Written on January 24, 2011 at 8:47 am by

All Together Now….Awwwww

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Flemish Giant, Jack the Bunny

We have a new member of the family. This is Jack, or Boo, we aren’t really sure what we are going to call him. We will not be calling him “Hip-Hop” or Kanye like the 7 year old thinks we should. Jack or Boo is a 9 week old Flemish Giant. At 9 weeks he is already bigger than the cat and will eventually look like this

Flemish Giant Rabbit

I don’t know what I was smoking when I agreed to this. He is a sweet bunny, very friendly and gentle and oh so soft you wouldn’t believe it but he poops a lot. Thankfully his poops are the size of softballs so they aren’t hard to miss.

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  • http://contrariness.blogspot.com Grace

    Oh my goodness how cute! I do believe that you can potty train a rabbit – certainly one that size needs some potty training. I’m assuming he is not going t be left outside in a hutch so here’s a little tip – you can keep him out of trouble in a kiddie play pen. I had friends who were devoted to their rabbit and that’s where they kept him – they never had children – just one rabbit at a time…Oh, yeah and soft! I betcha – after all they make coats and stuff out of the little critters…More pictures!

  • http://whatwasisayingagain1018.blogspot.com/ Holly1018

    We had a rabbit once and it died a week after we got it. It was sooo traumatizing!

  • http://twitter.com/moooooog35 moooooog35

    Great. Now I’m hungry.

  • http://pricillaspeaks.blogspot.com Pricilla

    Well, it IS the year of the rabbit. Better to have one as a pet than eat one for dinner, yes?

  • http://00dozo.blogspot.com/ 00dozo

    Holy hossenfeffer, Batgirl! Where on earth are you going to keep that thing when it gets that huge? And poop the size of softballs, already? Yikes!

  • http://thegoodthebadtheworse.blogspot.com Linda Medrano

    My girlfriend has rabbits. Sweet, but kind of peculiar to me. They really don’t “do” anything. But yours probably will. And I know your kids love him.

  • http://roses2rainbows.blogspot.com Linda R.

    Cute! So what do the other four-footed family members think of this?

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Stanley thinks he is another puppy and is a little jealous. The cat keeps crouching down into a pouncing position but then realized he is twice her size and no match for her. The bunny is not the least bit afraid or intimidated by the animals as he sleeps all splayed out in the middle of the floor.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    I don’t think they “do” much, at least I am hoping he doesn’t. So far he sleeps a lot and then hops around and then sleeps some more. Sleeping = not pooping so I like when he sleeps.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    I think he gets the spare bedroom and his own bathroom.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    and if things don’t work out as a pet we have dinner.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Oh, I hope that doesn’t happen.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    Yes, we heard that too about the litter box. I’m hoping it’s true because it could be a problem. He can be outside and prefers colder temps. He was living in a barn before so who knows. Right now he’d get lost in all the snow.

  • http://laundryhurtsmyfeelings.blogspot.com/ joann mannix

    Everyone I know is getting bunnies lately! And the great thing is, they can be litter trained.

    I hope no one in this family gets any ideas. Dogs, cats and ducks are my limit. I can’t handle any more animal poo.

    He is a super, cutey. His fur looks so soft.

  • http://slightlysarcastic.net Sheila

    All I can say is don’t eat the little chocolate balls you start finding all over the floor – My sister had rabbits when we were growing up and I’m here to tell you there IS NO such thing as a chocolate ball fairy – Donner, Blitzen and Hermie?!

  • http://mommamiameaculpa.com meleahrebeccah

    awwwwwwwwwwwwwww. And, WTH were you thinking?

  • http://www.weworkforcheese.com Nicky

    Kids, dogs, cats and now bunnies. The day I come over here and see a picture of a giraffe is the day I plan the intervention! :-)

    He’s very cute. And I like Jack, for what it’s worth.

  • http://mommamiameaculpa.com meleahrebeccah

    Ahahahahhahahaha @Shelia!

  • http://beetle-blog.com/ babs (beetle)

    Oh my word! He’s gorgeous! Will he really get that big? Oh I want one!!!

  • Frogsinmyformula

    Awwwww. I want to snuggle with him.

  • http://www.stubbornfool.com Shawn

    Why does Jack (or Boo) look like he trying to escape out the window? What did you guys do?

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    According to his pedigree (yes, Jack has papers) he will get to be about 15lbs. He’s about half that right now and will be full grown at 9 months. He is really adorable and very mellow but he poops a lot.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    He likes to snuggle. He also likes to eat and poop.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    He was just looking out the window. I now have pictures of him sitting, falling asleep, sleeping and waking up when the dog barks because the mailman is here. Jack doesn’t like it when the mailman comes.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    We are going with “Jack”. No giraffes here and I have to say a bunny is much better than a hermit crab, even if it does poop a lot.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    I did this to my parents with a puppy named Daisy. She was the best and smartest dog I have ever had. I deserve this. And he is really cute, especially when he cleans his face.

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    The dog has been taking care of the chocolate balls. I know, Ewwwww!!!!!

  • http://www.redheadranting.com/ redheadranting

    You have ducks! I would trade you a bunny for a duck. I have always wanted a duck but we don’t have a pond in the back yard. Ducks are way cool.

  • http://www.cardiogirl.net cardiogirl

    I have to make sure not to look at that bunny picture while my kids are around because they will immediately want one. Oh hell. It’s me! *I* want a bunny! I want a bunny right now.

    I will love him and hold him and name him George.

    I really will name him George.

  • http://www.cardiogirl.net cardiogirl

    *Retches as she tries to scream “AUUGGHH!”*

  • http://www.cardiogirl.net cardiogirl

    I think a rabbit that size needs his own studio apartment.

  • http://daisythecurlycat.blogspot.com/ Daisy the Curly Cat

    He is cool! If he is anything like our new gerbils Bert & Ernie, he will enjoy chewing stuff up.

  • http://beetle-blog.com/ babs (beetle)

    Rabbits do poop a lot. We had a rabbit when I was small, and he left little black pellets all over the place. Still, at least they were easy to clean up.

  • http://www.weworkforcheese.com Mike

    Awww he’s totally delicious. And I mean that in a, “he’ll go great with some mashed potatoes” kinda way.

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  • Ginger

    That’s a whole lot of rabbit and fur and poops. Hope you’ll be good to each other.
    More pictures please…… especially a frontal with the buck teeth..

  • Ginger

    That’s a whole lot of rabbit and fur and poops. Hope you’ll be good to each other.
    More pictures please…… especially a frontal with the buck teeth..

  • http://www.shoot-me-now.com Katherine Murray

    We have a rescue rabbit… a great free toy? Rip the cover off of an old phone book and put the book in his cage… in about a day he will start to rip it up… keeps them busy!

  • http://duckandwheelwithstring.blogspot.com Lin

    I just keep thinking of the white rabbit in Monty Python’s “Holy Grail”. I’d be careful if I were you.

  • http://howtobecomeacatladywithoutthecats.blogspot.com Boom Boom Larew

    AWWW… bunnies!

  • http://darknovels.blogspot.com Sundcarrie

    My dog would have fun with a rabbit but I am not sure it would survive the fun. It is cute!

  • http://comedyplus.blogspot.com/ Comedy Plus

    He’s going to get that big? Yikes. I’ll bet the poop won’t be so small then. Just saying.

    Have a terrific day. :)

  • Rachele

    Crap. He’s super cute now but will he really get THAT big? You need to bring whatever you were smoking to the conference, then we can all come home with life sized bunnies.

    I had a bunny once. Not that big. She mysteriously died while I was out of town. Pretty sure Hubster left her outside to freeze or refused to feed her. It was very sad. Still leaves me afraid to leave him alone with the kids for too long.

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