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  1. M

    What's the dif between red and high rufus chocolate agouti?

    You're welcome! Most if not all the studies are out there. Googling "Fontanesi + rabbit" will bring up some, Luca Fontanesi being one of the principal researchers and having a usefully unusual name, although it mainly brings up links to the book he co-wrote - which contains all the research done...
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    What's the dif between red and high rufus chocolate agouti?

    I attached the link to the paper in my post but in case you missed it, here it is again: A composite six bp in-frame deletion in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene is associated with the Japanese brindling coat colour in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) This is the bit - highlighted - where...
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    Silver in rex rabbits

    It can be done and has existed - The British Rabbit Council has a breed standard for it, although I have never seen one, and I don't think they have been seen for decades (at least since 1976 when I first got into rabbits). It's called the Silver Seal Rex, although I don't know why 'seal' is in...
  4. M

    What's the dif between red and high rufus chocolate agouti?

    I think it's marvellous that these studies have been done! And there is so much more to be explored. A great deal of it goes over my head but I can, at least, pick out the valuable parts with a little effort. Whether they will further investigate ED/ES or not, I've no idea, probably not since...
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    What's the dif between red and high rufus chocolate agouti?

    ED hasn't been proven to exist - research found it could be/is interchangeable with Es. The steel gene works in strange ways and most instances of unexpected agouti from two selfs can be explained by masked steel. A composite six bp in-frame deletion in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R)...
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    What's the dif between red and high rufus chocolate agouti?

    That would be a Tort Otter, also known as "Fox" in North America (Fox in the rest of the world and Europe is something entirely different!). All Agouti rabbits have white/pale nostrils, ear lacing, lighter chests, white belly and under tail. The a(t) gene keeps these pale areas, but makes the...
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    What's the dif between red and high rufus chocolate agouti?

    "Red Otter" isn't a rabbit colour description term - the rabbit will either be red, or possibly a chocolate otter (or even something else?). "Silver tipped chocolate" is also something open to interpretation; "silver tipped" is usually only used for Steel. If you have some good photos of the...
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    Orphaned kit question - Cecotrope

    From the sound of it they're orphaned :( They should have had some bacterial input from their mother, providing they nursed from her before she passed away. The doe will deposit bacteria on her fur when she washes herself, which the kits pick up when they feed from her. I successfully raised 5...
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    Do rabbits need pedigree to qualify for showing?

    Are you in the UK? We don't have ARBA shows here and things are very different, you'll need to look at the British Rabbit Council website for information on shows in the UK.
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    Nest Box Materials

    Definitely hay! What many people don't realise is that the babies - born with teeth - start nibbling, chewing and eating even before their eyes open. I have a video of a very young baby in the nest, eyes still closed, eating hay.
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    What would i get from this pairing ?

    OP is in Australia, where breed gene pools are very tiny due to import restrictions, so crossing is not unusual.
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    Need help with coccidiosis

    If it's the hepatic form, yes. There are a number of different Eimeria species cause cocci in rabbits - Eimeria steidae is the one that affects the liver. Then there are several which cause the intestinal form of cocci, but some symptoms would be seen in the form of digestive disturbances, e.g...
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    mini lop and holland lop

    OK - I see you're in the UK. I am too, and here we don't have Holland Lops, our equivalent is the Mini Lop. It is not the same breed as the American Mini Lop. Unfortunately I have seen people advertising Holland Lops here - they have probably been reading American websites and not realised we...
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    Harli/tri genetics

    I would wean at 8 weeks by taking the mother away, and then let them settle for a while. Here in the UK, British Rabbit Council members are advised not to let them go to new homes until 10 weeks. This is to give them the maximum chance of best health since their immune systems are still...
  15. M

    Oak and Acorns

    Wild European rabbits will eat bark and dead leaves, especially in winter when there's not much else around. But they know how much is safe to eat - domestics probably wouldn't.
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    Oak and Acorns

    Very high in tannin (tannic acid). This will almost certainly cause digestive upset in some rabbits. But a couple of leaves every now & then may help to keep internal parasites at bay such as coccidia.
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    A warning to others so you don't make my mistake

    Faint yellow might pass, but they have to be as near white as can be, on white/white-footed breeds. Very few ppl keep rabbits on wire here, so it is possible to keep them spotless on thick, clean bedding. Rabbits naturally soil only one corner, so that can be cleaned every day, and selecting for...
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    A warning to others so you don't make my mistake

    That's so different to showing in the UK. Here, the underside of the feet must be perfectly clean, and that means as white as the body on white rabbits. It's very hard work to keep them that clean.
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    Rabbitary Wipe Out

    Yes, it would have been. Wild rabbits in Europe and the UK form a reservoir of infection for Myxo, and now RHD. Myxo, luckily, is a lot less contagious than RHD. It's mainly spread by biting insects such as mosquitoes and fleas, and wild rabbits usually have plenty of fleas. Otherwise, it's...
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    Rabbitary Wipe Out

    Not man-made, but man-spread in some countries. RHDV2 arose as a mutation of the original strain in France - viruses mutate, as we all now know post-Covid. There is an accurate history of its spread here: History of rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD)
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