What breed of rabbit is my rabbit?

[ckcs]

Gracie is about 4 years old. I weighed her for the photo and she is 8lbs 3oz. Her weight has been in the 8lb range for as long as we have been weighing her. Her feet are greenish from newspaper, poo and hay. Need to build a large wire bottom cage.

 

[Dood]

Her size, colour (fawn), large ears and angular facial features make me believe she is a Flemish giant or a cross of one.

 

[LeAnn24]

She sure seems to be a sweetie pie! Don't really have an idea of the breed.

 

[rawfeeder]

I'm no expert but her head reminds me of a lot of rex rabbits I have seen. I would of guessed she was a rex mix..

 

[jessie15273]

Her size, colour (fawn), large ears and angular facial features make me believe she is a Flemish giant or a cross of one.

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I'm no expert but her head reminds me of a lot of rex rabbits I have seen. I would of guessed she was a rex mix..

Mini Rex are "supposed" to have a filled out rounder head. Ears are pretty small and they are around 3lbs. Of course there always the possibility that someone bred their flemish to a mini rex!

 

[ckcs]

thank you for the responses, 1 rabbit down 2 to go

 

[rawfeeder]

Mini Rex are "supposed" to have a filled out rounder head. Ears are pretty small and they are around 3lbs. Of course there always the possibility that someone bred their flemish to a mini rex!

I said Rex, not Mini Rex. Here are some pictures off Google to show what I mean about the head...

The Rex coat is recessive, so wouldn't show unless both parents contributed the gene. Hence my guess of a Rex mix... weight seemed about right too.

8lbs is awfully small for a Flemish Giant... even a cross? My FG/NZ mix is over 15lbs at 4 months of age. They tend to be longer in the back too. (see below)

 

[Zab]

The head looks like pretty much any ''hare'' rabbit I know of.. (belgisk hare: http://bloggar.capdesign.idg.se/data/po ... ULT_resize , dvärghare : http://gronangens.webs.com/IMG_6255.JPG , Sverigehare: http://sverigehare.web.surftown.se/uppf ... varda3.jpg )

But also like several rabbit breeds, Tan for example - can't find a picture that shows the breed I think of instead of just the colour. I think it's a common shape among the natural breeds of gotlander and swedish pelt too.. http://www.azote.se/repository/temp/f6e ... KB3163.jpg .. http://www.galfvensjo.se/Orebro8osvpals ... 83x389.jpg

And Rex. But I figure there's lots of breeds with a head like that.. Look among the breeds not bred to be quick growing on pellets, but smaller ones that develope well on natural forage? Or bred for other things than pets (we love round faces) or fast growing (stocky)? How's the Florida White when the head is not pulled back into the dewlap?

Not sure I've been of any help.. a rex mix is of course very possible too.

(instead of wire bottom you could try deepbedding in the cage you have, rather than newspaper. So you won't have to build a new one)

 

[rawfeeder]

Its my understanding that hares are a separate species and cannot breed with domestic rabbits? Also they still retain a lot of their wild temperament traits and thus don't make for good pets. They also have quite different conformation than our domestic counter parts...

Its hard to tell what breed your rabbit is based on phenotype... I guess she has features of several different breeds so could be a total mix! She is a beautiful doe though!

 

[Dood]

You need to consider popularity of the breed as well.

Are there alot of standard Rex breeders in Virginia and if so are they breeding fawns?

Around here Flemish giants are very popular and they are almost always fawn or a reddish chestnut, but you'll be hard pressed to find a standard Rex of any colour.

 

[Zab]

Its my understanding that hares are a separate species and cannot breed with domestic rabbits? )

Hare-rabbits is a type of rabbits with a hare look. The ones I linked to are all rabbits not actual hares they may have other names in english. My point being that a lot of rabbits has a more slender face. The hare-types all got it.

 

[siddsaysgimmie]

Looks like a general mixed breed to me.

 

[ckcs]

(instead of wire bottom you could try deepbedding in the cage you have, rather than newspaper. So you won't have to build a new one)

Like with hay? On our last cleaning I skipped the newspaper and just put a ton of hay in.

You need to consider popularity of the breed as well.

Are there alot of standard Rex breeders in Virginia and if so are they breeding fawns?

Around here Flemish giants are very popular and they are almost always fawn or a reddish chestnut, but you'll be hard pressed to find a standard Rex of any colour.

I know there are several flemish breeders but haven't seen any standard rex. Since we got her about 80 miles away from where we live now, admittedly I'm not as familiar with that area. I'll be posting pictures of Snowflake later on. He has a different head, we got him at same time from the same person.

 

[Dood]

Males do tend to have more of a block head, its a guy thing. :mrgreen:

 

[Zab]

ckcs: Exactly Or straw, or shavings/sawdust of some good sort.. In my regular cage I have shavings in the bottom and straw on top. Straw lets the pee through, shavings absorbs.. I've noted that makes the best bedding for plastic bottomed cages. I cleaned first time today (got two small does 6 days ago) but put a bit of straw on the potty corner when it looks poopy. I only needed to remove half of the bedding, but I keep it deep to make it clean. 1-2" shavings, and topping with enough straw to cover it fully.

 

[skysthelimit]

You need to consider popularity of the breed as well.

Are there alot of standard Rex breeders in Virginia and if so are they breeding fawns?

Around here Flemish giants are very popular and they are almost always fawn or a reddish chestnut, but you'll be hard pressed to find a standard Rex of any colour.

I agree. Standard Rex are hard to find. And that color is rare in Rex

 

[andyva]

I can see belgian hare mix. (We've got some.)

 

[ckcs]

ckcs: Exactly Or straw, or shavings/sawdust of some good sort.. In my regular cage I have shavings in the bottom and straw on top. Straw lets the pee through, shavings absorbs.. I've noted that makes the best bedding for plastic bottomed cages. I cleaned first time today (got two small does 6 days ago) but put a bit of straw on the potty corner when it looks poopy. I only needed to remove half of the bedding, but I keep it deep to make it clean. 1-2" shavings, and topping with enough straw to cover it fully.

I'll give that a shot when I clean the cages next.

 

[SatinsRule]

A rex cross, possibly with a palomino.