How old are your rabbits?

Kim, thank you for the numbers. It is good to read that I am not alone in
my feelings about losing such a young rabbit. I didn't know that Rocky was
so young. I know you well enough that I'm sure nothing more could have been
done. Your care added years to Libby's life.

Anita, Jessie, and Quark

"Kim O'Brien" <animallover.DeleteThis@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Anita, I know how you feel about losing a young rabbit. Rocky was about 3
> years old when he left us. I blamed myself for a long time and sometimes
> still do. He was so young there should have been something I could have
> done. We let Libby go at the age of 9 years old. There may have been more
we
> could have done for her but it wouldn't have been fair to her....
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In less than a week we lost our oldest and our youngest. It just didn't seem
right to me that he was so young. He got sick so fast I had no time to fight
for him. He was fine when I fed them the night before. When I got up in the
morning there was something obviously wrong. He died on the way to the vets
a little over an hour later. I have had to fight illnesses with buns so many
times that I didn't know how to deal with losing one that wasn't sick. He
had been our healthiest rabbit until then.

Kim

"Anita" <alc.RemoveThis@outdoorrabbit.com> wrote in message
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> Kim, thank you for the numbers. It is good to read that I am not alone in
> my feelings about losing such a young rabbit. I didn't know that Rocky
was
> so young. I know you well enough that I'm sure nothing more could have
been
> done. Your care added years to Libby's life.
>
> Anita, Jessie, and Quark
>
> "Kim O'Brien" <animallover.RemoveThis@rogers.com> wrote in message
> news:HcCIb.235793$ea%.142215@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > Anita, I know how you feel about losing a young rabbit. Rocky was about
3
> > years old when he left us. I blamed myself for a long time and sometimes
> > still do. He was so young there should have been something I could have
> > done. We let Libby go at the age of 9 years old. There may have been
more
> we
> > could have done for her but it wouldn't have been fair to her....
>
>
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Mike, thanks for the information on Scone. There is nothing that is being
proved. It is just information that I (and maybe other people) am
interested in seeing. There will be much error in the curve, since the
sample size will be limited. But I think it will be interesting to see
survivorship of rabbits who are well cared for. I won't make any
predictions right now, though I have some ideas on what the results will be.

Yes, I am a bit of a nut ;)

Anita, Jessie, and Quark (she's the nut, not us!)

"Mike Brown" <brown.TakeThisOut@bpmlegal.com> wrote in message
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> > To start things off -- Jessie, NZ white (mix?) female, 2 years
> > Quark, California mix male, 7 months
>
> Scone, grey mini-Rex male, 10 months (so far)...
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In article <7xHIb.17366$IM3.10847@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
Anita <alc RemoveThis @outdoorrabbit.com> wrote:

> But I think it will be interesting to see
> survivorship of rabbits who are well cared for.

I don't understand... You're gathering the age of live rabbits, rather
than the age of rabbits who have died.

How does that tell you anything about "survivorship"?

A better question is... What are you defining as "survivorship"?

It seems to me that all you're gathering is an informal profile of the
age of the rabbits owned by the people who respond to your message.

djb

--
There are no socks in my email address.

"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
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Morgan, Thumper, and Dipper are now three data points. Thanks, Mickey.

It is going to take me a while not to say "Mason."

Anita, Jessie, and Quark

"mixter" <mbeaucha DeleteThis @omega-advisors.com> wrote in message
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> now i have to get used to seeing kim obrien instead of mason.......
> congrats by the way!
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Twilight and Venus data captured. Thanks, Carrie.

Anita, Jessie, and Quark

"Carrie" <c1arriep2hl3yons DeleteThis @btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Twilight, female French Lop 8.5 months
>
> Venus, Female French Lop 2.0 years
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Nhu, the foster kids are definitely wanted. And if there are bunnies, they
are wanted, also. If there are no bunns yet, however, I think you are in
the clear.

All the other ages are recorded. (Gosh, this is so much easier than chasing
critters in the field to get life history data. I did that for a few
years.)

Nhu, I have a feeling that you, Kim, and I are not alone in our feelings
about losing a young rabbit. Losing an older rabbit is difficult because
there is such a strong bond that develops over the years. Losing a young
rabbit is difficult because there is so much guilt.

Anita, Jessie, and Quark

"Nhu" <nhu036 DeleteThis @optonline.net> wrote in message
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> i can relate the feeling anita, i loss brownie 31/2 years and not a singer
> day not thinking about him, like you said "if i do this and not do that he
> may still alive today".
> snowbelle, hotot, female 3 years old.
> shadow, netherland dwarf, female 2 years 9mos.
> jazz, male, holland lop 3 1/2 years.
> Baby, flemish giant, male 10 month.
> dont know you want 6 foster kids????
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Thanks, Shan. I'm glad that you understand. Your rabbits' data are
recorded. I'll have to leave out the unknown age, though. I have a feeling
that there will be many, since many rabbits come from rescues.

Anita, Jessie, and Quark

"Shan" <nospam.DeleteThis@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> Anita,
> what you want to do is VERY interesting....and I can understand that it is
> difficult when we look back and think about one of our pets...gone before
it
> was "time to go"...:(
>
> I live following the "Carpe Diem" motto.....
>
> Pepe (male Holland lop) 5 years old this month
> Sissy(female Hotot mix ,dwarf) approximately 3 years old(?) not
sure...since
> the rescue wasn't sure...but she looks "youngish"
>
> Sophie(female English Angora)3 months old...
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Tantrum, it still hurts to read about Dunlop. I know that there is a
special place for young rabbits at the bridge. I am just considering
rabbits on this side of the bridge right now, but I think it would be good
to think about the ones who have crossed.

I hope that Dunlop is at Toofer's birthday party tomorrow on the other side.

Anita, Jessie, and Quark

"Tantrum" <Ocean_t.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Anita I think it's wonderful that you are doing a bit of research in the
> hope of helping people cope with the loss of a young pet, or any pet for
> that matter.
>
> I lost my precious Dunlop on the 14th December at just 8 months old and
I'm
> still hurting like hell and finding it hard to cope. Dunlop was 8 months
> old.
>
> Daphne is a non-pedigree bunny, sometimes a lop and somtimes not - she's 6
> months.
>
> Do you want the ages of previous bunnies that have gone over the bridge or
> just those still with us?
>
> Tantrum/Ocean
>
>
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It is going to take me awhile to not say "Mason". I sign my name alot at
work and I initial a million things a day so I am sure I will mess it up
many times once I go back.

Kim

"Anita" <alc.DeleteThis@outdoorrabbit.com> wrote in message
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> Morgan, Thumper, and Dipper are now three data points. Thanks, Mickey.
>
> It is going to take me a while not to say "Mason."
>
> Anita, Jessie, and Quark
>
> "mixter" <mbeaucha.DeleteThis@omega-advisors.com> wrote in message
> news:bsut3r$1i42m$1@ID-76804.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > now i have to get used to seeing kim obrien instead of mason.......
> > congrats by the way!
>
>
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Snowbelle at the bridge - male white NZ, 13 mo. He died quickly to me - over
a week's to,e - due to kidney failure suspected to be caused by a congenital
defect. *sigh* broke my heart but taught me to love rabbits!

At home:
Patches, female, b/w mix, 5 years
Rosie, female, ND mix, 6.5 years
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>When
>Toofer died, I felt like he had been cheated out of all of those years.

Yes, he was.

Jackie and Sasha too!

Here is the info you requested:

Bucky (dwarf mix mutt) 7.75 years.

Jackie (pure breed dwarf) 5.75 years, RIP.

Mouse (dwarf mix mutt) 4.25 years.

Junior (dwarf mix mutt) 3.50 years.

Sasha* (pure breed rex) 3.25 years, RIP.

Patches* (pure breed mini-rex) 2.75 years.

* adopted
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"Anita" <alc.TakeThisOut@outdoorrabbit.com> wrote in message
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> Nhu, the foster kids are definitely wanted. And if there are bunnies,
they
> are wanted, also. If there are no bunns yet, however, I think you are in
> the clear.
>
> All the other ages are recorded. (Gosh, this is so much easier than
chasing
> critters in the field to get life history data. I did that for a few
> years.)
>
> Nhu, I have a feeling that you, Kim, and I are not alone in our feelings
> about losing a young rabbit. Losing an older rabbit is difficult because
> there is such a strong bond that develops over the years. Losing a young
> rabbit is difficult because there is so much guilt.

That's for sure. Midnight was only 14 months old... I still go through in my
head wondering if I did more harm than good when I was trying to help him...
just so hard to understand. Totally healthy bunny, and then, wham 12 hours
later, he is dead. So hard to understand.
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