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[Bunnylady]

Lilly doe 5 months


What color would you say her eyes are? They are blue and pink.

her eyes are pink, but do I see color on her ears?

 

[AnimalsRmyLife]

What color would you say her eyes are? They are blue and pink.

Her eyes look like my guinea pig Snowball's eyes. And she's an Albino (also called P.E.W. Pink-Eyed-White).

 

[K Epp]

Yes, her ears are grey.

 

[sagealbright]

My blue rex. Not sure on sex. We are still trying to figure that out.


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[K Epp]

What color would you call Honeysuckle? She is black with Silver mane and skirt.

 

[Bunnylady]

She's black. There is only so much pigment put into a hair. Say there are - oh, let's say, 500 black pigment granules per hair. 500 granules packed into a 1 inch long hair makes for a deep, dense black color. 500 granules in a 3 inch long hair won't be packed anywhere nearly as tightly, which lets a lot of light through and gives you a gray color rather than that deep, solid black. Spreading the amount of pigment that would be in a normal length hair down the length of an angora hair makes for a much less intense color overall. The color is a lot darker in areas where the coat is shorter (like the face) and much lighter where the hair is long. Color on really longhaired rabbits (like the English Angora) can be tough to figure out if you don't already know what genes the rabbit has

 

[K Epp]

Thanks. I can't remember what color the breeder told me she was. She is my favorite out of the bunch so far. If you rub her fur backwards it's silver looking underneath. I'm going to pick up my buck Wednesday so I'll take something to write it down. Along with the color of their parents. Any other questions I should ask?

Lilly the white with grey ears and blue red eyes was given to me by a friend who's daughter wanted to trade for a puppy. All I know about it is she came from pet store. I can really tell the difference in the amount of mane she has compared to the others I got from the breeder.

 

[K Epp]

I'm putting wood in for them to they on. I but some small limbs off my apple tree. Can they have other types of wood like maple, oak, or poplar? I know no pitted fruit.

 

[Bunnylady]

Thanks. I can't remember what color the breeder told me she was. She is my favorite out of the bunch so far. If you rub her fur backwards it's silver looking underneath. I'm going to pick up my buck Wednesday so I'll take something to write it down. Along with the color of their parents. Any other questions I should ask?

Lilly the white with grey ears and blue red eyes was given to me by a friend who's daughter wanted to trade for a puppy. All I know about it is she came from pet store. I can really tell the difference in the amount of mane she has compared to the others I got from the breeder.

All rabbits with "red" eyes have eyes that look like Lilly's; there's nothing "blue" about them. With color on her ears, she's a himi/pointed white (the color is the same, but the name varies with the breed). She should also have a colored spot on her nose and color on her feet and tail, lack of color in those areas can be caused by Broken, Harlequin, Dutch, or Vienna genes.

 

[SA Farm]

I put this thread up in Backyard Herds, but I thought I'd share it here as well

I had some time on my hands and some rabbits of different sex and age, so I thought I'd throw together a thread on how to sex your young and older rabbits

Some of the pictures are a little blurry, but hopefully I've posted enough to help people out a bit!
I start by flipping the bunny on its back and normally hold the body with one hand and use the other to spread the bits to see what's what. I wrap my hand around and hold the tail with my forefinger and gently press the fur just below the bits towards the bunny's stomach with my thumb until I can see the reproductive parts enough to tell gender. (For newbies, it takes a bit of practice, but once you've checked often enough, it becomes easier.)
I can usually tell by 2-3 weeks and am 100% positive by 6-8. I know some people can tell earlier, and I might be able to, but haven't bothered checking until at least 2 weeks. (For newbies, it's usually easier to start out with sexing 6-8 week olds and adults until you get the hang of it.)

3 week old male / 3 week old female

The angles are different, but the first picture, you can see to the right of my thumb is a circle for the boy and the slit just below my thumb for the girl.

6 week old male / 6 week old female

A little easier to see here. The male's organ is circular and the female has a slit.

3-4 month old male / adult female

The male clearly has a shaft, while the female has a reddish slit. He's still young, so the testes aren't as obvious as they would be on an older male, but I didn't feel like wrangling my older, 10lb buck!

And here's a cute little bunny picture to clear your mind from all those bunny bits: