bunnylover2012
Young Bun
Just saw this article
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-fur-body-covered-suncream-protect-skin.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-fur-body-covered-suncream-protect-skin.html
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Daily Mail-Anyone read this?
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quarterbunny had Dude, a peanut bunny who lived for 13 years! He didn't have the fur problem though :wave:
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
He's a Rex with a double furless gene
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Ive been told Stevie is a peanut :? he is just over 18 months now. he has a really strange fluffy coat and bald ears
DemiS
Warren Veteran
Fifibutton
Wise Old Thumper
Gosh he looks so fragile and ill actually. His features don't look normal to me 
I hope he gets all the love and tlc he needs from his ownersno matter how long he lives, shame they breed bunnies though.
I hope he gets all the love and tlc he needs from his ownersno matter how long he lives, shame they breed bunnies though.
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
Surviving ones tend to look like this, very large heads, tiny ears, deformed legs especially back legs
Mine has tiny ears and deformed back legs. He also had a deformed skull and deformed eyes but his coat is much longer than the one pictured
DemiS
Warren Veteran
He does sound like a stereotypical peanut, how old is he? I have seen pictures of them with regular coats, the rabbit in the picture is a mini rex but mini lop/nethie peanuts have regular length fur
The rabbit in the picture was actually (quite luckily in this case) in the hands of a breeder who kept moving him into younger litters so he got milk for a longer time and wasn't competing with much larger litter mates, he lived for a year and a half and that's the oldest I've seen so far where there's absolutely no doubt the rabbit is a peanut
Hugo's There
Wise Old Thumper
He will be two in November
Is that a fairly normal thing for rexes with the double furless gene to lose fur and regrow it and also be runts? If it is this is like the 'this man can hypnotize rabbits' article all over again :roll: might be a good idea to contact them, or their vet.
Minerva
Young Bun
The article mentions that he has pituitary dwarfism, which means he does not have the dwarfing gene and is not a dwarf in the same way that a Netherland is. Pituitary dwarfism occurs when there is a problem with the pituitary gland, often inadequate production of the growth hormone. That is why he has normal proportions and features but is still abnormally small.
Jack's-Jane
Wise Old Thumper
The article mentions that he has pituitary dwarfism, which means he does not have the dwarfing gene and is not a dwarf in the same way that a Netherland is. Pituitary dwarfism occurs when there is a problem with the pituitary gland, often inadequate production of the growth hormone. That is why he has normal proportions and features but is still abnormally small.
But he has not had any blood tests so this cannot be confirmed. A double furless gene is far more likely as it can happen a lot in some lines unless rectified. Apparently it happens more frequently in the Astrex Rabbit
