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OK, so I am still thinking about color variations... what I am about to say doesn't necessarily apply to @RABBITGIRLFORTHEWIN's buck, who doesn't appear to be agouti. But just because it's interesting in the context of this discussion... I went and looked at my little "St Huberts," who are all...

I'm having suddenly increasing issues with this type of behavior. The two approaches that have been successful for me is to either fill the cage with nest boxes so she has no option but to use one of them, or to bring the doe inside in a medium-sized dog kennel filled with hay on the night...

I don't know of any genetics test, but you can tell whether or not he's a Silver Fox by examining his coat. SF fur should be fairly long - ideal is 1-1/2 inches - and it should stand up straight when stroked forward toward his head, without any hint of rollback action. There are of course...

Yes, REW hides everything; at least as far as I know, there is no color or pattern gene that will overpower that <cc>. So, you cannot tell anything about any other loci in a REW unless you have a pedigree or do a test breeding. A broken REW out of your broken black doe would be <?a ?? cc ?? ...

In my experience, black rabbits with blue-gray eyes have always turned out to be self chins. I have had chinchillas with brown eyes, so it can go the other direction, too. But you really shouldn't see any dilution of eye color from <d>, in either its homozygous or heterozygous state, without...

Silver Fox usually do not have that nose butterfly; they also generally have less silvering and longer fur than the rabbit pictured, as well as always having the unique stand-up fox fur they're known for. I kind of wonder if you got an Argente Brun, or a crossbreed.

He looks like a silvered chocolate, aka Argente Brun (French: argente = silver, brun = brown) It's the newest silvered breed accepted by the ARBA, in 2016. Their silvering is not necessarily as heavy as that of the Champagne D'Argent, but they have the same distinctive nose butterfly...

Yes, the seeds contain the fat. You can also give her uncooked oatmeal, as @Preitler says, or mix them and give her both. Another good source of fat is wheat germ oil. They don't usually like the taste of that, but you can stir a little bit into the seeds and/or oats. Wheat germ oil is rich...

When I have lactating does that seem to be losing condition, I give them about a Tablespoon of BOSS (black oil sunflower seeds - you can buy them as wild bird feed) each day. It's a source of fat, which they need to make milk. I give it to them when I do nest checks, so that they're happy to...

In my herd, the feed conversion rate stays fairly level for about 16 weeks. The growth rates stay level up to 20-ish weeks but by then they are definitely eating more, so the feed conversion rate goes down. We still usually butcher at 12 weeks since at that age the sexes need to be separated...

It's a hard call. Seven isn't super old for a rabbit, especially for a small breed, but I've noticed that all rabbits, and especially bucks, have a harder time adjusting to change as they age. So it could be that the winter took a toll, then moving him to a new place kind of kicked him when he...

I've had bad results with under-box heating. It's hard to heat a box full of insulating fur without making things very hot (the fur insulates from heat as well as cold). You can find underbox heaters, and maybe some folks use them successfully, but the few times I've used them, the does have...

VMs are not a recognized variety in any U.S. breed, so as far as I know there's not really a set proportion of white vs color on a VM to define "extreme," like there is on a broken colored rabbit. In brokens, the two extremes are known as charlie (something less than 10% color) or booted...

I would have called her a dilute magpie except for that cream patch in front of her left eye, and I think I see cream on her ears as well? Her blue eyes could be from a chinchilla allele (yes, a magpie is a chinchilla harlequin - the chinchilla allele <c(chd)> reduces/prevents expression of...

There are multiple judges at every national convention, each assigned to judge certain breeds. Some breeds have relatively few entries (15 Giant Angoras in the 2023 Open show), while others have huge numbers (in 2023 - Netherland Dwarf = 1,503, Mini Rex = 1,258 open entries). Even the big...

The kits with dark ears and gold tips are steels. They are indeed agoutis <A>, but another gene in a different place on the genome causes a change to the banding pattern, to produce what look like lighter-tipped hairs. The ones with gold tips are called gold-tipped steels, and they are not...

Well that cancels my thoughts about steel. He now looks very much chinchilla. Agouti rabbits can take quite a while for the proper banding to show up, as they go through their adult coat development. Were those other fur pictures taken when he was a junior? Personally I would rule out...

Rabbits can present with respiratory problems for several different reasons; many people think of snuffles first, but dust or allergic reactions can also produce irritation/snot/sneezing/coughing. I had a white buck that had weepy eyes off and on for months, and I finally put it together with...

I have found that raspberry leaves do indeed seem to promote labor. I cannot say whether they would provoke early labor, but I've used fresh raspberry leaves several times, successfully, to assist Mini Rex that were struggling to give birth.

I have not seen any actual evidence that neutering will extend lifespans in rabbits even in does. Some of the House Rabbit Society people insist they'll die of uterine cancer if left unspayed, but I've never seen any of our does develop, let alone die of, uterine cancer. We do PMs on most...