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[Bunnylady]

Color question. Can you breed a seal to a chocolate tort?

Well, you can, but it sets up the possibility of some unshowable colors down the line. Both seal and tort are self-based colors; all of the babies will be self-based colors too. Seal is two shaded genes at the C locus, so all of the babies will get a shaded gene from that parent. Chocolate tort is two chocolate genes and two non-extension genes, so all of the babies will get a copy of those two, as well.

The most likely color to see from this cross is black. If the seal is carrying chocolate, some of the babies might be chocolate-somethings. If the seal isn't carrying chocolate, you won't see any in this generation, but since all of the kits will inherit it, they will be able to throw chocolate when bred to a chocolate/chocolate carrier. Most of the possible colors are not a problem, but getting chocolate and the shaded gene together brings up the possibility of things like chocolate sables and chocolate creams (or chocolate pearls), which while pretty, aren't showable (except maybe in the Angoras).

 

[ChocolateMouse]

We had to put down our oldest rabbit yesterday. Very sad. She was an older Holland lop, a pet, and she had been limping for months. Then last week she lost the use of one of her front legs entirely all of the sudden and was falling over with every step, just pulling it behind her. I think her only option would have been amputation and I think she would not have lived a good life after that if we could have even found a vet to do it.

If anyone is interested I have an unshowable but unfixed Holland lop male that could use a new home. He was a companion to my older girl and now he's all alone in the room. He's a broken black with Charlie markings and too-long ears but otherwise good form. We'd like to get out of "pet" rabbits, so no new companion for him, and he's lonely. He never grooms his feet (his only real issue, we have to clean them for him or they mat) so he'd do best in a wire-bottom cage.

We also lost one of my Rex's kits; which have also been vanishing from their locked cage. This happened once before with a different cage. I think it's a coon but there's no blood or fur anywhere. Now our original litter of 12 is down to five. (Two never got fed, one death and the rest vanished from a locked cage.) Plus my rex has developed an abscess on her chin. This is nutsy. Bad week for bunnies around here.

 

[PrimroseMom1]

My satin doe died today and we have no clue how :/ completely unexpected! The horrible part is that she has 7 newborn babies that we are bottle feeding, going tomorrow to look for a foster mom!

I' m so sad to hear about your doe. I don't know where you live, but I'm in Louisiana and my favorite breeder here does not let her rabbits get pregnant in the hot months, she says it's very hard on the does. Maybe that was it. The good news about feeding the babies is that they only eat twice a day. Feed them KLM kitten suppliment with 1 tablespoon of heavy cream mixed into each small can.

 

[Nutcase]

We had to put down our oldest rabbit yesterday. Very sad. She was an older Holland lop, a pet, and she had been limping for months. Then last week she lost the use of one of her front legs entirely all of the sudden and was falling over with every step, just pulling it behind her. I think her only option would have been amputation and I think she would not have lived a good life after that if we could have even found a vet to do it.

So sorry about your doe.

The same thing happened to my old doe over a year ago. She was a mutt but had the sweetest personality you could wish for, and would follow me everywhere. She lived to be 8 years old.

 

[redrstr29]

Thankx everyone!!! Im not sure they are FULL flemish though...ears arent as big as my other flemish......I already have a nestbox in for her....Her stomach is sooo big...I hope it not worms...her condition is great IDK?

 

[CowGrrrl]

I have a black polish and a lavender English Spot.

 

[WaterfowlWierdo]

I' m so sad to hear about your doe. I don't know where you live, but I'm in Louisiana and my favorite breeder here does not let her rabbits get pregnant in the hot months, she says it's very hard on the does. Maybe that was it. The good news about feeding the babies is that they only eat twice a day. Feed them KLM kitten suppliment with 1 tablespoon of heavy cream mixed into each small can.

I live in north Idaho and between the days that she had them and when she died it didn't get over 80 degrees and even when its hot they get frozen water bottles. And the really wierd part is that she acted completely normal and showed no signs of anything being wrong

 

[ChocolateMouse]

So yesterday I went to our county fair to see about getting a new rabbit.

Holy cow was that place awful! It's one of the biggest county fairs in the state but I was SO disappointed in the rabbits there. They have an ARBA sanctioned show, and yet....

Only half the cages were filled. And of those, over half were "pet" breed rabbits. Lots of minis and lops and dwarfs. They were all OK. They were also for sale.
They had a decent selection of Flemmish Giants but all entered by the same person, the same situation with the Champagne D'Argentes. They all were decent looking and also for sale.
The rest of the breeds each got terrible representation... Usually by a sick rabbit. Many of the rabbits there had moderate to severe eye infections. The rabbit that won BOB for English lops was emaciated, dirty and could barely see. The winner for Californian BOB had a big sore on one of her feet. The winner for Rex BOB was old and covered in so much skin it wrinkled all over like a Shar-Pei. Many of the rabbits were outright DQ'd for not being anywhere near breed standard and no awards were given for the breed. The French lop BOB also had weepy eye. Most of them had eye problems, were dirty, were not doing well...

Wish I had some local rabbit friends. I'd love to get a group of people with some REAL rabbits together to enter next year. Up the competition hard core; run out these terribly bred rabbits that are sick. If nothing else I'm going to enter my rabbits and probably get a best in show award if and definitely BOB! My rabbits aren't even extrodinarially superior and I think I could win on having great flesh condition, a good coat, and coming anywhere near breed standard.

 

[Lynzi777]

So yesterday I went to our county fair to see about getting a new rabbit.

Holy cow was that place awful! It's one of the biggest county fairs in the state but I was SO disappointed in the rabbits there. They have an ARBA sanctioned show, and yet....

Only half the cages were filled. And of those, over half were "pet" breed rabbits. Lots of minis and lops and dwarfs. They were all OK. They were also for sale.
They had a decent selection of Flemmish Giants but all entered by the same person, the same situation with the Champagne D'Argentes. They all were decent looking and also for sale.
The rest of the breeds each got terrible representation... Usually by a sick rabbit. Many of the rabbits there had moderate to severe eye infections. The rabbit that won BOB for English lops was emaciated, dirty and could barely see. The winner for Californian BOB had a big sore on one of her feet. The winner for Rex BOB was old and covered in so much skin it wrinkled all over like a Shar-Pei. Many of the rabbits were outright DQ'd for not being anywhere near breed standard and no awards were given for the breed. The French lop BOB also had weepy eye. Most of them had eye problems, were dirty, were not doing well...

Wish I had some local rabbit friends. I'd love to get a group of people with some REAL rabbits together to enter next year. Up the competition hard core; run out these terribly bred rabbits that are sick. If nothing else I'm going to enter my rabbits and probably get a best in show award if and definitely BOB! My rabbits aren't even extrodinarially superior and I think I could win on having great flesh condition, a good coat, and coming anywhere near breed standard.

You're probably better off finding just a rabbit/cavy show that is being held some place nearby (the closest one may be pretty far away still) I've never seen anything good in the past a fair. It's like anyone can walk in with a rabbit at those types of shows. Finding a show on it's own would be better in my opinion because they consist of people who actually care enough to travel to get their rabbits there, etc.

 

[Lynzi777]

I have a black polish and a lavender English Spot.

What does a lavender English Spot look like? Do you have a picture? I tried googling it but all I got were english spots.