Breed of Rabbit?

lizabeth332 · Mar 9, 2005

B described rex fur...

i kinda thought it had mr ears--maybe a little pointed but not all ears are perfect...i dunno i could be wrong.

it might be unusuall for a complete mix to have rex fur since rex isrecessive. if its normal furred parent was bred to a rex the normalwould have to carry rex and have rex in the background.

just my two cents...

B · Mar 9, 2005

I've gotten into the "He's A rex/spot something or another, fuzzy mutt bunny, that I lurves a lot" stage LOL

At this point, its good enough to have a general idea of what he is

. I'm not breeding or showing him or anything. Iwas just curious b/c I'd never seen a spotted Rabbit.

All the rabbits I had growing up were all solid white w/ pinkeyes. And my sisters little rabbit is solid black.Some kind of dwarf rabbit or something is what the pet store guy said,he knew the breed of him.

Just with Harvey he didnt know. He had been bought at a petstore, returned, bought, returned, then shipped across state in a boxto this pet store. If anything I can give him a good homethat he can stay in. At least he's come around and isn't asskiddish anymore. He's coming up to me and touching noses andletting me love him.

As I said,I was just trying to get a general Idea.Thank you guys so much for the info...it's greatlyappreciated. I've been visiting a lot of you guy's pages too,you're bunnies are all just adorable!

-B

Snuggys Mom · Mar 9, 2005

pamnock wrote:

bi1526 wrote:

She was soldto me as a mini lop, but she weighs eleven pounds and has a large frame.

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She's a "super-sized" Mini Lop! LOL

Pam

Tee hee. Too bad she's fixed. I could have started a whole new breed!

Laura

pamnock · Mar 9, 2005

lizabeth332 wrote:

it might be unusuall for a complete mix to have rex fur since rex isrecessive. if its normal furred parent was bred to a rex the normalwould have to carry rex and have rex in the background.

just my two cents...

"Inbetweens" are not uncommon since the normal fur does notcompletely mask the recessive gene. Normal furred rabbitscarrying the wooled gene have a slightly longercoat (that'swhy we see so many Hollands with longer coats) and rabbits carrying therex fur gene may have a slightly shorter coat. We had aHolland carrying rex fur -- wasn't rollback fur -- but wasn't rex fureither. You see a number of these due to breeders mixingHollands with Mini Rex.

With Mini Rex crossings being so common, it is not unusual to see rexfurred rabbits popping up in litters of normal furred crosses

Pam