What kind of rabbit is this?

[DustyButtons]

Hi all,

I found this rabbit in my driveway and nobody claimed him/her so I kept it. I've been trying to identify the breed but I could use a little help. To me it looks like a Smoke Pearl Point Lionhead, but I know nothing about rabbits. Thanks!

 

[Susie570]

I totally would not have thought that was a rabbit... o.0

 

[Sagebrush]

It appears to be a double maned lionhead though to be sure it would help to know how much it weights and such.

 

[Dood]

I agree that it is a sable point coloured double maned Lionhead and a very nice one at that

 

[Zass]

What a find! I'm always amazed at the beauty of some of the rabbits people abandon. I don't normally like lionheads, but that one is stunning

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Hi DustyButtons!

:welcomewagon:

That is a very nice Lionhead!

:congratulations: on the find!

Have you checked the left ear for a tattoo? It looks too well bred not to have one. Sometimes breeders use a specific prefix to indicate their rabbitry name, so you might be able to find the breeder if he/she has one.

 

[JenerationX]

Who would just dump that rabbit? Seriously!!!

That may be the biggest mane I've seen on a lionhead.

 

[katiebear]

I don't think he was dumped..more than likely an escapee... I would check for a tattoo like Mama Sheepdog suggested..maybe even run an ad..Ya know something like....found rabbit call to identify... that one is pretty distinct..And quite striking...
I don't know where he is but here lion heads go for upwards of 50. For pet and 80. For pedigree..

 

[CptJack]

I am going to second checking for tattoos and placing an ad. That rabbit looks REALLY clean and healthy, as well as unmatted and well groomed. That doesn't look like a neglected rabbit, so while it could have been dumped it wasn't long ago and it was obviously well cared for to that point and that good care makes me think more along the lines of escape than abandonment.

 

[Sagebrush]

Unless someone stole the pet then "released it into the wild" cause it would "live a better life"......

I also second/third/fourth? checking for a tattoo and running an ad to find his/her owner.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

Good points, everyone... that rabbit is WAY too clean to have been living "wild and free" for long.

 

[JenerationX]

Escape or "liberated"..... yep, makes more sense than dumped. I just couldn't picture someone releasing that bun.

 

[Dood]

Completely off topic but one of my 4-H friends broke up with her boyfriend and to get back at her he snuck into her barn one night and let her rabbits loose

Thankfully all but one was caught the next day and the one (a broken smoke Pearl) was discovered a month later by a friend attending a party at the ex-boyfriends cousins house