Waiting for kits and going insane!!! Update- Pics

OneAcreFarm · Apr 25, 2011

We had a runt that we lost from our litter too...sad, but that is the way things are. It was just too small and weak to keep up. I tried holding it to nurse too. Are either of your rabbits dwarf? If not, it could not have been a peanut, just a runt. If I am not mistaken, peanut happens when the kit gets "dwarf" genes from both parents. Happy that you have 8 healthy kits! Congrats!

bun crazy · Apr 25, 2011

Mountainrabbits, I LOVE the broken too. Heck, I love 'em all. What am I talking about

But, I'm especially fond of him/her.

Oneacre, Thanks!! That's my understanding with peanuts as well. I know that the doe is part mini rex but the buck is supposed to be full standard rex but, if Pip was a true peanut then the buck would have had to be part MR too. Not sure if it can even happen that way or if both parents would have to actually be MR and not just have MR in their background? My understanding of rabbit genetics is severely limited (I'm still learning

) so Pip could have well just been a runt.

OneAcreFarm · Apr 25, 2011

bun crazy":224n0ix5 said:
Mountainrabbits, I LOVE the broken too. Heck, I love 'em all. What am I talking about But, I'm especially fond of him/her.

Oneacre, Thanks!! That's my understanding with peanuts as well. I know that the doe is part mini rex but the buck is supposed to be full standard rex but, if Pip was a true peanut then the buck would have had to be part MR too. Not sure if it can even happen that way or if both parents would have to actually be MR and not just have MR in their background? My understanding of rabbit genetics is severely limited (I'm still learning ) so Pip could have well just been a runt.

Yeah, :lol: , mine too! Your little one looked just like the one I lost, and mine are all purebred Californian. That is why I chose Cali's, less genetics to keep up with!