Oddly colored bunny

Kessel23

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Feb 6, 2018
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I let my does have their litters in burrows and so I do not keep track of the kits at all, I saw this little guy at the mouth of the burrow today and it appeared as if he was covered in dirt. I watched as he moved around and tried to nurse from his mom but no dirt fell off, I reached in to investigate and I was trying to be sneaky because the youngsters have never seen me before and are usually scared so they duck back into the burrow, this one did not, he ran up to me like I was another rabbit and sniffed me, he then let me pick him up. I have only had 2 bunnies act like this before, both of them were mentally challenged or something because they did the same thing to other animals, like my dogs. Unfortunately both of those ones died because of their friendliness towards other animals, one was killed by a dog and another was killed by a mink... I call them Pig rabbits because the first one was given to me by a neighbor who had named him Pig. Both of the other "Pig" rabbits were bucks. Anyways, besides being a Pig this boy stands out to me because of his color, I am sure there are other rabbits with a color like this but I personally have never seen one so I wanted to share. Also, Pig the 3rd is much bigger than his littermates, which I find kind of odd...
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Just because it’s friendly doesn’t mean it’s “mentally challenged”
Rabbits make great pets, I have two little fluffy bums living in a shed. They follow me around outside and they let the cats/dog/chickens/ducks and guineas know who’s boss.
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My understanding (and I'm always open to corrections because i'm still learning this too) is that agouti is the pattern. it's sort of the patterning you'd expect on wild rabbits. Chestnut is the color within the agouti, and is one of the black pattern variants. I'd say this one's a very sooty chestnut if that's the case. Super hard to tell from these pics.

Examples:

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