What color is my rabbit

[Wolfefarmyard]

Hi there!
I recently rescued a mini Rex doe. The people we got her from informed us that she’s an opal. But from what I’ve read and seen, she’s not. So I’m wondering what you guys think she is? Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Gray Farms]

Its a Blue Chinchilla, Opal would have brown/tan highlights.

 

[BuffOrps32]

Its a Blue Chinchilla, Opal would have brown/tan highlights.

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[Wolfefarmyard]

Its a Blue Chinchilla, Opal would have brown/tan highlights.

But aren't they supposed to have white under their chin and stomach?

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

We're hoping to use her in 4h so I need to know what color she is but we just can't figure it! I would agree and say blue chinchilla but she's a solid color, she has no white around her eye, under her chin, or stomach. So we're stuck

 

[Bunnylady]

Definitely NOT a Chin of any type (at least, not what most people consider a Chinchilla); as you said, there is no ticking/banding to the coat, nor the light "trim package" of an Agouti (ear lacing, eye rings, lacing around nostrils/lips/toes, white belly, white underside of tail). On my screen, she looks most like a Lilac (pinkish dove-gray, as opposed to the slate-gray of a Blue). Lilac, of course, is the dilute form of Chocolate; are there any Chocolates on her pedigree? Pictures can do funny things, so it can be really hard to be sure about what one is seeing on a computer screen, but it looks like she has brown eyes, and that may be a problem. The eye color of a dilute is supposed to be blue-gray, not brown, but whether that is a DQ or just a fault in this case is something I'm not sure about.

 

[Gray Farms]

But aren't they supposed to have white under their chin and stomach?

Can't under the chin and stomach from this pic. More pics maybe needed.

 

[Bunnylady]

Can't under the chin and stomach from this pic. More pics maybe needed.

You can see the belly well enough, and the jaw, to see that there is no white there, nor around the eye, nor around the nostrils, nor between the toes, and no lacing in the ears. There is also clearly no ticking/banding to the coat. The OP's animal is self-patterned, not Agouti-patterned.

This is what a Chinchilla Mini Rex looks like:

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Thank you! I was thinking maybe lilac too, but like you said she does have brown eyes but blue gray.

I’m not sure if she had chocolate in her, they did say she had pedigree but she was a rescue so they didn’t have it since her last owners kept it.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

Here’s a few more pictures