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Mama Doe
At Rabbit Residence the most common ask they get is people wanting mini lops, loppy lop lop lop.
I wanted to write an article with Caroline on the Rabbit Residence website about the cons of owning lops versus uppy earred bunnies as RR sees a lot of health problems in lops that aren't so common in uppy earred.
Those include ear abscesses, dental problems in flatter faced lops, eyesight problems, and they are known for being more "docile" but I think there was some thoughts on the actual reason on that - more along the lines of diminished eyesight and diminished hearing. Of course that can also result in a tendency to lunge too (as illustrated by RR's own French Lop, Archimedes around food or if you don't talk to him when going to say hello so he knows you're there).
Would love to hear other people's experiences of lops versus uppy earred!
My only lop I owned as a kid was put to sleep at 3 years old due to chronic jaw abscesses, so my lop experience hasn't been positive!
I wanted to write an article with Caroline on the Rabbit Residence website about the cons of owning lops versus uppy earred bunnies as RR sees a lot of health problems in lops that aren't so common in uppy earred.
Those include ear abscesses, dental problems in flatter faced lops, eyesight problems, and they are known for being more "docile" but I think there was some thoughts on the actual reason on that - more along the lines of diminished eyesight and diminished hearing. Of course that can also result in a tendency to lunge too (as illustrated by RR's own French Lop, Archimedes around food or if you don't talk to him when going to say hello so he knows you're there).
Would love to hear other people's experiences of lops versus uppy earred!
My only lop I owned as a kid was put to sleep at 3 years old due to chronic jaw abscesses, so my lop experience hasn't been positive!
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