Please help ID newly adopted rescue

[phoenixmama]

My husband just got home from the feed store. A lady dropped off this rabbit because her dogs had it cornered in her yard. Someone must have let it go to fend for itself.

Anyway, now we have it home and my kids have named it "Jack". I have no idea if this rabbit is male or female, I know little about rabbits. I'm hoping someone might be able to give me an idea of the breed make-up of this little guy (or gal).

Thanks!

***Edited to add: I don't have an exact weight on this rabbit, but I'm guessing it's no more than a few pounds. Granted, Lord knows how long it was "fending for itself".

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My husband is 6'2" if that gives you an idea of approximate relative size.

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I have no idea if a somewhat blurry picture of Jack's teeth would be of any help. Is that how you can estimate age of a rabbit?

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[Mea]

Pretty little thing !!

As far as i know, You really cannot 'age' a rabbit by their teeth.

At best, it looks to have some chinchilla of some sort in it. The brownish tinge would rule out being pure...just my thought.

But (s)he is cute ! Probably glad someone rescued him !!!

 

[Bunnylady]

The brownish tinge is most likely caused by sun fading. My guess? Standard Chinchilla, probably purebred.

Other than being a bit thin, it looks to be in fairly good shape, so I'm thinking it is probably a young adult. Neutering is pricey, so I think it unlikely that someone would spend that kind of money and then dump the bunny. So-o-o, I think you can probably sex this rabbit very easily. If you flip it over, you should be able to see testicles on a buck of this age. A scared buck can pull his testicles back up inside his body, but you would still see little bare-skinned sacs where they should be. To sex a younger animal, you have to get much more personal!

A rabbit's claws can be some help in estimating age, but only in a very general way. Young rabbits' claws have more curve and taper than you see on a mature animal's claws, but you still have to have an idea of what the relative shape of a claw is on a mature rabbit. Old rabbits often have claws with chalky looking whitish areas, but once again, that isn't anywhere near as useful as looking at a horse's teeth.

 

[dbunni]

You have a cute, immature, Standard Chinchilla. The brownish coloring, as stated, could be from sun or the bun is getting ready to blow coat.... see it in MLs and NZs right before they turn the world into fur heaven!

Hugs and kisses to your new friend and enjoy ...

 

[phoenixmama]

Thank you everyone for your replies. The sun fading would make sense to me, as he was outside and they don't call the Phoenix area the "Valley of the Sun" for nothing. It's still in the 90s here during the day, so I'm sure he got plenty of sun.

Time for me to quickly learn a little more about rabbits than, "they like carrots."