Is this a tort? Or chestnut? Out of 2 does I sold a guy up north.
So cute!
So cute!
Red/chestnut?
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Tort is a self color (non-agouti) with the yellowish non-extension gene. The main color shows on the face, ears, feet and tail. Reds and chestnuts are agouti patterns. Chestnut is the most dominant of color genes, with dominant agouti, black, full color, dense (not dilute) and full extension of dark colors down the hairshaft. Because it is agouti, it has the typical agouti markings: light eye rings, light inner ears, light belly, white under chin, white under tail, and banding on the hair shaft (black at the very tip, then yellowish, then slate gray as the undercolor.
Red is agouti with the recessive non-extension of black on the hairshaft. So, the black shades do not extend down the hair, you only see the yellowish shades, with creamy white undercolor. Reds have additional rufus modifiers that intensify the yellowish shades into reddish.They still have the agouti eye rings, light belly, light inside the ears and on the chin, but not the banding on the hairshaft. The undercolor is usually creamy white.
So, look at your rabbit. Does it have light eye rings? Is the belly light or colored? When you blow into the coat, what colors do you see on the hairshaft and where?
Red is agouti with the recessive non-extension of black on the hairshaft. So, the black shades do not extend down the hair, you only see the yellowish shades, with creamy white undercolor. Reds have additional rufus modifiers that intensify the yellowish shades into reddish.They still have the agouti eye rings, light belly, light inside the ears and on the chin, but not the banding on the hairshaft. The undercolor is usually creamy white.
So, look at your rabbit. Does it have light eye rings? Is the belly light or colored? When you blow into the coat, what colors do you see on the hairshaft and where?
Sorry this is not my rabbit.These are kits from 2 does I sold him. I did ask him to blow into the coat to look for rings and look for other markers.
However, it is good to know torts are self colours (verses the red agouti). Thank you.
Super cute!!!
I am in the middle of my 2-month winter breeding hiatus, so I am drooling over baby bunny pictures!I don't see any of the ticking in the body fur that you'd have on a chestnut, but I do see what looks like light inner ear linings, faint eye rings, and what looks like agouti trim around the jaw and possibly at the nape, so I'm thinking smutty orange. If it was tort, you'd usually expect a lot more dark around the face, chest and sides. But for me, the easiest way to tell a tort for sure is to look at its belly. As @judymac points out, a tort is a self, so its belly will be dark, while an agouti has a light belly.
Thanks! I will send him all the info. Yesterday was an 18 hour shift so my heads pace was cloudy!Super cute!!!
I don't see any of the ticking in the body fur that you'd have on a chestnut, but I do see what looks like light inner ear linings, faint eye rings, and what looks like agouti trim around the jaw and possibly at the nape, so I'm thinking smutty orange. If it was tort, you'd usually expect a lot more dark around the face, chest and sides. But for me, the easiest way to tell a tort for sure is to look at its belly. As @judymac points out, a tort is a self, so its belly will be dark, while an agouti has a light belly.
