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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 05/24/2011 at 7:34 AM
  wabble
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  Hi BBers I need some help identifying a breed yet again. Yes, my friend found yet another unwanted bunny! I don’t get why anyone would abandon such a cutie!
  
  P.S. I just gave my bunnies to my friend who’s going to bunnysit while i’m on holidays for the summer. I feel lonely!!
- 05/24/2011 at 7:42 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Breed: Gorgeous
  
  I know. That’s not helpful. He just took my breath. I took in a similar little grey bunny earlier this year.
  
  Is this the friend who found that red eye white bunny in Hong Kong somewhere? Or am I totally confusing you with another member?!
  
  What colour eyes does this bun have. They appear a blue-grey. I’ve just been looking at pictures of chinchilla coloured rabbits 1/2 the night and now I spy this beauty. He might have some mini rex in the mix…
- 05/24/2011 at 7:48 AM
  Elrohwen
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  Gorgeous!! Are you in America? Or Asia? I can’t remember. If it’s Asia I think they have fairly different breeds – I’ve seen pictures of buns with a head like that before from Asia, but I have no idea what breed is comes from. It reminds me a bit of a rex or even english lop in the shape.
  
  I definitely need more pics! Such a unique and beautiful bunny. I can’t believe someone would dump it on the streets 🙁
- 05/24/2011 at 4:26 PM
  wabble
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  jerseygirl: Yes I’m the one that had a friend with the red eyed white. this one eyes i think is a bluish-grey. i didn’t ask. i can’t believe no one wants this little one! so beautiful!
  
  elrohwen: yes it’s in asia so i’m guessing it just might be a mix. an asian special =) more pics soon once i get them!.
- 05/24/2011 at 4:56 PM
  Eepster
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  The length of the ears, and over all size makes me wonder if he’s one of the giant breeds, but still young and just hasn’t developed a dewlap yet. Possibly english lop or flemish giant. Do you have an estimate on age?
- 05/24/2011 at 9:02 PM
  jerseygirl
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  Posted By Elrohwen on 05/24/2011 07:48 AM
  I’ve seen pictures of buns with a head like that before from Asia,
  
  I see that too. Many of the Singapore HRS adoptable rabbits have similar head shape. They only put on the details as the breed being “local”. I also spotted rabbits like this ( longer, pointer heads and lean bodies) when looking over a Malaysian rabbit forum about a month ago. Or it might have been Korean… I can’t recall.
  
  I wonder what the predominate breeds are in the region.
  
  Wabble, this rabbit actually has a similar look to your Marble. Marble appears to be dutch marked but I don’t know if she’s an actual Dutch. Some of the young dutch rabbits I’ve seen here in Australia have a similar look. Again, I don’t know if they’re actual dutch breed rabbits. But I wouldn;t be surprised if many of these rabbits are a dutch/mini rex mix.
- 05/24/2011 at 9:26 PM
  Huckleberry
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  I dont know what Im talking about… but didnt we have one come up recently… and I cant remember his name (Jack maybe?) or the owners, but it was a beautiful lean tan rabbit with long ears like that and a long face. Everyone seemed to think it was some kind of wild mix. This one, gorgeous btw like everyone has said, reminds me of him. Does anyone know what Im talking about?
  Oh I wish my brain wasnt a pile of mush!
- 05/24/2011 at 9:55 PM
  wabble
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  He/she’s only a couple of months i think. I would definitely bet on the rex part as a mix, but can’t put my finger on what else
  
  Here’s another photo that shows the size a little better.
- 05/24/2011 at 11:46 PM
  Lis
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  Eepster, he’s not a flemmie. Totally wrong head shape. But I agree with your conclusion on the ears – looks like he’s got some serious growing to do yet.
- 05/25/2011 at 5:00 AM
  Beka27
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  I think he looks like an English Lop, but would his ears be longer as a baby?
- 05/25/2011 at 5:25 AM
  Lis
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  In Link’s case, he grew into his ears – I would think it would be the same for other large breeds, too?
- 05/25/2011 at 5:46 AM
  Beka27
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  Posted By Lis on 05/25/2011 05:25 AM
  In Link’s case, he grew into his ears – I would think it would be the same for other large breeds, too?
  
  Generally yes, but with ELs, there is no way their ears would be their full length as a baby. Plus the lean face shape looks “English Loppish”. Maybe a mix of EL and something else?
  
  I’m curious to see what Katnip has to say…
- 05/25/2011 at 10:40 AM
  Lintini
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  He’s really stunning, that’s for sure!
- 05/29/2011 at 9:01 AM
  wabble
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  I got new photos today and i don’t think it’s an english lop!
- 05/29/2011 at 10:08 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Yes. Stunning! Gorgeous photo too.
  
  What was your friend able to do for this one and the other she found?
- 05/29/2011 at 1:30 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  WOW what a gorgeous bun!!!
- 05/29/2011 at 7:16 PM
  MissPinUp
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  Oh goodness! They eyes! I love them! I’d snatch this cutie up in a heartbeat!!
- 05/30/2011 at 6:52 AM
  Beka27
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  Oh wow! Those ears are incredible! I have no clue what breed… but he is exquisite!
- 05/30/2011 at 10:23 AM
  wabble
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  I’m really starting to think that it could be a hare and not a rabbit? I went to see this little one today (i’m in hong kong for a trip) and he has the longest, most thinnest legs i’ve seen in a rabbit(?) and also the longest face! Could it be possible??
- 05/31/2011 at 5:06 AM
  Beka27
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  Maybe! The only domestic hare I know of is the Belgian Hare which is usually a dark chocolate brown, but maybe a mix? (Wait… can hares and “regular” rabbits mix? Probably not. Nevermind. Lol…)
  
  Here’s a pic of a hare. The body shape is definitely very muscular and lean.
- 05/31/2011 at 10:20 AM
  Elrohwen
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  Beka, Belgian Hares aren’t genetically hares – they’re just domestic rabbits bred to look like it. I don’t believe real hares can interbreed with rabbits, but it’s possible this guy is just related to a full arch breed like a Belgian Hare.
- 05/31/2011 at 11:07 AM
  Beka27
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  Oh! Good to know Elrohwen. I don’t know anything about Belgian Hares, just that they are very beautiful!
- 05/31/2011 at 11:48 AM
  Elrohwen
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  They are gorgeous! I was reading an article about them and apparently they were all the rage in the early 1900s – people paid tons of money for them and there was a boom market that later busted. Very funny to think that people would pay hundreds of dollars for rabbits (or tulips, for that matter) as an “investment”.
- 05/31/2011 at 12:09 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  Belgians have very interesting body characteristics
- 05/31/2011 at 6:08 PM
  jerseygirl
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  It may be that everything seems out of proportion for his age.
  
  Does he have blue-grey eyes?
- 05/31/2011 at 7:20 PM
  Monkeybun
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  It is odd, naming animals opposite of what they are. Like Belgian Hare is a rabbit, and a Jack Rabbit is a hare. Hares and Rabbits can’t interbreed, genetics are too far off.
  
  Whatever this guy is, he is certainly stunning! I’d take him home in a heartbeat! ….which would then stop when Monkey would kill me for bringing home yet another bun… lol.
- 06/02/2011 at 9:01 AM
  wabble
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  Nope. It did look like it but the bun has “normal” brown eyes. I think we’re just going to have to settle with never knowing what this little one really is.
- 06/02/2011 at 6:48 PM
  Eepster
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  Posted By Beka27 on 05/31/2011 05:06 AM
  
  Maybe! The only domestic hare I know of is the Belgian Hare which is usually a dark chocolate brown, but maybe a mix? (Wait… can hares and “regular” rabbits mix? Probably not. Nevermind. Lol…)
  
  Here’s a pic of a hare. The body shape is definitely very muscular and lean.
  
  OMG, it’s Nut brown hare…
- 06/02/2011 at 6:50 PM
  mossling
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  OMG, it’s Nut brown hare…
  
  that’s how nut puppet got the “nut” part of his name. my three year old says he looks like nut brown hare.
- 06/02/2011 at 6:54 PM
  Tate
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  Posted By mossling on 06/02/2011 06:50 PM
  
  OMG, it’s Nut brown hare…
  
  that’s how nut puppet got the “nut” part of his name. my three year old says he looks like nut brown hare.
  
  Bwahaha… Nut Puppet gets me EVERY time.
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