his bottom clean. He has allowed me to give him warm showers to clean his bottom, and this is when he cuddles! I think he knows we are trying to help him feel good. We have an indoor pen for him, and we let him out to play with us, the cat, and the two dogs, as often as possible.
The cat is his favorite playmate! They run around and chase each other constantly! They are so fun to watch! Bunches was neutered a few years ago, he does not like to be picked up or held, but he loves to be petted!
He is my morning buddy, as I talk with him and give him treats before I leave for work every day. He knows he is a good bunny! We are hoping to have Bunches for a long, long time! I have one female bunny named Sammie. She is I also had another male rabbit, but he passed away last year at the age of Both are Dutch rabbits, Sammie weighing in at around lbs and Slurpee my husband works for 7-Eleven Corporate lol weighed around lbs.
They also love their Timothy hay! Buns are the best!!! Currently I own 3 rabbits right now 6 yr old 11 lb spayed New Zealand, 3yr old spayed 3 lb dutch cross and a 1 yr old 2 lb neutered polish cross. All rescues and all taken care of really well, exercised daily out of their cage, fresh veggies and unlimited amount of hay with minimal pellets. Not only do I not see any of these issues anymore the health benefits of doing this procedure will lengthen the life greatly of all my rabbits.
Crazy fact that is! It is preventable. I did my research and found a rabbit savvy vet that I trusted! Rabbits are very sensitive under anesthetic so it is important to find a vet that deals with them all the time. So in the end its a win,win for me! I enjoy my bunnies very much and they are my little fur babies. Crazy how different their personalities are.
What great little pets! It is important to me that they live a healthy and long life! I had a beautiful white and gray rabbit named Mr. Snuggleupugus, for short, Snuggles. I originally bought him for my nephew to have at my house, but he quickly became very attached to me, as I often carried him around in my housecoat pocket in the mornings as I drank coffee and let him sit next to me at my desk to work.
He lived inside only, but went out on leash walks often, and was allowed to play in my fenced backyard when the weather was nice and not too hot. He was pretty big at about 17 lbs. I had the tumor removed and had him neutered by a fantastic vet!! This was when he was about He was an amazing and loving companion and my Border Collie, Maggie, absolutely adored him!! When he was just a few months shy of his 15th birthday, he had a stroke.
He had always loved being rocked and especially loved this after the stroke. After rocking him and taking him out for 2 days, I decided that it was time to help him cross the Rainbow Bridge. He had completely lost his quality of life. I had decided to take him the next day to my vet, but while rocking later that night, he passed quietly in my arms.
He would have been 15 yrs old in 3 more months. I miss him terribly, but have yet to get another. Treat your rabbit well and they will offer you many years of friendship and love. Also, for those that do not know, be very careful with rabbits outside. They are highly prone to heat stroke. If you must keep your rabbit outdoors, I suggest freezing 2 litre bottles of water and putting one in their cage during the hot days.
Switch it out as it thaws. This will give them something to lay against to keep cool. They love it!! I have a black dwarf rabbit since and I was wondering how long they live. He is at least 14 years old now.
We keep it in a cage with us in our family room and leave his door open for him to go in and out as he pleases. Lately, he wants to stay in his cage and very seldom comes out. We feed him rabbit diet from pet store and occasionally carrots and lettuce. He is starting to develop a loss of hair under his eyes.
Does anyone know what this is from? Got a rabbit last yr. Very smart. We let her out in the front yard every once in a while. She loves it and knows when to go back in the house. My current rabbit is an indoor neutered mix between mini rex and mini lop.
He came from a breeder who was trying to develop a new mini rex lop breed. He even survived a hawk attack when he was young. The two rabbits I had from pet stores growing up both passed much ealier — one at 1. Emily, thank you so much for sharing about your pet rabbit! He sounds like a wonderful and strong bunny. Thanks again! Can someone inform me? I have never owned a house rabbit but have discovered a beautiful one that I learned has been abandoned by an owner. This rabbit has been on the loose in the woods where I live for some six months.
I want to care for it and take him to a vet or adopt him but am not sure of how my yorkie said might react. Thank you for your post!
Regarding acclimating your new friend to your yorkie pup, I would proceed with caution. Adding in a dog will be a lot for the rabbit to take in. If the yorkie is well behaved, as in does not snap, bark or lunge at the rabbit, then you might be able to gradually get them used to each other. Sometimes over a period of weeks and even months this can be accomplished.
I would think long-term, rewarding both animals excessively for all positive behavior and never emphasizing the negative behavior as they will associate punishment with each other. That can lead to hostility. Start out with bunny in the cage and the dog on its leash to test the waters.
Move very slowly and be thorough in observing their reactions. A bunny can die of shock from a dog even so much as barking at it. Never leave them alone together as something might happen even by accident. Hope this is helpful. I have had many Bunny and my oldest was 14 he was inside have his life out side the rest he was a lionhead mix well cared for. He passed last night. I have had 4 rabbits. All were the white albino type magician pull out of hat type.
All lived outside. The first one lived to be 7. She died a short time after these symptoms. The 2nd ran away after almost a year. Broke out of cage. By 3 I had learned more about rabbits, litter trained her and she was very sweet, much like 1. Than a dog tore up her cage and killed her. But after a short illness died at about 5 and change. We had 5, also a female, but she was an indoor bunny, mixed between full sized and mini and was not fully white. We decided to have her fixed but the vet must have made some type of error as she died 2 days after surgery.
She was 2. Now we have 6. HE is 3, lives indoors, has a all day supply of hay and timothy pellets. After all this experience, my advise is to get one as young as safely possible. That should eliminate the biting. But if you use only male docs, you will avoid her.
Good luck all. I share my home with two bunnies, Isabella and Winston. Isabella is a typical white bunny and was found on the side of the road as a baby along with 2 littermates. She was the only survivor.
Winston is a fluffy white lion head. After having Izzy spayed and she settled in I thought she might be lonely so I adopted Winston. He had not been well cared for at all. I had him neutered and he and Isabella now live quite contentedly in my living room in a 6 x 5 foot pen. I also have a secure outdoor area where they and my kitties can enjoy the sun, flowers and fresh air in the warmer months. Izzy is 4 and the vet figures Winston is 5 or 6.
Thanks for letting me share my little story. Thanks for sharing your bunnies with us Renee! They sound like great companions and allowing them to roam outside in a secure area is great.
Taking good care of your bunnies is the best thing you can do to make sure they live out a long and healthy life. He was only spayed 5 years ago, after developing a tumor on a testicle. He has slowed down since: he used to try and jump on any cat he would see, including our 23 lbs cat. He is free to roam around all day, but mostly sleeps in his cage at night.
He often goes to bed on his own late evening. He usually will stay in the same room as we are. He loves laying on or besides us on the coach, getting petted while we watch TV. He has 3 litter boxes, which he uses most of the time he was better in earlier years He travels well: we take him along on trips, and he seems to recognize other places he has visited in past years.
He eats a lots of greens: Dandelions and Romaine lettuce are his favorites. No carrot. Also goes for dried apples, oatmeal and bread—never liked hay. Sounds like you have a great rabbit, my hope for you is that you will get to enjoy each others companionship for many more years.
I read that you should not reach into the cage and pull her out, that is there safe place and you should not invade her space.
Let her come out on her own, but she will not. When I do get her out and hold her she seems happy to cuddle but she really fights being picked up.
So I guess I will just be patient with her for awhile until she decides it is safe to come out on her own. Someone gave me a rabbit that someone else had dumped out in my neighborhood. I know that it is a female and was kept in captivity but that is all I know. I have and outside cage and I get her a small inside cage.
She will not come out of the smaller cage. I put her in the big cage but she will not come out of the small cage. I bring her in at night and put her in the bath room with the cage door open but she still will not come out.
Any help please. You might try coaxing her out with some food. If you try to take her out, move slowly and carefully trying not to injure her. If you pick her up be sure to support her hindquarters. Hope that helps. His companion died at 7. He hops about and seems to be much friendlier towards us and have much more energy than when his companion was alive.
We had a Netherland dwarf bunny. A baby girl we named Shugga. She passed away just on Monday. She was well cared for and lived indoors all of her life.
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