Lionhead and...what for a mix?

[TinysMom]

I'm guessing her ears are about 5" long by now.

Here she is now:

This was her back in December...

 

[Sabine]

That's funny you just started the thread because after seeing the pictures in your blog I was going to ask how come her ears are that long and whether she was a mix although apart from the ears she looks very much like a proper lionhead (to me anyhow)
I am curious what people have to say

 

[irishlops]

same ^^^^^^^66

 

[TinysMom]

Sabine wrote:

That's funny you just started the thread because after seeing the pictures in your blog I was going to ask how come her ears are that long and whether she was a mix although apart from the ears she looks very much like a proper lionhead (to me anyhow)
I am curious what people have to say

She is actually too long to be a proper lionhead - although some of the older style lionheads here in the US looked like that years ago. But really - she should be more compact and her head is too angular.

I knew when we got her from the feed store that she was only a mix...but she was so skittish we worried she'd break her back trying to get away from people...hence we brought her home to socialize her.

In some ways - she looks to me a bit like a Californian in the way she sits...but I wouldn't think she'd have such good chestnut agouti coloring...that it would be messed up...

 

[Sabine]

I guess I was going mainly by the last picture from the front. Her mane looks really dense but looking at the other pictures I can see what you mean.

 

[wooly_queen]

I don't know what she is mixed with. I do agree she is not like a proper lionhead though....hhhmmmmm....

 

[irishbunny]

Maybe she is mixed with a totally mixed breed rabbit? I know no one on here can figure out what my Thumper is on here.

 

[bunnybunbunb]

Think possible Mini Rex? I had two litters of mini/lion mixes. The parents all had good type for their breeds but mixing them made long bodied, long legged, long nose, long eared little rats Cuties but wild looking. Does her fur have that "I carry the rex gene" feel? You know it when you feel it

 

[TinysMom]

Nope - definitely not mini rex...I did think of that.

 

[Starlight Rabbitry]

Her head and ears and long body resemble that ofa full-arched breed, say Belgian Hare. However, I think she would be bigger than that but you never can tell with mixes.

How much does she weigh? Could be Britannia Petite in there too if she is smaller but I still can't get Belgian Hare out of my head!

Sharon

 

[TinysMom]

"full arched" - that was what I was thinking of - not that exact word but I could tell from her body that it was a breed with a different style of body....

I haven't weighed her and she doesn't trust us enough yet for me to pick her up and weigh her (especially since she just had babies) - but I'm guessing she's around 4 pounds - maybe 3.5 pounds. She's not as hefty as some of my older style lionheads that can be 5 pounds but she's not like my 3 pounders either for lionheads...