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When Pauline Grant was after a pet rabbit for her grand children she never expected it to munch his way through 20 ($34.65 AUD) of food per week.
The giant Continental Giant rabbit, Ralph, weighs in at hefty 3 stone (20kgs), where Pauline didn't know what kind of breed Ralph was until she took him to the vets, and they asked her why she had brought that particular breed.
Ralph is a year and a half old and enjoys a plethora of Weetabix, water biscuits, apples, carrots with their tops still on, cabbages, toast, sweet corn and not forgetting a huge bowl of rabbit food.
Although many families are having to tighten their belts to meet growing financial burdens, Ralph is safe from any cutbacks in his diet even if his owners never imagined they'd be spending quite so much.
Luckily for Mrs Grant, Ralph is getting pretty well known in the local area and as a result neighbours and friends sometimes donate food for him.
Mrs Grant's who runs Sussex horse rescue trust in East Sussex has recently learnt that Ralph's is not the largest rabbit in the World, although it appears big is in their blood - his stepbrother 'Darius' who lives in Worcester is the current title holder.
