Bunny ages, how do you count that?

[Tweetiepy]

Bunny ages… How does that work?

I see kits, babies, juniors, teens, adults, seniors - what are the ages of these bunnies?

Are most bunnies seniors most of their lives? I must be mistaken, but I saw some bunnies of about a year old being called seniors??

 

[OakRidgeRabbits]

A kit is the term for a baby rabbit, about birth age to weaning age. 'Babies' is just a general term for a young animal/human, so it is sometimes used too.

Juniors are about weaning age to 6 months.

'Teen' is a term used by breeders to describe rabbits from about 4-6 months of age, when their hormones are changing toward sexual maturity.

Seniors are age 6 month and over. And 'Adult', like Teen or Baby is just the human equivalent term to Senior.

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Junior and Senior are show/breeding terms. A junior is a rabbit under 6 months. A Senior is over 6 or 8 months depending the on the breed. An Intermediate is a large breed between 6 and 8 months.
Kits and babies could be the same, a very young rabbit that is still in the nest box and maybe with the mother.
Teen and adult could be more about the behaviour and life stage than age. A teen would be a rabbit that is becoming hormonal and acts out becasue of it like a human teenager would be. An Adult would be a rabbit that is more settled into the personality and you would know what you are getting. Any rabbit over 1 year old would be an adult.

If you want it more in human terms, a kit would be an infant (0-2), babies would be like a toddler (2-4 years old), juniors would be a school aged child (6-10), a teen would be a teenager (12-16), a senior could be a high school or college student and an adult would be a more mature person (25+).

 

[Tweetiepy]

So basically rabbits are seniors forever right? I mean in terms of how long they live - so my baby bunny who is 9 months is actually an old bunny or senior? Poor things, you'd think they could be bunnies for longer - when they become seniors, does it also mean they slow down?

 

[jcottonl02]

I guess the optimum age for reproducing for a rabbit is about 6 months or so, so breeders etc. will classify rabbits above this age as senior (in terms of breeding etc.) which makes sense.

I like it better in the terms used in Rabbits for Dummies. The book is actually in my house in London atm but I'm back in Wokingham for a few days so I can't remember it exactly, but I think they say that a senior rabbit is 6years+, which makes sense to me. This is the around age where anasthetic becomes much more risky, perhaps they'll need help or easier access to places etc.

Benji is over 4years old yet I have only just begun thinking of him as an 'adult'. Pippin is about 3 1/2 but i still think of him as a teen lol. They are still so full of beans all the time and so healthy, loving to leap here and there and binky until I go dizzy from watching, there's no wayyyyy they can be senior rabbits yet lol!

Jen

 

[ladysown]

senior is just a designation....doesn't imply that the rabbit is old.

It's like a 19-21 being called an adult. Senior is just another term for an adult rabbit.

AND just like people rabbits mature at different rates.