Lionhead manes

[theevenstarlight]

At what age do Lion heads start getting manes and looking like a lion head?

 

[TinysMom]

Six to eight weeks - well - that is when their mane starts to "bloom" as some of us call it.

But to really get it in pretty - about 12 weeks or so sometimes.

Peg

theevenstarlight wrote:

At what age do Lionheads start getting manes and looking like a lionhead?

 

[theevenstarlight]

My little guy is about 10 weeks old and he has a tiny mane - does this mean it probably won't grow longer?

 

[TinysMom]

Do you have a picture of your lion head? That might help me....

Part of it seems to depend upon the bloodlines. I have some that started blooming early and they're nice - others that bloom late and are nice and others that bloom early or late but aren't that great. I tend to like the late bloomers as I think it stays better - but then again - I've had some early bloomers that stayed well too.

Do you know if the rabbit is single or double mane? That might affect it also...

Peg

P.S. There are times I look at a rabbit and go "yuck" and a week later I'm like, "Oh my....what happened to you - you're awesome..?" and it happens just in a matter of hours or days.

 

[theevenstarlight]

Here are some pics...

He has a little tuft of hair between his ears, and you can kind of see a little mane in the pics...

I don't know which mane gene he has.

 

[TinysMom]

He looks to me like a lion head mix - probably a single mane lionhead. He may not get a lot of mane and I'm not sure if he'll keep it or not.

I guess the best thing I can say is to watch him and see. But his ears make me think he's a lion head crossed with something else...

Peg

 

[theevenstarlight]

The breeder said he is a lion head and dwarf hotot cross, but I thought they only needed one parent to have a mane?

 

[TinysMom]

Ah - that explains it.

Well, he is a single mane lion head. He may have a "wisp" of a mane as an adult but he won't have the manes like other lion heads...

Sorry!

Unfortunately, many of my single manes lose their manes as adults or just keep tiny bits of it.

But he is a cutie!~

Peg

 

[theevenstarlight]

That's okay with me. If he just has a wisp, I won't be heartbroken, LOL. Thanks for your help!

 

[theevenstarlight]

One more thing, do you have a guess as to why he has longer fur than the short-haired rabbits? His fur is much much longer than my dwarf hotot....

 

[TinysMom]

I am guessing it is because he is part lion head as my lion heads have different fur than some other breeds...

Peg


theevenstarlight wrote:

One more thing, doyou have a guess as to why he has longer fur than the short-hairedrabbits? His fur is much much longer than my dwarfhotot....

 

[theevenstarlight]

This is what he looked like when I first got him...now he is totally different...it's okay, though, I just can't believe that he looked so much like a lion head at first but now he look more like a dwarf hotot!