Rabbits!

[Bunnylady]

This does not look like Rex fur, it looks like normal fur. If this is the kind of fur the rest of your rabbits have, I have to wonder if you have any Rex at all?

 

[sweetheart84]

My Bunny's are also shedding their winter fur

 

[sweetheart84]

 

[Bunnylady]

And your point would be? This is not what Daphne's fur looks like.

 

[User395221]

Hi, bunnylady, I see you're online. I adopted a bunny after one of my buns died He's a seal point netherland dwarf. He dropped his coat and the new fur seems darker than it was before. I think the adoption lady said he was about 10 months old (so quite young). I haven't really noticed my bunnies doing huge moults (we have a hot climate, with not much of a winter, it doesn't really get cold where they'd need a winter coat, any moulting has been very subtle) except for him. Is it usual for a young bunny's coat colour to darken after a moult, or will the lighter colour grow in with his new coat? (He's lovely, I don't care what colour he is, just curious, he was a very light beige, he's now a darker shade on his body)

 

[Bunnylady]

Hi, bunnylady, I see you're online. I adopted a bunny after one of my buns died He's a seal point netherland dwarf. He dropped his coat and the new fur seems darker than it was before. I think the adoption lady said he was about 10 months old (so quite young). I haven't really noticed my bunnies doing huge moults (we have a hot climate, with not much of a winter, it doesn't really get cold where they'd need a winter coat, any moulting has been very subtle) except for him. Is it usual for a young bunny's coat colour to darken after a moult, or will the lighter colour grow in with his new coat? (He's lovely, I don't care what colour he is, just curious, he was a very light beige, he's now a darker shade on his body)

Rabbits may molt for a variety of reasons - a change in light levels, a change in temperatures, or just a change (though babies do have a couple of coats that come in at fairly predictable ages on their way to the adult coat). It can be really frustrating for someone who likes to show. The siamese-type shaded pattern is partly temperature dependent; the fur grows in darker when the temperatures are cooler, and lighter when the temperatures are warmer. Though sometimes, shadeds seem to be whatever shade takes their fancy at the moment - which can get really funky looking. If a rabbit does partial molts for some reason; it can almost look like the rabbit is wearing camo.

 

[User395221]

the fur grows in darker when the temperatures are cooler, and lighter when the temperatures are warmer.

Thanks. It's the middle of summer, so that would not have happened in his case, I expect, although I can't really remember if we had any unexpected colder nights that might have triggered something. His hair looks shorter than it was, maybe he'll grow back a longer coat for 'winter'.

I can imagine it would be frustrating if you had a show rabbit, luckily mine are all pets, so they can look terrible if they want.

 

[sweetheart84]

Just confirmed by one of my breeding friends that she is a sable rex mix.

 

[BantamLover21]

Just confirmed by one of my breeding friends that she is a sable rex mix.

I'm glad you found out.

 

[sweetheart84]

I'm glad you found out. 

ty. My friends breed their rabbits for show.