Rabbits, that time of year apparently! (pics)

[taraann81]

I have a minin lop that looks similar.

This is Goomba, he is a buck and is right up there with my flemmies when is comes to great personalities!

She is very cute! I would say free ranging such a small bun would be a recipe for disaster!

 

[mtcookie]

I would say mini lop around 5 to 6 weeks old. The picture below is of my current litter. They are 5 weeks old right now, they also still nurse from mama once a day.

Anyone want to name her color for me?

 

[Rin]

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What cage size do you use for your mini lop then? Right now shes bumming it in a dog crate meant for 150ib dogs.

 

[taraann81]

I would have to measure the cage. Its quite large, I am sure that dog crate would be plenty big enough!

Mt cookie my guess is her color is agouti(chesnut agouti?) but I am new to the bunny colors!

 

[mtcookie]

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I am new to colors as well. lol

 

[storminstaffs]

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I am new to colors as well. lol

Its an agouti

 

[Bunnylady]

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I am new to colors as well. lol

Its an agouti

An agouti is a small South American rodent. Agouti is also a pattern of color in an animal's coat. Agouti is not a color by itself. There have been pictures of several rabbits of the same color posted in this thread, they are all chestnuts (or if you insist on making it long and complicated, chestnut agoutis.)

 

[Rin]

Well, it's nice to know then. She's likely a chestnut mini lop then or some mix thereof? Works fine for me.

I'm actually partial to the floppy ears too XD Especially in the adults, the ears are just like FWOOMP.

 

[storminstaffs]

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Its an agouti

An agouti is a small South American rodent. Agouti is also a pattern of color in an animal's coat. Agouti is not a color by itself. There have been pictures of several rabbits of the same color posted in this thread, they are all chestnuts (or if you insist on making it long and complicated, chestnut agoutis.)

in the UK the colour is just known as agouti

 

[Bunnylady]

In this country, there is a whole class of colors known as agouti (Chinchilla, Squirrel, Opal, etc.) They are all produced by the agouti gene. It's bad enough that "chestnut" in a rabbit bears absolutely no resemblance (or genetic similarity, come to think of it) to "chestnut" in a horse. Try explaining the difference between the "self" phenotype and the "self" genotype to a newby! Or figure out what the guy on the phone wants when he says a "grey" rabbit, and you have at least six different shades in your rabbitry that someone who didn't know colors might call grey!

I believe there are quite a number of things with rabbits that don't translate "across the pond." storminstaffs mentioned the British Giant, which is a breed that we don't have here (didn't I hear recently that the new world record holder for "heaviest rabbit" is a British Giant?) There are some strictly American breeds that aren't seen anywhere else. There are some breeds that are seen in Europe, but go by a different name. Wouldn't what we call a "Holland Lop" here, be called a "Netherlands Dwarf Lop" in Europe?

And wasn't the New Zealand actually developed in California?