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Can rabbits change colour?
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MissSherwood89
Mama Doe
Even his old foster carer can't believe how much he's changed!
Vegan_Bunny
Warren Veteran
Yep, we got Fili in February, he was mostly ginger. This is him now:
Even his old foster carer can't believe how much he's changed!
Oh my word! How cute! He looks half rabbit half hamster
nixndaz
Warren Scout
One of my old bunny's, Bobby, used to do exactly the same. Black in the winter and auburn/Brown in the summer
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Vegan_Bunny
Warren Veteran
One of my old bunny's, Bobby, used to do exactly the same. Black in the winter and auburn/Brown in the summer
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I do think it's the sun bleaching the fur..although I don't know about that. It only seems to change colour on her back. I will find out this year, anyway, because she was living as a stray when I found her but she's an indoor bun now. She will get to go outside when it's nice, but obviously won't be so exposed to the sun.
DemiS
Warren Veteran
That's actually because of the way the gene that causes himalayan markings works, the colder it is the darker their extremities go and the colour often spreads out a bit
Yeah that definitely sounds like sun bleaching if it's mainly on her back, one of my rabbits went from having black patches to dark ginger patches one summer because he was out so much :lol:
That's actually because of the way the gene that causes himalayan markings works, the colder it is the darker their extremities go and the colour often spreads out a bit
Yeah that definitely sounds like sun bleaching if it's mainly on her back, one of my rabbits went from having black patches to dark ginger patches one summer because he was out so much :lol:
Haha I know.. It's just she appears to be going the wrong way! It's getting bigger as it's getting warmer.
DemiS
Warren Veteran
Haha I know.. It's just she appears to be going the wrong way! It's getting bigger as it's getting warmer.
Haha that's strange, unless she's still growing?
I love himalayans, they're a seriously underrated breed, so soppy and laid back yet you don't see them that much as pets
She's about 10/11 months.. I think I should have taken a weekly picture and made a splodge chart!
She's a dwarf lop (cross probably) so has the markings (white feet though) but not the character!
I always think she looks a bit dopey though. :lol:
