can anyone explain i think this is the right word

lucylocket · Mar 21, 2005

could someone explain to me what a peanut rabbit is

ive heard it so many times but i dont no what it is

varna xxxx

Carolyn · Mar 21, 2005

Hi Darlin!

As stated by Trekcip: Ifakitcarriestwo dwarf genes, it is likely you have apeanut. Dwarf genes are carried by many breeds such asnetherland dwarfs, mini-rex, holland lops, and some others.Usually, the kit will get one normal gene from one parent and a dwarfgene from the other. This keeps the size of the kit proper toits breed. Many times however, you will get aome with twonormal genes, these will grow bigger than the parents, or a peanut whowill not grow at all. Since it got a dwarf gene from eachparent, it doesn't have the genetic information to allow it togrow.

Peanuts usually survive under a week, but have been known to go twoweeks, rarely longer than that as they cannot grow. Just giveit love and attention while it is here and know it will soon cross overthe "Rainbow Bridge" and there will be normal. It is veryhard, but is a way of life for those of us who raise buns with thisgene. It has even shown up in some of our polish, who do notnormally carry the gene, but somewhere, along the line some decidedthey would breed a netherland dwarf into the line, perhaps to make thebuns smaller, and every now and then it shows up.

-Carolyn

lizabeth332 · Mar 21, 2005

I raise Polish...

The Polish rabbit originated in england and was originally your commonwhite hutch rabbit. when they arrived in america they werebred pretty much the same as ever, with new colorsintroduced. In the UK they began to be bred for elevatedfull-arch type and evolved into the British Polish of today, which iscalled Britannia Petitie in the US. In Germany they turnedinto a Hermelen, which is pretty much the same thing as the US Polish,maybe a little more dwarfy. And in the netherlands theyevolved, with a little crossing, the Netherland Dwarf.

Here in the united states, they were the smallest breed, but did notcarry the dwarf gene, averaging about 3#. They were a"breeder selected small rabbit". they're heads were longerthan they are today, so were their ears and limbs, bodies, and they hadbetter flyback coats. then when the ND came on the scene...everything quickly changed. The demand for ND's was so highthat with dwarfs only producing 1-3 a litter (i know, i know, they canhave more, but that was average) there was no way breeders could keepup with the demand. So they started crossing inPolish.

in 15-20 years the two breeds were practacally the same. ND'swere entered as Polish AND WON, even at ARBA conventions!!! BUT Who wasto say that it WAS a dwarf rather than a polish???? The ARBAheld classes for several years on "how to tell a Polish from aNetherland Dwarf" !!!!!!!

Today the two breeds are somewhat more distinguishable, but the ND'ssurely left thier mark on our Polish, the dwarf's ancestors.Even more regrettable, now many judges can't help but being attractedto dwarf-like qualities in Polish, so they pick "bad" dwarfy Polish towin. and breeders breed what the judges like... so now polishare shorter, flatter faced, and have tiny litte ears. (notall, but some, and none are quite what they used to be).Thier coats are softer and many have rollbacks now, which, by the way,is a DQ, but many judges overlook it. The standard alsofaults dwarf-type heads, but even few Polish breeders knowthis! worst of all, the Polish now carry the dwarf gene andthrow peanuts.

the dwarf gene is a recessive gene dw. a DwDw is a non-dwarfthat can never throw a peanut. A Dwdw is a "true dwarf" acarrier that looks more like a ND. and a dwdw is a lethalpeanut.