What kind of rabbit is this?

louise.storrar

Warren Scout

• Oct 17, 2009

• #1

This is a photo of my bonded pair James and Cally. I know Cally's a lop...I was told she was a dwarf lop when I got her as a baby. However at 2 and a half...she's 3.8kg and double the size of James my Dutch.(not much of a dwarf:lol Any ideas what kind of lop she is?

 

louise.storrar

Warren Scout

• Oct 17, 2009

• #2

Any ideas?

 

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lildebs

Mama Doe

• Oct 17, 2009

• #3

It's hard to tell really off the photo...peole can often be mis-led with the term 'dwarf'...when in fact they can be exactly the opposite...she could be a dwarf lop..I have a dwarf lop and she's not small as in 'dwarf'...she's 8mth old and a good size not massive but not dwarf...sorry not much help :roll:

 

TeflonsShadow

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 17, 2009

• #4

Prob is a dwarf lops, MINI lops are meant to be the littler ones (confusing isnt it??!)

Beautiful buns

 

louise.storrar

Warren Scout

• Oct 17, 2009

• #5

Thank you yeah it must be a mini lop that i'm getting confused with!

 

TeflonsShadow

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 17, 2009

• #6

:lol::lol::lol: Blinking confusing isnt it?!?!?

 

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lildebs

Mama Doe

• Oct 17, 2009

• #7

I have a mini too..I agree I do think she's a dwarf lop and not a mini... :roll:sorry I thought u meant the lop larger breeds as in french lop etc

 

Jenova

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 18, 2009

• #8

Lops are huuuge. Dwarf lops are small... in comparison. That's how I ended up with my bun. Some stupid woman who he grew too big for.

 

KarenM

Administrator

Staff member

• Oct 18, 2009

• #9

Dwarf lop is a confusing name, because it means that they're small compared to the mahoosive lops - frenchies etc. So, yes, she's probably a dwarf lop. And very pretty too.

Mini lops are the tiny ones - Alfie and Bubbles are around 1.5kg.

 

DemiS

Warren Veteran

• Oct 18, 2009

• #10

I hardly see any pure-bred rabbits these days, your buns probably just a cross x

Mini lops are the smallest and have the dwarf gene. Dwarf lops don't actually have the dwarf gene, so they're a bit bigger. Then it's the German lops, English lops and French lops.

 

martlou

Warren Veteran

• Oct 18, 2009

• #11

I was told dwarf related to the ear size - normal lops ears are very long, dwarf are smaller. No idea if mini ears are even smaller though!

 

DemiS

Warren Veteran

• Oct 18, 2009

• #12

martlou said:

I was told dwarf related to the ear size - normal lops ears are very long, dwarf are smaller. No idea if mini ears are even smaller though!

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The ears of the dwarf lop tend to be a bit longer than their faces. Mini lops ears are even smaller.

 

KarenM

Administrator

Staff member

• Oct 18, 2009

• #13

martlou said:

I was told dwarf related to the ear size - normal lops ears are very long, dwarf are smaller. No idea if mini ears are even smaller though!

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Proportionately, dwarf and mini ears are probably the same size - just the mini has a smaller body to go with the smaller ears iyswim. :lol:

It's not just the ear size that's smaller in a dwarf than a french lop though - it's the whole body too. They crossed french lops with dwarf rabbit to create a smaller version of the french lop.