Posted on 03/27/2008 1:18:19 AM PDT by propertius
At 4ft long and weighing three-and-a-half stone, Amy the rabbit is so big she has to sleep in a dog kennel.
Her owners claim the three-year-old doe, from the Continental Giant breed, is the largest rabbit in the world after she outgrew her mate Roberto, who took the title in 2004.
The Guinness Book of World Records stopped handing out awards to large animals in that year for fear it would encourage owners to overfeed their pets.
But Annette Edwards, who owns the rabbits, said she had not heard of a rabbit beating Roberto's record therefore as Amy is larger than him, she must take the title.
Mrs Edwards spends £10 on Amy's food every day which includes a dog-sized bowl of rabbit food, two apples, several carrots, half a cabbage and a few handfuls of hay.
Mrs Edwards, 55, from Worcester, said: "I never thought I would see it but Amy is now officially bigger than Roberto.
"She is enormous but not because she over eats on junk but because she gets plenty of exercise and eats very healthily.
"Amy is a fussy eater, the carrots must have their green tops still on and the hay has to be fresh and green or she wont go near it.
"My rabbits are fed very carefully and exercised properly with a lot of love and attention. But I have never heard of any rabbit being bigger than Roberto - except his wife."
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Amy and Roberto, who weighs 35lb and measures 3ft 6 inches, have 32 offspring. They were both bought from the same breeder in Holland. The Guinness Book of World Records stopped handing out awards to large animals in 2004 for fear it would encourage owners to overfeed their pets.
Continental Giants grow to be about 13.5lb and does are usually about a pound heavier than the bucks. They can live for up to 12 years.
Quite the beast. For some reason I equate it with Spiny Norman, the giant hedgehog who terrorised Dinsdale Piranha.
Dont tell Kim Jong il.
Somewhere, former President Jimmy Carter is shivering under a bed!
What are they feeding these guys? Yikes!
But, seriously, I’ll take a bunny any day over a barking dog! (I know some wonderful dogs, though.) I just love bunnies more! We had a bunny that would’ve drug our shoes to us, gotten the paper for us (if he could’ve)...loved us so much he thought his only job in life was pleasing us! He was so much fun and so loveable! He had one thing that was unique to him...he had to check out everybody’s pants legs. If he recognised the hole he chewed in it, you were good to go. If not, he considered you for a couple minutes, then he’d make one in your new pants, to let you know that he considered you “okay”. If you had good slack pants on, you didn’t go into the bathroom after dressing, or you took the risk of having a hole chewed in it!
Braised with some blue cheese and garlic roasted potatoes sounds about right. You could eat for a week.
I had a friend who also couldn't control his own animals. They liked to chew up my stuff when I stayed there. I taught them what he couldn't by kicking them across the room a few times and after that there was no problem.
Don’t forget the garlic and rosemary.
My question- does it still taste like chicken when it’s that big?
My question- does it still taste like chicken when it’s that big?
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I used to grow New Zealand whites and I never thought they tasted like chickens! They tasted much better to me! I would go back to rabbit raising but my wife thinks they are supposed to be pets, not food. She has such strange beliefs!
Makes one rethink the ‘killer rabbit’ scene in ‘Search for the Holy Grail’.
Might not be so far fetched. :^)
I agree food is food, but rabbits make good pets as well. And these fellas...well, I think the term gentle giants applies.
“I had a friend who also couldn’t control his own animals. They liked to chew up my stuff when I stayed there. I taught them what he couldn’t by kicking them across the room a few times and after that there was no problem.”
So you repaid your friends’ kindness by kicking his pets across a room instead of simply putting your “junk” out of reach? You would have left this house via a second story window.After you were kicked across the room a few times.
She’s spending twenty dollars a day on a bowl of pellets and a salad? She needs to find a new grocery store....
two things come to mind here - are you so ignorant as to understand that rabbits teeth grow continuosly and they have to grind and two, do you normally abuse animals, and has the trait carried itself over to your loved ones ?
That’s kinda what I was thinking.... but wouldn’t a rabbit that size be sort of tough and gamy?
His actions were not abusive. Too get a mule’s attention, a 2x 4 is useful.
bttt
You, sir or madam, would never be welcome at my house. People abusing my animals might not survive the experience.
Gamy perhaps, but if you braise it properly it would be as tender as can be. And you can get rid of the gamy flavor by marinating it in milk and onions and herbs.
But he really knew how to treat a female impersonator!
ping!
“She’s spending twenty dollars a day on a bowl of pellets and a salad?”
That bunny must crap eight-balls.
Aren't you the big brave one? Kicking pets when you are a guest in someone's home is disgusting. Put your stuff out of reach or go stay somewhere else.
Carolyn
LOL
I have no idea what this article is about so could somebody please put a pancake on that bunny’s head?
Wait, isn't that Jimmuh in back with the pistol?
34 posts later, somebody finally says it. Imagine the size of that pancake!
lol
although the hog in that photo is damned near as impressive
A bit of s tradition in Malta I take it.
He use to raise them, but gave that up.
I guess he must have had some difficult explaining to the kids in the parish were the bunnies went after Easter.
I’m planning on raising them in the near future. After witnessing those staggering sick cows that were butchered and then sent to be served to school kids, I got to thinkin’ the Apocalypse is coming and I need to be able to grow my own meat!
(I routinely think the Apocalypse is coming...it’s part of my personality.)
Going to get some hens too...we had them in the past and if you care to visit my profile page, you can see them.
"Dinsdale?"
how many people keep work mules in thier houses? - or does the motto apply to all domesticated pets too
“Wow, what kind of hare tonic did they feed those rabbits?”
LOL!
we have 3 - keep them indoors and they run the house like dogs and are litter trained - each has a unique personality like a dog...just as playful and very adept at problem solving
.....or does the motto apply to all domesticated pets too....
Yes. To get results, you first have to get their attention
Photoshop? I wonder how much the rabbit weighs and if someone could hold him at arm’s length as it appears here?
Brother Maynard! Bring up the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch!
Pit-y...
More like turkey?
I was thinking more along the lines of renting her out as a lawmmower...
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