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Yay! I contacted Rumballs former family to see if they had any pictures of him when younger. They do and will be sending them my way
Excitment! Baby pictures! Hope they come thru. I surely will post them here when I get them. I’ve been able track a little of his history – something I’ve been unable to do with Jersey. It’s been interesting, skeletons in family closets, Grandmothers from questionable backgrounds etc.
Anyway – little Rumball picture to come….fingers crossed.
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How exciting! Can’t wait to see his baby bunny pics!
— But, what skeletons? I got Mops when he was 4 1/2 months from a Humane Society where he had been surrendered by his ‘breeders’ who decided, after
breeding, that they now had more bunnies than they could care for. 
I only have this photo of him from when he was 12 weeks:
Lint was from a breeder originally before someone found him as a stray. I found the owner, but they didn’t want him any more…
Deirdra… well, ya know it already! –having said all this: I also love the mystery of not ever knowing… the speculating….
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The skeletons
Well pretty common really – his father is also his grandfather. He was purchased from a breeder by his 1st family. I was able to speak to the breeder as I had Rumballs parents names. She was quite happy to wax on about her breeding pair. His mother was a silver 3/4 dwarf(mini) lop and apparently really small. His father was pedigree dwarf lop (ginger brown colour). I think some throw back genes gave Rumball his agouti coat. The breeder mentioned the mother did throw those from time to time – and how ugly they were when first born
…hmph! I can’t quite remember but she said the maternal grandmother was “questionable breed” white I think. So her daughter Minnie (the silver) was bred with her father to sire Rumball & co. Weird having so much information.
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