What colour?

sola · Jan 20, 2005

What colour is this rabbit, it seems to have pink eyes, but is brown. I would call it burmese, can you get that colour? What makes it's eyes pink on a dark coloured rabbit? (I know genetics if that helps to explain)

http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=57006&st=10

Tamsin · Jan 20, 2005

Its not unusual for bunnies eyes to glow red/pink when you take a photo of them. Its just like humans can get red eyes in photos when you use a flash.

I think the colour is called siamese sable but don't hold me to that, I'm not expert

Tam

sola · Jan 20, 2005

No, the rescue worker said his eyes are pink, just not as bright in the pics.

emilou · Jan 20, 2005

Im no expert either but my bunny is that siamese sable colour with red eyes in daylight. Apparently i read that it is usual in the breed Havana which my bunny i think is a cross between and a new zealand or a himalayan or something. I think people call it seal point and frosted something...we'll wait for rexybexy to find this thread cos she'll know.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v229/emilou/108_0829.jpg
her eyes in this pic have been red eye edited out but her eyes really are red.

Diddeen · Jan 20, 2005

Just checked on brc site and it says for Havana

Eyes: - same colour as body, glowing ruby red in subdued light.

As for the colour, you could be right tam but im no colour expert either :lol: Come on Cheryl, val, becky, clare etc.. we know u lot will know the answer

p.s. Not sure if they are all going to bradford but if so they wont be answering til after sun now

Diddeen · Jan 20, 2005

Of course as already said many rabbits get red eyes like humans do. I mean.. simba's eyes are really dark almost black.. but in this photo the flash caught him just right :lol:

taylor v 109 · Jan 20, 2005

Sables are supposed to have ruby eyes witch is darker than red, a photo would solve the problem if u could, although sable is probebly what u have . val

Bunnyboarding · Jan 20, 2005

Hi there,

I think its a sable (there is a photo on the link Val) although i'm no expert on that particular breed so anyone can correct me if i'm wrong. There are dark-eyed breeds that have what is called a 'ruby-glow' which is exactly as in the picture & what they should have.

What a lovely looking rabbit 8)

Bunnyboarding · Jan 20, 2005

I have posted on that forum as i am a member on there too.

Rexy bexy · Jan 20, 2005

yes i would say a sable too but as already stated we can be sure without a pic
becky

Bunnyboarding · Jan 20, 2005

But Rexy Bexy there is a pic....

You just have to scroll down on the link provided...... :lol:

Nickys Boxers · Jan 20, 2005

This is Blackberry, i thought it was really unusual to see pinky eyes on a brown rabbit, they arnt noticable in the dark but in daylight they shine a lovely red/pink colour.
He reminds me of the rabbit from Watership down which is why I called him blackberry

sola · Jan 20, 2005

What's the genetics for Havana to get ruby eyes?
I thought siamese is cream with dark points. Is it different for rabbits? Or the same, just a different type? What's the genetics for sable siamese?

Bunnyboarding · Jan 20, 2005

Don't ask me about genetics!! :wink:

Medical issues fine, but rabbit genetics - forget it! :lol: :lol:

Caz · Jan 21, 2005

Because they aren't technically albino eyes - i.e. they have pigmentation but just appear red in the light then the genetics aren't that complicated, there are a few genes that code for eye colour and somewhere along the way there is one that gives dark eyes a ruby tinge.

This is probably recessive if it isn't very common and mainly found in havanas. If it is recessive the mum and dad both carried the gene, one of them could have been a havana (I assume the true parentage is not known), or both parents probably had havana in their lineage so during random chromosomal rearrangement in the parents both the sperm and the egg that produced this baby ended up carrying the gene for the ruby tinged eyes.

Hair colour is controlled by hundreds of genes and I couldn't possibly explain how the baby ended up that colour.

If the eyes were albino but the coat had colour it would be more difficult to explain and quite rare as usually there is one gene that controls pigmentation and when it is defective there is normally no pigmentation on any part of the rabbit, that is why all-white rabbits with coloured eyes are unusual too.

Caz

Fluffybunny · Jan 21, 2005

sola said:
What's the genetics for sable siamese?

For a Siamese Sable (like the pic) the genetic code is aaB-cchlcD-E-, the dashes representing unknown reseccives which can only be figured out by test mating and/or a pedigree which goes far enough down the generations. the little letters are the recessive genes and the capitals are the dominant ones.
HTH

Caz · Jan 21, 2005

Caz said:
Hair colour is controlled by hundreds of genes and I couldn't possibly explain how the baby ended up that colour.

Caz

But Becky can - good on you!! Where did you find that out?

Caz

Fluffybunny · Jan 21, 2005

Caz said:
Caz said:

Hair colour is controlled by hundreds of genes and I couldn't possibly explain how the baby ended up that colour.

Caz

Click to expand...

But Becky can - good on you!! Where did you find that out?

Caz

U mean me ???

:lol: Just some general knowledge I picked up on the way - I got the genetic code from the BRC website

lol

Caz · Jan 21, 2005

Oh shoot

! I read the signature not the name and it is similar to Becky's (Rexy Bexy) that'll teach me not to read things properly!

Soooo sorry - well done Rachel

!!

Caz

Fluffybunny · Jan 22, 2005

LOL it's ok

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