Flemish Giant: History and Handling

[@Blue65Tank]

interesting fact, flemish giants were used in teletubbies so they wouldn't give away they scale of the costumes and set.

[@Moocifer006]

We have decided to get one and in doing research I came across your channel. Thank you for taking the time and explaining how to handle them. We have two rabbits dwarfs to be exact and knowing they need to be handled different will prepare us!

[@tryviatokyo]

I just got my first Flemish Giant yesterday and I was baffled by how big he actually was, wasn’t sure how to pick him up comfortably, so thank you so much for this!

[@blankhole5145]

How old is it

[@tryviatokyo]

blank hole Unfortunately I had some family difficulties and we couldn’t take care of him, we were practically forced to surrender him back to the shelter, but I think he was about 1 year old.

[@stannoll6248]

Thank you for your kindness to this blind rabbit.

[@erkheth]

Thanks, this is really useful. We're going to clip our rabbit's nails. She's almost 6months, beautiful and such a cuddle hungry fluff. Ive been nervous about clipping as we don't want to stress or hurt her. As a flemish giant, if she gets nervous, she could really damage herself, so it's good to know the facts. You're so calm with your rabbit, he's really sweet. Lucky to have you as a loving bunny mum x

[@Isblack]

I really appreciate this video. I pick up my flemish on the 26 of this month

[@urusoimi]

Well, did you get it?

[@lloyddutchsmiley1147]

Hi Kath, thank you ever so much for all the advise, i have never owned a rabbit before but I have always had a soft spot for the Flemish Giants and considered getting myself one.

[@skatherineclarke5829]

LloydDutch Smiley glad to help

[@klafong1]

Bronson has quite the dewlap! At first, I thought that he was a girl bunny.

[@cassieschueller8227]

klafong1 me too I was really surprised!

[@alliechampagne1404]

He's just overweight, as she stated.

[@santyclause8034]

I thought it was a goiter.

[@Bunnn13]

Ik i did too loll

[@Ruew]

Rabbits HATE being touched at the butt, the stomach, and their feet. It's their natural weakspots against predators in the wild.

[@zakurowolfalphasilverwolf]

Your Flemish rabbit is adorable! Your so lucky!

[@hannahking1984]

Thank you so much. We were fostering one and were offered to keep him and we just decided to keep him. He isnt full grown but I needed to know more of his breed. I had no clue how to handle him or how big he would get. This helped me a lot. Mine eats alot. So informative.

[@popaganda919]

his double chin is so cute lollll

[@mitchellwalters3119]

cool video. just got my flemish rabbit today. he is very skittish seeing as it is only his first day in his new home.

[@kenyaouko7388]

😂😂 He's looking like, I'm too lazy to be picked up. Put me down...

[@sandrabelke2547]

I just got one for an early Christmas gift and I just love him.My daughter named him Stewart because he was going to the butcher.She said he was going to be stew,so we should name him Stewart.

[@tsmbigcox4239]

i got a Flemish giant yesterday . For Christmas.

[@theultimateshaz1774]

make sure you know how to properly care for it

[@DMSProduktions]

And prepare it!

[@DMSProduktions]

HOW did it taste?

[@mattrollpolite2647]

Oh...if it's your 1st bunny, it's a mistake for sure. :( (I hope you're both fine by now)

[@deemueller6470]

I noticed you posted 3 yrs ago but I was wanting to know how is your experience so far with the furbaby. How big has it gotten? Do you allow free roam?

[@skatherineclarke5829]

that's great! a Flemish Giant rabbit will revolutionize your conception of rabbit! enjoy

[@samREDICEbunny]

❤️

[@ohsusannah9051]

I've never seen a buck with a big old dewlap like that!

[@lorrainestokes931]

Great informative video thanks , i get my first giant flemish in a few weeks so this has been very helpful thanks again !

[@chase36chase]

love this video katherine. thank you.

[@JetHawk]

This is my dream rabbit. I wonder how people will react if I bring a dog sized rabbit in public because they will go crazy over a normal rabbit.

[@moviebites9570]

Yeah 😊

[@piggylover4808]

What a gentle giant!

[@2448redbird]

Just got my first FG. Like learning from all these videos. Thank you.

[@bigassdude316]

That's a huge ass rabbit!!!

[@noevilea624]

My first 1 was over 9.5 kilos and around 1 metre long when she laid down. A very gentle breed that loves to just sit for a pat and a nibble on some short bread biscuits as an occasional treat. Any time I walked into the house with a plastic bag she came jumping up expecting a biscuit.

[@jhh243]

Great instructional video!

[@yabog660]

Big Boy🎉

[@parth2488]

Ur Bunny has nice long brown funny n fluffy Giant Ears :D

[@chris2302]

Funny that she's wearing an outfit that's similar what Brer Rabbit was wearing in Disney's "Song of the South".

[@karollhuapaya4633]

Thank you so much. Greetings from Lima, Perú

[@DuranMana]

Great video, really informative. Thanks!

[@SproutsHumanDisguise]

Cute baby. I'm considering getting one one day. I got two netherland dwarfs right now

[@ShenCee]

Hi i have a female flemish giant if i were to have her bred with different breed of rabbit should that be okay i was thinking of new zealand white

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

The breed is way older ...goes all the way back to the Roman empire , they where bred by the Galliërs (Belgea) in Belgium for fur and Meat.....its until the 16 century that they where reconised as a Belgian breed and called the Flemish Giant. So the breed is 2000 years old.

[@cess4089]

I love this video! Very helpful!

[@wckedliz]

Wonderful pets 👍

[@williamasamoah473]

I picked my 4 months old two flemish gain rabbits ,male and female only yesterday 2/23/2017.

[@kuhinuraktara8654]

Have u felmish giant for sell, kindly WhatsApp me on [phone], I'm from India

[@kathleenrobertpogue6818]

What do you mean we don't breed these things for meat? I just ate one last week.

[@philbenza6380]

That's a lot of lagomorph!

[@ЛияВеледова]

Вот это зайка!!!

[@stockey]

Dewlap queen.

[@loopylou6841]

Wow! He Big!!😃

[@johnyhansen1362]

if any rabbit needs oral medication means something wrong went down with diet and lifestyle...a lot of owners feed them some crazy food like substances that lead to systemic inflammation, obesity like in this case and GI tract issues

[@ЛайлаТюльпанная]

Она ее душит когда берет на руки ,кролику воротник мешает дышать

[@neilvarma]

Big bun!

[@jacobvogel3683]

I have a Flemish

[@mamatmlake4056]

i like the rabbit.

[@hmfoden]

The only kind of Flemish giant rabbit breeders I can find within an 8 hr drive from where I live breeds them for meat. Which is disgusting. But they also do not care about breeding aggressive rabbits/biters.

[@stacys72478ify]

Try the humane society or a rescue! Our humane society has one right now. He is waiting to be neutered and is not for adoption yet. Please adopt don't shop!

[@RJSoftware2000]

I thought he was laying on a brown pillow, jees...!

[@attocovez8423]

big rabit

[@titmo]

In vlaanderen ist konijn met pruimen. Hier ist konijn met pruim :D

[@DMSProduktions]

BIG bunny!

[@derekwagner157]

Flemmies are the bestest!

[@samREDICEbunny]

❤️

[@miebeautiful4786]

Hai

[@VicMeep]

meep

[@jacobsory2933]

Actually flemish giant rabbits competitive weight is 14 pounds and anything over

[@adelinesimmons8152]

Wow it’s GMO!

[@anandhua8989]

that Giant Needs some exercise

[@skatherineclarke5829]

get what?

[@alliechampagne1404]

Huh? People raise meat rabbits all the time! They generally save the pelts for all kinds of uses. I have a F.G, and if course I'd NEVER eat him...but for many homesteaders & such, rabbits make an excellent protein source, and are very inexpensive to raise.

[@joshwheeler3570]

20 pounds? I would skin and eat that rabbit so fast

[@enomoto0740]

ボクサー顔負けのスピード🎉

[@TinfoilHatWearer]

Speak for yourself.. I eat rabbit.. Good eats.. But, only wild rabbit... Never domesticated. Anywho, beautiful rabbit! Wonderful pets as well.

[@joeldavis8851]

Tame rabbit is great for eating. Yes the Flemish are nice animals but in my opinion the New Zealand, Californian and Champagnes are a better option. Not as big, less food cost and less overhead. 😀

[@user-xn2hf9re8r]

he is obese not a little over weight

[@RenoLaringo]

a) 1890's??? They exist since the 16th century. b) "no flemish rabbit breeder with selfrespect will ever breed one who bites"... seriously??? All rabbits can bite even the ones bred by breeder with self respect. Biting is NOT a question of ADN or personnality, not to mention the breeder himself. Rabbits bite when they are handeled inapropriately, when they are frustrated or angry for any reason, or when in mating season. c) That "semi arched spine" is a "conti" specification, not a flemish giant one. Yours has the typical rounded ears of a "conti". d) Rabbits generally hate to be petted on the head. It's a dominant behaviour. They love to be rubbed behind the ears and very softly along the ears. Just sayin'

[@realchilldude1271]

Yeah I think were a bit sensitive today, if people get offended by the idea of using a rabbit as food or for the fur. That was a huge reason why rabbits are so, important and like you said, why the flemmish were bread originally. Rabbit fur is so soft, and warm for things like gloves or hats, I dont eat rabbit but not gonna lie, every time I have had a pet rabbit pass from natural causes at the end of its life, part of me wishes i could keep the fur, but I dont cuz of respect of course lol its so soft. Id wear a whole rabbit fur suit, if it was from "sheared" bunnies or something, but I dont want a suit made of butt fluffs lol