Recent content by ihatedarkroast

Hmmmmmm....I will have to think on it more then. I can write down the possibilities. If I cross Otto and the doe on purpose maybe the resulting litter would shed some more light. On a slightly related note, does Yogi carry a weak version of the Astrex gene? Here is a picture of his coat before...

I'm going to have to try this! Well, away from my kids. They might jerk them around too much. Rabbit agility? interesting.

I would go to a local farm/hardware store and have them order you timothy seed if it's not in stock and see if they can ship it to the store for you for free and pick it up there. My Rural King store does not stock timothy seed, but they have a lot of other hay seeds. It's never on the website...

OMG I love your tri and broken black in the last pic! I can't wait to see how your choco baby grows up. Mine had a more golden color until he grew his winter coat then it was a rich velvety brown. Also, is that a dog vest on a rabbit or a rabbit vest? Hmmm. Maybe I should train Yogi Bear and...

For real? O_O cool!! There are two gray in that litter. One has a definite golden tan outline and the body is solid. Very hard to see on my camera. The other has the tan zig zags scattered across the body. I have 3 otter kits. I can't wait to see them grow! I don't think the otter kit is...

Never seen one like that with the bold pattern around here before! I think perhaps the harlequin rexes people sell on craigslist here are just tortoiseshell rexes. But that's cool about the ej and En combo.

Ooooooooh! That clears it up about the ticking then. XD Thank you! As far as black vs. sepia, I think I would have to see it in person. It looks black but if the sun hits it a certain way it looks slightly brownish. I was probably over thinking it. Or maybe his winter coat is not quite as...

Silver fox are popular where I live in the south eastern USA. Chinchilla and New Zealand too. Chinchilla have amazing pelts but the one I had became aggressive and bit people so I never got any more. I like the standard rex. I did tawing (soap tanning) on 5 pelts so far. The fur feels good. I...

Here are some more of how the castors grew out and the current litters. One litter is a couple weeks behind the other. Eyes just barely starting to open. I'm loving the new colors! I think I have some more castors, a few otters. They grey ones...maybe likac tortise and 1 lilac otter??? Maybe...

I thought I'd give an update on what I've been up to and my rabbit newb adventures. The two castors/amber are two does I kept from Tizzy's 3rd litter. I named them Serena and Selena. The larger otter is their brother Otto. I purchased the chocolate with papers to breed with the castors. His...

Yes, I noticed on several web sites that the photos and descriptions of various rabbit colors presented some conflicting information. That's why I gave up researching it myself and decided to ask the experts here! :D Ok, I got confused about how much ticking or stray white hairs along the...

Are we black otter or seal? Dad is broken black otter I think. Mom is castor. His name is otto. I bought him a wifey and she looks the same but seller said she was a seal. I'm confused.

We've been processing our rex between 3 and 4 months. Not tough or chewy at all. Live weights 4.3-5.5 lbs. 2.5-3.5 processed weight. 5 days resting in the fridge. I think my husband would like them a bit bigger at 5 months. He keeps comparing them to a chicken. but I like to cut down on the...

he's a cutie! I really like my rex. They are so snuggable!

Oooh, I didn't mean it that way! A friend at church has a pet snake in a terrarium at her house. When that litter didn't make it, I put the dead newborns into ziploc bags in my freezer to give to her when I saw her later at church. And we quietly pretended it never happened so the old ladies...