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[taraann81]

Well I went to get the boy, the day I was suppose to go and pick him up the breeder called and said he was having an eye issue. And did I want to wait until it was resolved before I came to get him. I assumed it wouldn't be too bad so I said I would come. Well it looks much worse than I thought it would be, she did give me a discount on him and the meds and info the vet sent along. She also said she would replace him if it did not heal completely and he ended up blind or losing the eye. She though maybe straw got in his eye?

I also picked up the "orange" doe she is actually quite pretty and what a fluff ball.

And then by accident I came home with 2 angora/french lop crosses. The mother(french lop) was huge! I mean rivaling Flemish in size. I was oogling at how beautiful she was and how cute the kits were when the breeder picked up the last 2 a buck and a doe and gave them to me. What am I going to do with? I have no idea but they are just so darn cute! The breeder said she bought the french lop bred to an angora and since they were a cross she was selling them for cheap. I sure hope they end up with lop ears! They are pure white little clouds of fluff!

 

[gypsy2621]

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Ok what did the vet give her for eye meds, is it a tube of opthamolic ointment in a blue box?
the one in the yellow box is useless.
is it sneezing, runny yucky nose? inside of the paws crusted or wet?

IF there is nothing more than a puncture from hay fine even if he does lose the sight unless your going to show him and although they are not recognised breed as yet, I wouldnt worry about it. blind in one eye doesnt top them from breeding and they will not pass it onto the kits ( it isnt a genetic disorder).

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at the same time.
I love the accidently came home with. that cracked me up.
the So Mad is because I breed french lops for show quality and prople breeding them to Angoras really mess up the lines and leaves the babys useless for anything other than meat.
There is nothing more heartbreaking than to go out and look at alitter of 3 week old kits and find they are all angora french.
Yes they make good pets but unfortunately the breeding process gets repeated and eventually end up in someones rabbitry and someone ending up having to destroy the whole litter and generally the offending parent/s. not pleasant.
little back ground as to why there are angora french:
eons ago someone had the idea that breeding a french lkop to an angora would improve the body style of the angora, it would give it mass and ideal lion and shoulders, yes they certainly improved the angoras but on the other hand they sent most all of the crosses out into the show circut.The off spring that were not to be used in the corrections of the angora should have been destroyed never sold.

Now as for the weight on on a lion head,
Never buy a rabbit at near Max or above Standards weight. unless you know for sure they throw small kits, and even at that you will still get oversized kits and wont be able to show them when the are accepted.
Same is true for Dwarfs, unless you know what they produce one never buys a Max weight over over weight breeder. the standards call for small not beasts.
I will say again never buy a lion head over 3 lbs,.

 

[chinbunny]

Seconds what gypsy says. also, never buy nor breed with a rabbit with cronic eye issues, or is showing signs of illness. A responsible rabbit culls their cronically sick animals, not sell them as a pet or breeder for a discount. Its not an ethical, nor responsible practice. The reason being is that its possible the animal could have something that it can spread to another rabbit, or pass on to the next generation. If this rabbit is sick, take it back and ask for a healthy one. That is what they should have sold you in the first place.

 

[taraann81]

Chinnbunny- I had plans to pick this rabbit up before he had the eye issue.The paper work the vet gave her said the bunny has a scratched cornea. The breeder didn't pass him off as a discount she was going to keep him until completely healed I offered to take him as is, with the medication. She is a responsible breeder she gave me the discount for the extra time and work I will have to put in to this guy.

Gypsy-the breeder was also somewhat upset about the cross. But she bought the french lop doe already bred. She says if she didn't want this particular doe she would have passed up the deal. But she is selling them as pet only homes(or at least encouraging this as best she can). But she doesn't like the idea of mixing any breeds unless they are strictly to be used as meat. I don't know I've seen pics of lion lops and they may be the cutest bunnies I've ever seen!
Meat eh? I never thought of that, perhaps we could use them as meat rabbits. They certainly are cute.

 

[gypsy2621]

Lion Lops are cute, I cant remember if there is a Developement Certificate taken out on them or not. I know there were several breeders that were going to take out a certificate.
I have a firend trying to perfect what she calls Velvet lions, sheis crossing the mini rex to lionhead, getting some very nice bodys and fur plus super cute rabbits,
the perk in this cross is any that are born lion head after 5 generations do not have fur that matts up like is normal for lion heads right now.
She is going to Take a Ceritficate of Development as soon as she is satisfied that it can be a perfect rabbit.
As it stands right now the ones who cant be used back into the program go straight to the freezer.


On the little guy with the eye issue, glad to hear its only a scratched cornea. that is rather easy to take care of though time consuming.
On one of your other threads you asked about bringing rabbits inside, This one would be a cabdidate to beinside for the winter.
reason being the cold will irritate and aggravate the scratch, plus you can better m onitor him for keeping his back feet out of his eyes and causing more serious infection.
The upside of him being inside is you will have a super friendly buck who will love you to pieces.

on the French Lop/Angora cross, yeah the babys are adorable but the fuzzy fur is a nightmare, it matts up if you walk by breathing .seriously.
Some not all will loose that fuzzy coat after the first molt. but the genetics are still there and will mess things up down the line.
My Grand Champion Buck Chaz carrys that stupid angora gene.
I had no clue it was there, until I bred him to a doe I got from a friend, ( she didnt know either with her doe).
The 2 carrying the gene produced a litter of angora lops, I was heartbroken as she was.
the thing with the angora gene is BOTH parents have to caryy a copy of the gene for it to express its self.
Some one could go years( like I did) with out ever seeing a angora lop then bamm one doe will show you just whats behind certain animals. Heartbreaking to have to cull a whole litter of beautiful rabbits.
I understand the other breeders frustration, nothing worse than finding the perfect buck or especially doe and find out it was bred to something that renders the kits useless. but if you need the genetics in the bred doe you deal with the kits in the best way you can.
although had it been me I wouldnt have given them away as a bonus, they would have been in the freezer the minute they were up to weight. but thats just me.