stray rabbits

[RollinWithTheStones]

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I'm only in Ohio, they would love a good home

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

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Since catching the spotted one I have pictured I've discovered a 2nd one, LOL. It has more of a splotchy spot like a mini lop (my actual pet is a mini lop). Here is a better picture of the spotted one I've captured.

IMAG1427 by StonesChickens, on Flickr

IMAG1428 by StonesChickens, on Flickr

 

[punk-a-doodle]

Oooo, yeah. Quite different from the front. Forget English spot. XD Any ear tatts by chance on any of them?

Most of them (barring the spotted guy) look like the kind of mixes you see around here for meat rabbits. Usually mixes of flemmie/cali/rex/silver fox/New Zealand in my local area. Meat colonies are predominantly blue in color here. If you have a local classified site for your area, may give you an idea of what you are most likely looking at. Not sure if knowing the mixes will help find them homes though.

 

[Tracydr]

Our entire neighborhood is full of rabbits like this. Mostly b/w, some fawn or champagne colored. Some yards have 10-15 bunnies!

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

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Holy moly

I couldn't imagine

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

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Nope no ear tats

 

[sommrluv]

That white one is a checkered giant. I can't buy them here at all.


Flemish around here can go for as much as $75 ea. so I guess that's why I'm so shocked that someone would just dump them. Maybe the owner passed and the family is just ignorant or something.


Wish Ohio didn't involve a minimum six hour ride! LOL

 

[punk-a-doodle]

Non-showable and mixed flemmies are usually priced from free to 20 bucks here. Pet stock 35 dollars, pedigreed-show $50 and up. They are used pretty often in my area for meat, but I'm not sure how common they are in Ohio. You should come here and pick some up Sommr!

Rabbits are moving sooooo slowly right now (especially non-meat rabbits) here, that you can get a papered show breeds for very cheap. A local English angora breeder has reduced her price three times now. Entire cage systems and colonies are up for grabs too, and our shelters are full of even breeder stock with tatts. We were able to pick up two English lops (very hard to find here) for well under $100 with an included pen, supplies, and caging! Definitely a buyer's market right now here.

PS. The spotted fellow doesn't appear to be a checkered giant or even an English spot. I was excited too at first seeing him from behind. I think the legs are way to short, the ears too short and not the right shape, the head too blocky (for an English spot), the fur not sleek enough (for an English spot), and the arch not present. The markings are also off, though his body type seems to dismiss the bun just being poorly marked, and places him as a mix or as a dalmatian in a different breed, I think.

 

[sommrluv]

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I shouldn't guess, because I'm really not that well versed in the different breeds, I just read a lot!

It's so sad that someone would dump them. What area are you in?

I'm getting a little addicted to rabbits now that I know how easy they are. We DO however raise ours for meat, so I don't want to misrepresent myself. I give all my animals wonderful lives, however, so it's still shocking to me that someone would dump an animal like that.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Good news capital area humane society took two of them for altering and adoption. The other two were not taken due to not being social and teeth issues. Appears we had a three year old female, three year old male and two one year old males.

We took the two males back because they couldn't be placed and would have been put down.