Peanut

[erinmoveit]

In a past post, Molly was identifed as possibly being a mix of a lionhead and/or jersey wooly, etc. Basically a mutt. I enjoy mutts.

I now have Molly's sister, Peanut. She has a few more distinctive markings: all black ears, nose, white blaze and a black stripe down her spine. The black stripe doesn't look as defined in the pictures, looking at her though it is very distinct straight stripe I was wondering if there are any different breeds that she may represent or if the original still stands. I know that in litters of dogs, there can be more than one father, I don't know if this is the same case in rabbits. I don't know what the breeding process of the rabbit was.

 

[ZRabbits]

With the lion head breed, you have a gene for the mane. Some breeders have been experimenting with the lion head crossed to Rex and Holland. Your little girl looks like she's got rex mix.She could get a mane or she might not. Only time will tell. Her coat pattern is broken. Most broken have a nice solid line down their spine. My Luna does. We call it the upside exclamation mark. Peanut has a pretty butterfly marking on her nose.

Hope this helps.

K

 

[erinmoveit]

thanks, it is partly just curiosity but mostly just showing off my pretty little girl

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Cute and looks like our boy Finn--he's supposed to be a Rex Cross.

 

[erinmoveit]

My Buck is a Mini Rex, he has short velvety hair. Peanut has longer hair. When they were younger, it was very silky. Peanut is now blowing her baby coat. Her new coat is a little coarser and still longer and not as plush as Buck. I don't doubt she is some kind of Rex cross. I take her to the vet on Thursday to get her initial exam, maybe I can gain some insight then too.

 

[ZRabbits]

erinmoveit wrote:

My Buck is a Mini Rex, he has short velvety hair. Peanut has longer hair. When they were younger, it was very silky. Peanut is now blowing her baby coat. Her new coat is a little coarser and still longer and not as plush as Buck. I don't doubt she is some kind of Rex cross. I take her to the vet on Thursday to get her initial exam, maybe I can gain some insight then too.

Peanut would have a coarser fur because of the mix of Lion Head. She's definitely got Rex in her.Looks like she got the no-mane gene. That would affect the rexfur,make it coarser, and show no mane.

I just don't understand why mess with a Rex, who has such lovely silky fur by mixing it with a Lion Head, just to see if it gets a Mane. But that's me.

She's such a pretty girl. Just won't have the silky hair like your Buck.

K

 

[erinmoveit]

good to know! Everyone comments on Buck's coat. Luckily he is a social butterfly because everyone loves to snuggle him!

 

[ZRabbits]

erinmoveit wrote:

good to know! Everyone comments on Buck's coat. Luckily he is a social butterfly because everyone loves to snuggle him!

I had the opportunity to meet a Rex at a TSC. Nice group of girls who had a rabbit club and was educating people with a "Meet and Greet".

Absolutely the softest fur I've ever felt. Until I got Neville.

Really sweet bunny. Lovely personality. It was a pleasure to meet him. The young girl did a really good job socializing him. Great representative for the breed.

K

 

[erinmoveit]

That's awesome. I was surprised with how social he is. When I was first researching rabbits to see if they would be a good fit woh my lifestyle, it sounded like they weren't the best with people other than their owners. I was surprised when Buck starting going up to people asking to attention. He is now a rabbit ambassador at he local elementary. He spends a day in my mom's second grade classroom in a large x-pen. The kids love to see him and learn responsibilities of caring for a pet and Buck loves the attention. Molly went with him once and did really well. Hopefully by the time school starts again Peanut can go too.

 

[ZRabbits]

erinmoveit wrote:

That's awesome. I was surprised with how social he is. When I was first researching rabbits to see if they would be a good fit woh my lifestyle, it sounded like they weren't the best with people other than their owners. I was surprised when Buck starting going up to people asking to attention. He is now a rabbit ambassador at he local elementary. He spends a day in my mom's second grade classroom in a large x-pen. The kids love to see him and learn responsibilities of caring for a pet and Buck loves the attention. Molly went with him once and did really well. Hopefully by the time school starts again Peanut can go too.

Well that will be good for Peanut. She will have the opportunity to be a bit more older than Molly was. Though some may say a small, young bunny does well in a loud atmosphere for short periods of time, the risk of stress is very high and unfortunately a young bunny might not be able to handle it.

Though a bunny might be fine on the outside, lots of things go on in the inside when a bunny is stressed. Stress can and does shorten bunnies lives.

K

 

[erinmoveit]

I will keep that in mind, thank you. I want to do it for the benefit of both pet and kids. I can always try it for an hour or so and judge it from there.

 

[ZRabbits]

erinmoveit wrote:

I will keep that in mind, thank you. I want to do it for the benefit of both pet and kids. I can always try it for an hour or so and judge it from there.

An hour, that consists of a car ride, coming into a building filled with different sites and loud sounds, sounds like a trip to my Rabbit Savvy Vet's office. And none of my bunnies like that. That's so stressful to them.

See more benefit for the child than the pet.

BTW, how long was Molly there to visit if you don't mind my asking?



K

 

[erinmoveit]

Molly only visited, maybe about 20 minutes. So all together (with travel) about a half hour away.

Are you thinking this may have contributed to her being sick?

I do need to realize that every bun isn't as social as Buck. In hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to bring Molly. She was very young.

In your honest opinion, do you think it harms Buck at all? I want to do the best for my buns.

 

[ZRabbits]

erinmoveit wrote:

Molly only visited, maybe about 20 minutes. So all together (with travel) about a half hour away.

Are you thinking this may have contributed to her being sick?

I do need to realize that every bun isn't as social as Buck. In hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to bring Molly. She was very young.

In your honest opinion, do you think it harms Buck at all? I want to do the best for my buns.

IMHO, no I don't think you are harming Buck. I went back and reread everything you lovingly stated about his Ambassador job, and I really think he likes it. One day a week, isn't hurting him by what you write. Some bunnies can handled stress, but I don't think Molly could. Being a runt, she's already put behind the eight ball and weaker than her sister, stress would be harder on her. But Peanut is different. She has no issues like her sister, but she's still very fragile. She needs time under your loving care to mature so that she can cope with that stress.

Bunnies are still wild animals. You can read here and everywhere how hard it is to help a wild bunny. The stress level to flee and their danger radar goes threw the roof and they perish. Domestic bunnies are just the same, but IMHO, they have found a "touchstone" with humans to help cope from that flee and danger instinct.

Be Peanut's touchstone, which will give her the courage, like Buck, to help children learn. I saw complete maturity in my buns at 1 year old. Wait till she'll be mature, sounds like Buck is doing a bang up job by himself.

K

 

[erinmoveit]

Ok thank you. Buck went twice during the whole school year so it wasn't a regular thing.

I don't attempt to say that I know everything about rabbits. I am so glad that I have found this forum. It provides a lot of guidance and reassurance. Thanks for helping out!