Well I really needed a rabbit

[TigerLilly]

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Same here.
It sure is a cutie--love the color. If it's a mix, it looks like it could have some dwarf in it, unless it gets huge, then I'm totally wrong...

 

[ModernGameGrl]

She's adorable. Her coat is called astrex they were once a breed in and of themselves but have nearly died off though the fur type does show up from time to time mostly in rex type rabbits though I know it's come up in lionheads and a few other breeds. She looks like she has some dutch in her from her markings.

 

[Haviris2]

Thanks for the advice, and info on her coat, just figured it was a mix thing. I'm not sure she's 'quite' as young as the pics may make her seem, the hair on her ears is really thick and sort of curves under which makes her ears look smaller, but she's doing really well, eating and drinking, and poop is solid.

I sexed her, no blood test, I've had a few in the past and haven't gotten it wrong yet, but it wouldn't kill me if she turned out to be a he. I'd already bought her before I even checked, I don't have any other rabbits, so no worry about them multiplying. I can check again when she's older, just to be sure.

 

[Akane]

She could be a mini rex cross of some type. If you get a really good coat on a mini rex it's so dense that it sticks out at weird angles until they grow big enough to fit their coat and if you cross out to a regular coated breed you'll get the curl. My blue buck throws kits with the weird wrinkled coat and when crossed to my meat rabbit line can make extra fuzzy, curly coats. I don't think I have any pics of the kits at that stage.

It's her head shape and size that makes her look so young. They lose some of the squareness to their head and it becomes smaller compared to their body as they reach proper weaning age. Some of our mini rex get called hippo bunnies until they reach 7-8weeks because they have these big flat heads and wide nostrils. The refinement comes in around that 7th week, especially on does, and this one lacks it. I'd guess 5-6weeks.

Personally I'd be hoping for a buck.

They generally make better pets and occasionally you can get very aggressive does that can't even be handled unless you spay. More common from poor quality sources like bad breeders and pet stores. I managed to pick up one of those from a bad breeder and I wouldn't wish her on anyone. Nearly everyone who finds out we have rabbits also has a story of some half insane doe they got at the pet store that violently attacked anything that went near their cage. My pet store doe didn't turn out that bad but I'm definitely never buying a doe from a pet store or questionable breeder again. Demon rabbit was a traumatizing experience. She was such a cute little friendly thing before 3 months too. Overnight she went nuts when she hit maturity. The bucks from her line are all perfectly sane.

 

[dutchhollow]

I would guess some holland lop in there, head shape , some dutch and some harlequin (mixed up pattern and roaning)

 

[storminstaffs]

that is so adorable, never seen one that colour before and the fur looks funky, colourwise wise it looks dutch marked

 

[Haviris2]

I would have been happy w/ a buck, I wasn't really particular, but I do seem to be cursed w/ girls, all the bunnies I've had in the last several years have been female, and I only chose one that way (becaue I already had some females).

It's been a long time since I've had baby bunnies, but I was guessing her around 6 weeks. The hair on her face and cheeks is really thick, which might make her face seem rounder. They seem similar to kittens in how they change and age.