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This topic has 21sd replies, 11 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 8 months ago by Jovie.

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- 06/16/2011 at 11:36 AM
  Jovie
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  Hello everyone!
  
  I’m new to Binky Bunny and I wanted to introduce myself! my name is Jovie and I’m the proud Momma to two buns, Speckle and Simon. Simon is a male hotot, and Speckle is a female “mystery breed”, she’s mixed who knows what so she’s a mystery!
- 06/16/2011 at 1:47 PM
  Beka27
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  Welcome! We love to see bunny pics, so feel free to share!
- 06/16/2011 at 4:50 PM
  Huckleberry
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  Welcome! Mystery buns are fun, are they fully grown yet? I had no idea how big mine would get lol, she ended up to be 12 lbs. I got worried at one point and started looking up breeds, I found funny pictures of dog sized Flemmish Giants and got really worried that I would end up with a monster on my hands hahaha. I love their names, cant wait to see pics!!!
- 06/17/2011 at 10:22 AM
  Elrohwen
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  Welcome! I’d love to see pics.
- 06/17/2011 at 1:59 PM
  Jovie
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  Well, Simon is about 6months and Speckle is about 5months, I don’t know if they’re fully grown yet because I’ve read they may not stop growing until about a year. However, when I first adopted Simon (about 2 months ago) Speckle was little, now she’s getting bigger than him I’ll have to post pictures, my friend got Speckle from a flee market and we don’t know what she is, her ears are HUGE and she seems to have some rex in her with chincila fur.. she’s a mystery!
- 06/17/2011 at 9:23 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  It is quite normal for females to be bigger : D
  
  Are they spayed/neutered?
- 06/19/2011 at 2:17 PM
  Jovie
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  yes, of course they are.
- 06/19/2011 at 7:17 PM
  IHeartBuns
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  Welcome..and yes pics please
- 06/20/2011 at 8:23 AM
  Beka27
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  Welcome! I’d also love to see pics!
  
  What LoveChaCha asked regarding spay/neuter is a normal question around here. As a forum that promotes rabbit rescue and responsible bunny ownership, we are obviously concerned about the overpopulation problem. Not everyone realizes the necessity of having this done, and especially when a new member mentions they have a male/female pair of sexually mature age, we like to clarify that both are altered. I’m glad you have already taken the initiative to have this done. Are they bonded right now?
- 06/20/2011 at 3:54 PM
  Jovie
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  Yes, they’re bonded, the rabbit rescue did the bonding for me when I adopted Simon, I had to leave Speckle there for a week but it was worth it, they’re very cute together, and of course the rescue does not support breeding because of overpopulation, but yes, they’re both fixed so no babies for them.
- 06/20/2011 at 11:21 PM
  Jovie
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  Speckle is my mystery breed bun and Simon is the hotot, anyone wanna take a stab at Speckle’s breed???
- 06/20/2011 at 11:58 PM
  luvmyhunybuny
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  OMgosh! What adorable buns you have!! I love Simon’s ears!
- 06/21/2011 at 1:47 AM
  Monkeybun
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  I think Simon is of the “Cute” breed, myself
- 06/21/2011 at 7:20 AM
  Beka27
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  Does Speckle have rex fur? How big is she?
- 06/21/2011 at 7:42 AM
  Sarita
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  Welcome! Cute bunnies.
- 06/21/2011 at 8:25 AM
  Jovie
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  Posted By Beka27 on 06/21/2011 07:20 AM
  Does Speckle have rex fur? How big is she?
  
  I don’t know, does it look like rex fur? some people told me it looked like chinchila fur, the people at the rescue said she looked like a rex, and I’m not sure on her size maybe like 5 or 6lbs?
- 06/21/2011 at 9:02 AM
  Beka27
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  Is her fur “different feeling” than Simon’s? Very dense, where you can’t really see individual hairs? If so, she could be a rex mix… Standard rexes are about 8 pounds, minis are about 4. In my signature pic, Meadow is a mini rex…
- 06/21/2011 at 12:06 PM
  Jovie
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  geez, well… no, not really, Simon’s hair is thicker and longer, Speckle’s hair is shorter (she doesnt shed much) and it has more of a fluffy cotton ball feeling (if that makes sense) she definitely kinda looks like a rex, but her ears are HUGE so.. she’d probably be a standard rex mix, she’s probably going to get bigger.
- 06/23/2011 at 12:53 AM
  MarkBun
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  Rex fur feels more like felt or woolen fabric like flannel whereas a ‘standard’ rabbit feels like, well, fur.
  
  From the look of him, I’d say he’s got some flemmish Giant in him – expect him to get bigger. He has the slight darker coloring on his eartips and nose so there’s a little California in him and the fur does look like a rex. So he’s a mutt, but a very cute one.
- 06/23/2011 at 2:33 AM
  jerseygirl
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  I vote standard rex / possibly mixed with something else. The fur sure looks like rexed fur in the picture. Are the whiskers shorter and a bit crinkled compared to Simons? That’s another rex trait.
  Both are beautiful bunnies regardless.
  
  Chinchilla is a fur colouring name and also a rabbit breed name. The colour can show in many breeds. Maybe people where refering to the colour when they mentioned chinchilla?
  
  To me Speckle looks a lot like this rabbit. A “ghost” chinchilla rex rabbit.
  
  Picture from rebeller rabbit stud.
- 06/23/2011 at 4:00 PM
  Jovie
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  When they saw Speckle at the rescue they said she was going to be huge because her ears were HUGE! and as you can see, they are really really big, and yes, She does look like this “ghost” chinchilla rex rabbit, she has curly whiskers, which people have told me is a rex trait, omg.. how big do you guys think she might get? I think I got a giant monster bunny without even knowing it :/
- 06/23/2011 at 5:55 PM
  Jovie
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  this looks just like her!!!!!!
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