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Flemish Giant Rabbits Make Great house Rabbits!Lets face it.. Flemish Giant rabbits are just kewl! Visit my Rabbit site here
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My house rabbit Ivy, a Sandy Flemish Giant.
Meet Ivy. Ivy is a Sandy, Flemish Giant Rabbit. (sandy is her color) Ivy is a house rabbit. She moved to One sky Ranch when she was just about 5 months old. That's when all the photos below were taken. As of this writing I have had Ivy about a month. I started showing rabbits when I was 7. My father had a friend who raised Dutch rabbits. I will never forget when I got to pick out my first breeding pair. Peter, and yes.. you guessed it.. Tinkerbelle.. When my children where growing up we showed standard Rex rabbits very successfully. We moved to Iowa and couldn't bring the rabbits so.. they were a thing of the past until my birthday this year. I ask my son to go with me to get a D'Argent I have always liked them. He e-mailed me back saying he researched it and I really needed a Flemish Giant. He was getting one too. He told me they have the best temperament, they are the easiest to train, and are truly gentle giants. Honestly I didn't care what we got as long as it was something we could do together. We drove about 6 hours one way on a hot Iowa day to see one of the nicest rabbitries I have ever seen. It was very clean. The way it was designed was to basically be self cleaning. I was impressed. All the rabbits were in wonderful health. We did see one poor girl Im sure someone is feeding cup cakes too, but better to fat then thin if your a Flemish giant I guess. My son Chris spied the rabbit he wanted right away. I wanted to look at them all. We took the tour and as soon as we came back to the starting line, Chris claimed Bucky.. a very handsome fellow with huge frame, wonderful color and a temperament that is just awesome. Bucky rode on Chris's lap the whole trip home.
Ivy has her own out door play area, complete with solar water fountain, and solar fairy lights to keep her well lit in the evenings.
Now Ivy spends her days in a grassy large pen . Ivy is to large to carry so she hops into her carrier to be brought into the house at night. She has almost out grown her Med sized dog crate in the living room... that is her "bedroom" and potty. She has free run of the house at night, however She is a rabbit and does love the outside in the day. All rabbits that are on the ground need to be on a worming program. Ivy also has a cat flea and tick collar. If you have never had a pet rabbit, gone to a rabbit show, or experienced the smartest .. coolest pet you will ever own.. Think about a Flemish giant. *Note* Other breeds I have house trained did chew everything.. wires.. cords.. doors.. anything. They chewed it. Ivy nor Bucky do that. They chew their stick in their create. Ivy has never chewed on a wire and only ones took a chunk out of my door. I squirted her with water and handed her, her stick and it was all over. She never did that again. It doesn't appear that Bucky is a chewer either. As for potty training. Girls are harder. Ivy had to stay in her create for a whole day and then be supervised when out for short times for a week. Now she is in her pen all day and loose in the house at night/evenings. She is locked in her create at Bed time. Bucky trained almost instantly. Rabbits are nocturnal. Ivy can easily get on my bed and will do anything to wake me up and play.. so yes.. she is confined at night.
Below is Ivy's pedigree. Ivy will be bred at the recommended 8-9 months of age. She will be bred to Bucky. I will get his pedigree and photos up the first week of July when Im baby sitting him. We are planning on a Sept Wedding. Bunnies will be born in Oct.
If you are interested in a show quality Flemish Giant rabbit that is house raised, wormed, and handled please contact me. Flemish Giant rabbits for sale. I will ship bunnies on Continental Airlines only. Cost is what ever the quote for the flight is (normally over 100.00) plus create and vet fees. (Add 50.00) Yes this sounds high however if you figure you will pay around 1200 for a dog or cat you can show, as well as shipping, or 500 for a healthy pet dog plus shipping.. you are saving hundreds of dollars and getting an awesome pet that you can show and have a few bragging rights to with out hours of training, no hiring a handler.. no high priced ring fees.. just create, go and show. Really, its that easy. Now to win you have to have a quality rabbit. I only carry or refer to quality rabbits and breeders! However you don't have to train your rabbit to show them. You don't bathe them.. you do trim toe nails and brush. That's it. Drive to the show, meet new friends and enjoy your weekend. Or you have a wonderful pet that house trains easily, chews less then a dog, and sheds only when molting. Mine even lays with me on the sofa, shares my popcorn and watches movies with me. No training not to bark, no wet sock dry sock. No chewed up house when you are gone to long. No nasty litter box. Just cuddles, snuggles and yes.. they love to go on walks. Im working on a line of custom Flemish Giant harnesses and will post them when I have some I really like. check out my custom leather shop here
Why are rabbits getting so popular as pets? House rabbits have gained tremendous popularity in recent years. So why rabbits? Rabbits like cats need little care, little training and have a high rate of interaction for those wanting all the affection and little of the work. This fits into most working family schedules who have children that want a pet, yet parents that both work and can't train and care for a dog, or don't like or want a cat. Not all Rabbit breeds are alike. Some people will tell you they are.. but trust me, they are not. Meat breeds can be mean and aggressive. Some small breeds can be nervous and flighty. Many breeds can be both. Some breeds are more likely to chew. This is a huge draw back in the age of electronics where most homes have corners that no one but a rabbit can get to filled with wires to chew on. Not to mention that same corner is hard to get to and most likely the rabbits favorite place to pee. Male rabbits do make better pets. That's a hand down decision from every house rabbit website, every vet and yes.. even my own personal experience. Females don't pick a spot to go potty, they go everywhere. They are moody and more aggressive. That's any breed across the board. I will say that my Flemish Giant female is more like the males of other breeds when it comes to temperament. She is the most emotionally stable female rabbit I have ever met. Ivy was also the wildest rabbit the breeder had offered me. I will admit there was another I liked much better. However Ivy was recommended to cross with the buck my son has. What a house rabbit will not do, and will do They will NOT claw and scratch on your furniture. They will dig, even in your carpet if you don't allow them someplace appropriate to get this out of their system. ( I have not noticed my Flemish Giant digging even in her out side pen.) A house rabbit will not need to go to obedience classes just so you can walk him/her in public or keep the neighbors from calling your barking dog into police at midnight. A house rabbit will not be found on your kitchen table or counters or eating food you have set out. They will never get into the garbage, make noise, come into heats that attract every stray with in miles. They don't need to be spayed to make better pets. Yes I have read the websites that state this and when I picked my self back up off the floor from laughing so hard I read the entire article about how you are robbing some poor rabbit of a home if you don't spay or neuter. OK folks.. lets look at the facts. 1) Most house rabbits are an only child.. owners do not plan to breed there for they have ONE rabbit. Now explain to me how one rabbit can breed?. 2) Rabbits are food.. they are not like cats or dogs. Unwanted rabbits are not found in over population because breeders EAT THEM! or sell them as food. This is a fact of life. Its like raising my riding steers. Yes I ride them.. but most people eat beef not make pets of it. There for like rabbits you don't find cows in huge rescue facilities like you do horses.. nor do you find rabbits in shelters like you do cats and dogs.. (not in the great numbers). Spaying or neutering will not save some rabbit! Your rabbit will not be producing anyway. Nor will it change their behavior if you get a male. Honestly it won't help the girls either. Cost of keeping a Flemish Giant Rabbit Annual city License- NONE Annual shots-NONE Bi-Annual worming- Aprox 5.00 per worming.. make sure you weigh your rabbit and use an Ivomec product. Feed- One 50.00 bag of high quality show rabbit mix is 16.00. a Flemish will eat 2 cups of feed per day. The Average bag of feed will last 4 months for one rabbit. That's 4.00 a month or .13 cents a day for a 30 day month. Bedding- all the websites say don't use pine.. What they should say is don't use pine alone. I use pine for the bottom of the bedding and pile high the grass on top. layers of grass. the chips exorbe and the grass encourages my rabbit to go into her create to eat and sleep. A large bag of pine shavings is 8.00. This will last about 6 months cleaning your rabbits create weekly. Normally that is more what is needed. Bedding cost, about 1.30 per month. Create- You can spend as much as you want. I buy the creates from Jeffers. If you have your bunny shipped to you, that create will work well into adult hood. A create averages 25.00 and up and will last for the life of your bunny since a Flemish will not chew on it. This is their home.. and their litter box. Toys- sticks are free.. rocks are free.. They would rather play with you then toys. I do have some baby toys but my rabbits don't care for them. I also have dog toys around but again.. no go with a rabbit. They want you.. walk so they can follow, sit on the sofa for them to cuddle. This is their favorite toy. you.
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