Breed Question (Lop or Half-Lop)

maherwoman · Feb 21, 2006

Hey guys. This is more a curiousity question than anything. My bunny is only six-weeks-old, and is my first, so I'm basically clueless (except if you count my cat- and gerbil-owning background).

Bunny (which she has decided is her name...lol) is the baby of a regular white domestic female and a gray lop-eared male. She got her daddy's color, and I've noticed that she seems to have a cross between their ears. But I'm not sure in the ear department. So, I ask the following questions, in hopes that someone will be able to give me answers.

Bunny's ears are fairly stiff, but rarely rest on her back. Most of the time they are up, and flop around quite a bit with every activity she does. They are not at all just stiff little ears that don't move. I am truly unaware if bunny ears move much at all when the bunny is just your regular domestic non-lop breed (and I don't mean regular in a bad way). Do bunny ears move around this much with non-lop breeds? Or is it that she's got traits exactly in-between both? I ask because I've seen Bunny many times rest her ears with both of them completely sideways, but not limp like a lop-eared bunny. Or she'll have one sideways, and one straight up.

Anyway, these may sound like goofy questions, but I really don't have much knowledge of bunnies, so you'll have to excuse that. Lol...

Thanks for your patience, guys!:bunnydance:

bunnydude · Feb 21, 2006

My bunny, Devon, is an up-eared bunny whose mom is a lop. I don't know who his dad was, though. If you look at my avatar the mom (Amber) is on the left with Devon to the right. Here is a pic of Devon when he was 6 wks. old. Maybe it will help:

maherwoman · Feb 21, 2006

The picture of your bunny shows exactly what her ears do, too, though when she's totally relaxed they go completely sideways. It's so cute! It looks to me like a stiff-eared lop when they do it.

So from what I described, she's a perfect in-between? Do bunnies that are regular non-lop have stiff ears that don't move much?

Like I said, you'll have to excuse my complete lack of knowledge of bunnies...lol.

jordiwes · Feb 21, 2006

Hi there,

My holland lop at 6 weeks didn't have lop ears at all. Then gradually, they came down bit by bit. You'll probably have to wait another6 weeks to know for sure which way it's going to go

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Some bunnies have "airplane ears" which stick straight out to the side, and some have one up and one down!

All so cute!

Tatum · Feb 21, 2006

I have a Holland Lop 5 months old. Her ears have never laid down. Both her parents were lops.

Nadezhda · Feb 21, 2006

Lop bunnies with lopsided ears are so insanly cute! Does the ear falling affect the hearing of the bunny? Would a bunny be able to hear better on one side if only one ear fell?