Kaye's bunny journal

[Bunnylady]

It isn't as random looking as the unshed hair on the lop, but the shedding on Thumper is completely separate from the pattern.

In this picture, you can see that the new hair runs from behind the ears to the middle of his back, while the reddish area on the baby's back goes all the way to its tail. It looks like he has newer, darker hair on his feet and lower legs, too.

Being reddish down the middle of the back and a bit lighter on the sides is typical of rabbits with the Agouti pattern; here you can see it on a young lop:

 

[Kaye]

That little Lop is so pretty!! I actually don't know about agouti on rabbits, but I have two bobtail cats that have the agouti pattern. I will have to post a pic of them, also...

 

[Kaye]

Sweet Alice, don't you know?? Falling asleep is how you got into the rabbit hole.... Love my snuggle babies

 

[Kaye]

@Bunnylady, this is one of my agouti bobtail kitties, Boots. With her tongue hung out

 

[Kaye]

And this is my other agouti, Booger. My sweet Booger tom

 

[Kaye]

And a closeup of Booger's fur

 

[Bunnylady]

That looks a lot like the fur of an Abyssinian cat. Are they related?

 

[Kaye]

That looks a lot like the fur of an Abyssinian cat. Are they related?

Yes!! I had a long tail Abyssinian(lookalike) cat and she was from the same litter. Their mother was a stray I fell in love with with a cute bobtail. I don't really know what they are as far as breed, but the mother has weird fur as well. Her fur is silver tabby normally until you rub it backward nd it is orange. Not tabby cat orange, but a very deep, almost red, solid color

 

[Kaye]

I just realized that my kits are fully wiened at 3 weeks old. I know mom knows what she's doing but still this seems young

 

[Kaye]

Chocolate kit's eyes are turning more of a blue color everyday. She is turning out to be a beautiful rabbit. The little orange one went to a new home bc mom was getting kind of violent with her. She was also the biggest. She is doing very well and is an indoor bunny. The black one with the white toes is a boy and is the second largest. Mom is not tolerating him very well. I will be moving them into their own run soon. Blossom and thumper have had a meeting twice in the past two days, but only fell off once. Tomorrow will be their last time. Then I will give Elsa an extra week before breeding again bc she wiened them a week earlier than I had planned