Oldest bunny?

[Cbunny]

Hi everyone

I was wondering what the oldest bun everyone has is? Or has had? I've heard the world record was 16.

 

[Elicia-Mae]

The oldest I personally had was a French lop doe, she lived until she was 14 and 11 months. Currently I don't have any real old ones because it's showing and breeding stock, so I can't get sentimentally attached to them, so I don't tend to keep many of the show tans past their first birthday. I'd say my oldest I still own is a Netherland dwarf stud Buck whose 5

 

[Cbunny]

Wow 14 is impressive. My oldest is an 11 year old Netherland Dwarf that is still very happy and healthy and still loves to binky.

 

[Hermelin]

The oldest bunny I have owned only got to be 8 years old. He could of gotten older if I had noticed he had trouble with the stomach.

But the oldest I have now is a 6,5 year old clumsy and silly french lop. She sleep most of the day but still playful when she’s up and moving. I hope I will have more years with her.

 

[JBun]

My oldest was 10, but RO member Nancy McClelland(Larry) had a rabbit that lived to 18 I believe.

 

[Anna R.]

My first rabbit lived to be 12 years old. I currently have a mini rex (Sophie) and she is 8 and still going strong. Full of spunk and keeps up with her bonded mate that is 1-1/2.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

JBun has a good memory. Have had a couple hit 14 and another couple made it to 15 and one sweetie made it to 16. Bambi was my all time champ--she was 2 weeks shy of 19 when she passed. Both of my oldest ones were Mini-Rexes.

 

[Suzanne Tyler]

Our Paula is almost 14 years old, but she is not at her best, currently treating an eye infection, but we are blessed to have her grammabunnydom with us

 

[Liung]

Lahi passed away last week. I’ve been celebrating his birthday as the anniversary of his adoption, which was Jan 6, but realistically he was already at least 3-4 months when I got him. So he was 13.

I’m quite upset because he was actually really healthy, every vet commented on how they couldn’t believe how old he was. Joints a little creaky, eyes a little cloudy, missing a couple teeth, nose a little grey, minor heart murmur... and that was it!

What got him was developing a highly aggressive malignant cancer. I’m still waiting on autopsy results for a definitive diagnosis but two sets of histopathology results and multiple experts all agreed that the tumour cells most resemble a hepatoid carcinoma—previously only ever seen in dogs. Specifically, common in unneutered dogs, appearing on their perineum. And it was on my neutered rabbit’s *toe*, until it spread up his leg to his knee and then got into his lungs and further.

I find it really fascinating in small animals, the difference between how long they usually live and how long they could potentially live. Delilah is 8 this year and she’s got slightly cloudy eyes and a heart murmur and that’s literally it, she’s as energetic and rambunctious as she was when she was 4. Rabbits die of so many things, very few of them actually from old age.

 

[Cbunny]

That's all awesome to hear. Many happy healthy old buns out there!

 

[Possy]

I have a 9 year old dwarf lop called Pickles.

 

[Pumpkin]

Aww your bunnies are all so cute.

 

[Blue eyes]

@Possy and @lotrtim , be sure to introduce yourselves in the Introductions section! Welcome to the forum!

 

[Ap423]

I have 2 10 year old Holland lops. Blu is a Male and as spunky as he was as a baby, Oreo is my female and more like an old lady with her arthritic hips but she's also happy and healthy! They both sleep more now and boy do they snore! Haha