Lila's 13 day old Holland lop kits!!!

[iLuvMyLilBuns]

Here are the twins again!! There is a huge difference in size that I can tell this week Oooh and some exciting news!! The little runt opened his/her eyes today The bigger kit still has his/her eyes closed hopefully they will be opened by tomorrow They also have tons of fur and are starting to get very mobile Here are a few pics:

In the clean nest!

Out in the world!

Fluffyness!! (Runt)

Big bunny!

Little runt has floppy ears!!

You can tell in this pic how much smaller the runt is

Noses!

Cuddled up!

Bunny noses

Airplane ears!!

The bigger kit!

If you can't tell them apart here's a hint, the runt has floppy ears

More airplane ears!!

Sleepy bunnies!

Little runt opened his/her eyes!! YAY

I hope you all enjoyed the pics of the twins!!

 

[whitelop]

They are SO cute!
I love the runts little airplane ears! They're both adorable.

 

[SnowyShiloh]

My gosh, they are excruciatingly adorable! Torty Holland Lops. My favorite The wee one with the ear starting to lop just kills me. I hope you will post lots of pictures of them as they grow up! Can you get a picture of them with your hand or something? Of course I've seen lots of pictures of baby bunnies, but at the fair this summer we saw a litter of 4 week old Mini Rexes and they were so tiny that my mind was completely blown.

 

[OakRidgeRabbits]

Usually when you have a significantly bigger kit in Hollands, the "runt" is actually the normal-sized, showy kit. They're typically called "true dwarfs" because they have received one dwarfing gene and will mature to be within show weight. The larger ones are often "false dwarfs" and have not received a dwarfing gene, so they typically mature to be larger, broody Hollands.

That doesn't always hold true, sometimes one really is just a little runty and catches up in a few weeks. But keep an eye on their size now and keep their characteristics in mind. Learning how they develop can help you down the road because you will be able to see earlier and earlier what kind of kits you may end up with in a litter. For me, this helps a lot in my smaller rabbitry. If I have inquiries for Holland Lop pets, I can take a look at the nest and have a pretty good idea that x number will be for sale in a few weeks. Or if they're all displaying characteristics I like to see at their age, I can say hey, it may be a number of weeks until I could give you and idea of what's for sale. You can always change your mind, you don't need to be (and shouldn't be) committing to sales before the kits are even weaned. It's just a tool to give you an idea of how things are going.

 

[Bunnylova4eva]

SnowyShiloh wrote:

My gosh, they are excruciatingly adorable!quote]

Yeah That!

 

[iLuvMyLilBuns]

Thanks everyone And yes I can post a pic of them in my hand!

And Julie that's very interesting I never knew that

 

[grasspack]

So cute and they look so peaceful.

And your camera takes great pictures.

Alice

 

[FallenRabbit]

So awesome! I love the brownish (tan?) colored one! Great photos!

 

[audrinasmommy88]

If the runt goes missing, it wasnt me

 

[Ilovemyrabbit]

They are unspeakably cute. I love holland lops soo cute!

 

[ldoerr]

O MY GOODNESS!!! They are soo CUTE!!! I do not notice a size difference in them at all.

 

[iLuvMyLilBuns]

Lauren: You can't really tell in the pics but the runt is about half the size of the bigger kit I'll try to get a better pic today.

 

[Missy]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful!!!

 

[iLuvMyLilBuns]

One kit is for sale so anyone interested please PM me for more info as we cannot discuss sales on the forum

 

[lauratunes12]

Do you know if you're going to keep the runt or the bigger one? They are just too adorable!

 

[iLuvMyLilBuns]

Laura: I haven't decided yet. I'll decide when I find out the genders and I'll be deciding on show quality. That's the reason why I bred my buns was to get the perfect show bunny! They're both soo cute though! Tough choice!!