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How much should a dwarf lop weigh

Mine weighs 2.5kg, it's very difficult to say with any precision as there is so much variation from the breed standard, plus there are many different types of lop so just one cross breeding somewhere down the line could hugely affect the weight.
 
I have one which weighs 2kg, one at 2.5 kg they are both on the smaller side of the dwarf lops I've seen so I wouldn't be surprised if they go up to 2.75 - 3kg.

I think the best way to judge is:

To thin: You can feel definite back bone and ribs are really bony
ok: you can feel traces of back bone but you can still feel a good ripple of ribs
Too fat: you can hardly feel their ribs at all.
 
this lop lot confuse the hell out of me... ive decided that alvin must be a mini lop cus hes so tiny.. weighed him today and hes 2.33kg so maybe hes a dwarf after all :? :? :? :?
 
cool I think Mo is still a bit on the skinny side then. THe vet said he'd lost weight but last time said he'd put it on but didn't say if he still needed to put any on but he feels skinny to me so I'll carry on fattening him up :D
 
Drake is 2.70kg
Josh is 2.75kg

But Drake is smaller out of them... but they are both not too fat and not too skinny... (well thats what the vet said)-Lol
 
The breed standard put dwarf lops at 1.9 - 2.4kg and mini lops at 1.5-1.6kg. Even pedigree rabbits don't always meet those standards though and pet shop/rescue rabbits may be somewhere in the middle crosses between the two.

Tam
 
Thanks for everyones advice and giving their bunnies weights. Dwarf lops really are the collies of the rabbit world aren't they :rolleyes:
 
im so lost, ive tried asking alvin what he is but now hes learnt how he just grunts...... fully adult bloke now :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

wish id paid more attention to his mom and dad now but i was too excited to really care what they looked like :oops::oops:
 
Tamsin said:
The breed standard put dwarf lops at 1.9 - 2.4kg and mini lops at 1.5-1.6kg. Even pedigree rabbits don't always meet those standards though and pet shop/rescue rabbits may be somewhere in the middle crosses between the two.

Tam
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Bunnie's a mini lop and weighs 2.23kg we can just feel her spine and ribs but not too much. Before xmas when she got ill she weighed more and had problems cleaning her bum but now she fine! She'd be real skinny if weighed between 1.5 - 1.6kg:shock:
 
uniqueanneek said:
My dwarf lop is 3 months and is not too fat but weighs 1.8kg which they vet thought was big for his age :shock: uh-oh!
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Yikes :shock:

My friend told me yesturday that someone he knew wanted a rabbit and didn't know anything about them and has somehow managed to end up with a French Lop! Luckily it sounds like they have adapted and it is a house bunny,, but accidently getting a Frenchie could have turned out very differently.
 
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