Thanks to some wonderful friends, we finally adopted two gigantic rabbits. Grethe talked me into French Lops, after I had my mind made up about Flemish Giant rabbits. It's true, I love over-sized, fuzzy animals. Grethe is a Washington state rabbit breeder, nationally ranked and runs her own business. We brought one male and female home in a bushel basket. For babies, they were pretty big. Now, they're even bigger; about 10 lbs. The male is pretty grumpy. He hates hugs and head rubs, but loves apples and doing flips in his yard.
I love watching the rabbits do normal, rabbity things, like dig huge burrows (which I promptly bury), chase each other and flop down on top of each other in their yard. They seek shade in the summer and a good cave in the winter. I got them fixed at the Humane Society. I have a double decker rabbit house, so they had to live separately while each of them healed. As far as a low maintenance pet with good entertainment value, these rabbits are a solid 8 out of 10. If they were a little more personable, they would be a 10.
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