Telling the age of a rabbit.

[Frankz]

Is there anyway to have a (not precise) good estimate? We got Sunny back in Around May-June (I'm sticking more with June as of now, my mom wrote it down on her 08 Calender, I'll take a look later if I can find it) of 2008. The guy we got her from said she was about 1 1/2 then. You figure a half a year is 6 months, so six more and she'd be born sometime in December, so at this point she's 2, past the 2 1/2 mark, and will be 3 in December, we just don't know a day. Do I have this right, LOL? I read a few places you can tell if a rabbit is older or younger by the veins in their ears, but I can barely see any in the front, and the backs are so covered in black fur I'd never know!

 

[Fuzzy]

I think the only reliable method is if you were to date their teeth/bones. I have a bunny adopted from the animal shelter here and we don't have clue as to how old she is, so we just celebrate the day she came home with us

 

[pamnock]

There's really no accurate way to tell through teeth or bones (there's no science available yet that could accurately determine a rabbit's age down toits age in years)- A young rabbit's teeth are very similar to an older rabbits teeth because the teeth grow continually. A very young rabbit's nails will be thinner and an older rabbit's are thicker.

We had a thread on this topic a couple years ago - I'm not sure if I can find it though.

Pam

 

[missyscove]

As far as I'm concerned, if you adopt a full-grown bunny, you'll never know exactly how old it is.

Both of my buns were adopted when they were already grown so we also just celebrate their "gotcha days"