Does anyone here breed AmericanChinchilla Rabbit and/or anyone who can tell me a bit about them particularly their dispositions . I believe the males are about 9-11 lbs as adults right/ and the females larger?
American chinchilla rabbit
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dixonsrabbitry1
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You are are right. They are a large breed. They are very gentle rabbits. Nutritional requires are about the same as a newzealand. They eat about a cup of feed a day. Maybe a little more/less, depending on the rabbit. I don't raise them. i have standard chinchillas. Americans are basically a larger vesrion of the standard. With a commercail body instead of a compact one. When i show my rabbits, the standards usually show right after the americans do. Have met a few good american chin breeders that way. 
I was at a rabbit show on Sat and ran into a breeder that had 3 chinchilla kits (8weeks) ; she was not interested in breeding chins any longer and suggested to my friend and I had that they would not have a future.
Both of us are into rescuing; she took the female as a pet and I took the 2 males intending to takethe males to my humane society where I work with the rabbits and other small animals.
They are so cute I am trying to figure out howI could keep them
I do not know if they are standard or American . I took pics of them and the pics actually make them look larger than they are.
Can you tell by these pics if they will be standard. they have very long ears .
Both of us are into rescuing; she took the female as a pet and I took the 2 males intending to takethe males to my humane society where I work with the rabbits and other small animals.
They are so cute I am trying to figure out howI could keep them
I do not know if they are standard or American . I took pics of them and the pics actually make them look larger than they are.
Can you tell by these pics if they will be standard. they have very long ears .
dixonsrabbitry1
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angieluv wrote:
Standards can grow to 7 1/2 pounds. Americans will get about the size of a newzealand white.
Its hard to tell. The person you got them from should have told you. Its too bad you aren't going to breed and show them. They look nice, and they are extremely rare. How old are they? There is a demnad for stock right now because these breeds are so hard to find in a lot of areas.I was at a rabbit show on Sat and ran into a breeder that had 3 chinchilla kits (8weeks) ; she was not interested in breeding chins any longer and suggested to my friend and I had that they would not have a future.
Both of us are into rescuing; she took the female as a pet and I took the 2 males intending to takethe males to my humane society where I work with the rabbits and other small animals.
They are so cute I am trying to figure out howI could keep them
I do not know if they are standard or American . I took pics of them and the pics actually make them look larger than they are.
Can you tell by these pics if they will be standard. they have very long ears .
Standards can grow to 7 1/2 pounds. Americans will get about the size of a newzealand white.
dixonsrabbitry1
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Btw who was it you got the rabbits from. Her name wasn't tanya was it? I sold some rabbits to chin breeder out that way. She is the only one that shows out there that I know of. There may be a few others out there now because of her. I am just curious since your profile says wisconsin.
dixonsrabbitry1
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If it was from her they'd be standard chins.
