farmerchick
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first of all, i don't got a picture at this moment, but i will post one later, we named her ester (ester bunny) she is 3 months old and is all black with tan fur underneathe that shines through. she is so sweet. we got her from a farm in another town, it was a rabbit farmer, she was nice and treated her animals well. she had these beautiful lops that were just so cute she bred for pets, and then she had a large number of giant flemishes and litters (ester was 1 of 15)
when we went there we decided we wanted a girl so that if any of our rabbits got out there wouldn't be accidental pregnancys (all our boys are neutered) we went into the barn where they all were, and as we were checking out the bunnies she was telling us that tomorrow the rest of the litter (3 months old) was going for slaughtering... which made the stress of picking just ONE even more. i wanted to take all them home! she said that no one usually buys the flemishes for pets so the ones she doesn't sell goes for meat. she was a nice lady and the rabbits had a good home not condoning her practice, it just wasn't for me personally lol...
she started sexing them (because they were at that point) and the first 8 were all boys! she picked up all different ones and all were boys... we were prepared to take home a boy if they were all boys, it just meant we had to neuter right away... then she finally found two girls, both black with tan. it was so hard...one was friendly and loveable but she was really small and seemed kind of sickly... the other was much bigger and wasn't used to being handled, we decided to go with the healthier one. she was so calm and relaxed in a basket we brought the whole way home on my fiances lap. she is just so sweet, it was just so hard leaving all the bunnies behind...
we have set up a pen for her but plan to have her more like a house bunny, and have free roam, depends how her temperment turns out...
but my questions;...
are flemish giants all so lazy?! all she does is relax and lounge around, she is alert and happy but overall relaxed and not stressed out about a 2 hour drive and meeting 4 new rabbits. she even stretches out to eat and drink! she is so calm and laid back, is this normal? never had a rabbit like this the first hour i bring them home!
like i said i will post pics later tonight, she is so gorgeous!
when we went there we decided we wanted a girl so that if any of our rabbits got out there wouldn't be accidental pregnancys (all our boys are neutered) we went into the barn where they all were, and as we were checking out the bunnies she was telling us that tomorrow the rest of the litter (3 months old) was going for slaughtering... which made the stress of picking just ONE even more. i wanted to take all them home! she said that no one usually buys the flemishes for pets so the ones she doesn't sell goes for meat. she was a nice lady and the rabbits had a good home not condoning her practice, it just wasn't for me personally lol...
she started sexing them (because they were at that point) and the first 8 were all boys! she picked up all different ones and all were boys... we were prepared to take home a boy if they were all boys, it just meant we had to neuter right away... then she finally found two girls, both black with tan. it was so hard...one was friendly and loveable but she was really small and seemed kind of sickly... the other was much bigger and wasn't used to being handled, we decided to go with the healthier one. she was so calm and relaxed in a basket we brought the whole way home on my fiances lap. she is just so sweet, it was just so hard leaving all the bunnies behind...
we have set up a pen for her but plan to have her more like a house bunny, and have free roam, depends how her temperment turns out...
but my questions;...
are flemish giants all so lazy?! all she does is relax and lounge around, she is alert and happy but overall relaxed and not stressed out about a 2 hour drive and meeting 4 new rabbits. she even stretches out to eat and drink! she is so calm and laid back, is this normal? never had a rabbit like this the first hour i bring them home!
like i said i will post pics later tonight, she is so gorgeous!
Pictures please? 
