Looked out the kitchen window this morning a few minutes before we were leaving for the feed store and there was a huge rabbit in the yard, not unusual, but this one was extra large and super dark for a wild rabbit. I realized it was a domestic rabbit of some kind and couldn't let my cat or some coyote or fox get it. My husband and I went on a merry chase and eventually, he/she allowed itself to be caught. Super sweet bunny, fairly large, I guess. The thing is I've never had rabbits ( not really a fan, sorry, so I never researched them much) so I knew nothing about them, not really. The coloring looks like American Sable, nothing else is even close, but could just be a cross. No idea how to sex a rabbit. I did pick clover and dandelion for it, gave it water and at the feed store, bought some rabbit feed (Timothy hay pellets because it seems to be an adult). So, what do you think? What breed is it? I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. It's in the hospital cage in the barn. I understand they like to play with cat toys after reading some articles.
Pics of it on the lam, then in the cage in the barn.
Pics of it on the lam, then in the cage in the barn.