Guinness World Records

[Foofy]

Carolyn

Exccellent news to hear Faunas eyes are all better now. :dude:



Buck

Thanks for the link to the hay. Have had a look the nearest we get toany of these in the UK is the orchard grass (meadow hay inuk). We can also get bags of chopped alfafa which I tried mytwo on and they did not like it at all, ended up using it for bedding!

Glad you liked it over here in the UK. I have heard of Ruislip but havenot been there. We loved it so much when we came over to the USA 2years ago that we booked up again to come back this year. We are comingfor 3 weeks this time instead of 2. 1 week inMiamithen onto Orlando for 2 weeks (typicaltouristy places!). Have told my husband already that he is not allowedto sulk during our last week this time, last time we came over he wasin a bit of a sulk for about the last 4 or 5 days because he loved itso much he did not want to come home!

Sue

 

[Carolyn]

Hi Foofy,

I, too,love England.

I was in the County of Surrey and we jumped over to Ireland for a weekwhen we were visiting. I could wait to get back to Englandafter that trip.

It's a great and beautiful country.



-Carolyn

 

[Foofy]

Carolyn

Didn't know you had visited us as well! Glad you liked it too, we are a bunch of Jetsetters aren't we!

Love your picture!

 

[gjsara]

shows really what breeding the heckout of a species dose the same is true w/ every animal that we havedomesticted, look at dogs ,boxers have a 90% chanche of geting cancerby age 7 which usually cant be cured, and the larger breeds have alltypes of problems!! horses as well have many problems, so why wouldntthe same be with bunnys? i have read lots of things about taking careof rabbits everyone has different opinions , i give lyla a bowl ofvegis every night for her bed time treat along w/ an apple slice abouttwice a week and she is fine! no runny poo nothing she gets hayeveryday along w/ pellets, she loves life to me rabbits ate grass andvegitables before we domesticated them , there is no harm in themhaving it now, she gets pleanty of house time to run off her energy andboy dose she, the one thing i will do tho is get herspayed.

with that said thank you carolyn for sharing that story with it was truly heart warming

 

[Buck Jones]

Foofy,

If you ever get to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, forwhatever reason, tourism, significant layover between flights, job,business, whatever, contact us and you've got a place to stay, ifyou're interested in the Manhattan/Philadelphia scene. Weenjoy having vistors, especially from other countries. Ourworld atlas has a page dedicatedto the signatures andcomments of our distinquished guests from around the world, to includeChina, South Africa, England, France, Belgium, to name but afew. We would love to include your signaturesthere, if you ever pass through

Buck

 

[Carolyn]

gjsarah,

I hear what you're saying. As Buck Jones pointed out in his first orsecond reply to this post, the verdict is still out really.

I've spoken to local farmers that have given their rabbits a diet ofvegetables he picked from their crop. The rabbits lived as long asours.

* * * * * * * *

Buck,

Isn't it great to finally have found a group of people to think thisthrough with us? How many times were we fascinated in the lack ofinterest and response when it was last posted?

Very Cool, My Friend. I'm chuffed!

-Carolyn

 

[Buck Jones]

Yes, Carolyn, the discourse is most excellent, even if weare no closer to the resolution of the question. *chuckles*

Buck

 

[Carolyn]

Buck,

Guess in some cases there are no clear, cut and dry answers, butthere's something to be said for the journey of exploring thepossibilities.

As Einstein said: "The important thing is you never stop questioning."

-Carolyn

 

[Carolyn]

Hi Pam!

Here's the post we were chatting about. If the scanner works tomorrow,I'll see if I can scan in a picture of Andrew and Flopsy for you.

I hope you enjoyed this post.



Much Love,
-Carolyn

 

[pamnock]

Thanks Carolyn! Enjoyed talking to youand thanks for bumping the post. I had missed it when it wasfirst up.

Looking forward to the photos!

Much Love,

Pam

 

[Carolyn]

CORRECTION.

Mrs. Walker did not give Flopsy pelleted feed, I later found out. Asstated, they were farmers and gave Flopsy only things from the farm.

Pellet feed was not available, or even known of, at that time.

The 2 apples a week is correct, but she had fed him greens and fresh grass from the fields.

-Carolyn

 

[Carolyn]

Buck Jones wrote:

Flopsy, apparently, lived to such a ripe old age on acompletely "natural" diet, and not with the pelleted feed we rely uponso much today.?
Buck

 

[Carolyn]

In Mrs. Walker's letter to me of December 6, 2003, she said,

"Flopsy was never fed pelleted food. I don't think it was evenavailable at that time. Rye grass and clover was his staple diet. Theother information is all correct."

(I had sent her a copy of what I wrote above.)

-Carolyn

 

[Carolyn]

Here's Andrew and Flopsy, each 5 years old at the time.

 

[Carolyn]

This is Emma, their grandchild....

-Carolyn

 

[Carolyn]

And this is Mr. and Mrs. Walker, Andrew and grandchildren now.

-Carolyn

 

[showrabbits]

Hey,

Did anybody check out the oldest living rabbit? It is onethat was born in 1991, its only twelve, and also I couldnt find theinfo on the oldest living rabbit. How old was it?

Also the biggest rabbit litter was litter of 24 kits. Made me think ofa question. Any body on the list who had any litters what was yourrabbits litter size if it was big.

I had a rabbit that had 22 kits once,it actualy might of been23 because a few of them did notsurvive the birthingprocess,that was a flemish the ones that had twenty four kitswas two newzealands, my flemish I almost took to the vet because it gotso big and full I was afraid for her life, but she had the litter a fewhours later that night. I realy cant imagine a newzealand with thatmany.My flemishonly raised six of them but it wassure a suprise to me. I retired the doe after that. I was too afraidshe would do it again. The babies didnt get full flemish wieght but Iwas sure proud of them. Lately Ive been getting litters ofabout fourteen. I got kind of worried four years ago when I got ahamster that had 16 babies, LOL I even asked my vet if it could besomething in the water. He just laughed at me.

So anybody beat any rabbit records with theirs? Anybody come close?

 

[pamnock]

Carolyn,

I believe you had asked me on the phone about Flopsy's breed.He is a wild European rabbit. They were first introduced toAustrailia in the late 1700's, and after a later release began toproliferate in huge numbers. The wild European rabbit, adifferent speciesthan the US cottontail,is thebreed that all our domestic rabbits are descended from.

Pam

 

[Carolyn]

pamnock wrote:

Carolyn,

I believe you had asked me on the phone about Flopsy's breed.He is a wild European rabbit. They were first introduced toAustrailia in the late 1700's, and after a later release began toproliferate in huge numbers. The wild European rabbit, adifferent speciesthan the US cottontail,is thebreed that all our domestic rabbits are descended from.

Pam

Thank you very much, Pam!



-Carolyn

 

[Lissa]

Buck Jones wrote:

Flopsy was, by the way, aged 18 years, 10 months, 21 days ifmemory serves me correctly.

Holy cow!!? :shock: