bad kelpie
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I bought a luggage scale, specifically to weigh my rabbit (and have since weighed my cat and dog and roommates dog and a bag of dog food that felt too light, lol). I know it shouldn't matter, but I want a HUGE rabbit. They were sold as "Flemish rabbits", but when I got there, he had mom out and both male babies, the dad passed away so I have no clue what he looked like or how big he was. Mom was not a Flemish, or at least not pure. She was white, and big but not huge, I would guess either a New Zealand or a New Zealand Flemish cross. The babies had spots, I didn't know what that meant. I knew I could have waited and found a "real" Flemish, but these babies were just so cute! So I took the chance that he may not be giant, and took him home.
The guy at the feed store said he looked checkered. I thought he meant his pattern .
I got him home and looked up checkered rabbit and found the checkered giant. He looks just like a checkered giant. So I don't know if the breeder (high school boy) got checkered and flemish confused or if he was mixed with both checkered and flemish. I was REALLY hoping he wasn't a straight Checkered/New Zealand mix, that just doesn't sound like it would make for a friendly rabbit .
Then I found you guys (who are awesome, by the way). And someone mentioned that checkered at 12 weeks should be around 4 lbs. So I looked it up and flemish at 12 weeks should be around 6. So I waited until 12 weeks and he is 5 lbs. Ok, I lied, I weighed him last monday too, he was 4.6 lbs. So, I'm happy, he should be a big guy.
I can't wait to see how big he gets.
For the record, though, I wasn't gonna throw him in the stew pot if he was too small. :biggrin2:
The guy at the feed store said he looked checkered. I thought he meant his pattern .
I got him home and looked up checkered rabbit and found the checkered giant. He looks just like a checkered giant. So I don't know if the breeder (high school boy) got checkered and flemish confused or if he was mixed with both checkered and flemish. I was REALLY hoping he wasn't a straight Checkered/New Zealand mix, that just doesn't sound like it would make for a friendly rabbit .
Then I found you guys (who are awesome, by the way). And someone mentioned that checkered at 12 weeks should be around 4 lbs. So I looked it up and flemish at 12 weeks should be around 6. So I waited until 12 weeks and he is 5 lbs. Ok, I lied, I weighed him last monday too, he was 4.6 lbs. So, I'm happy, he should be a big guy.
I can't wait to see how big he gets.
For the record, though, I wasn't gonna throw him in the stew pot if he was too small. :biggrin2: