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- 10/15/2013 at 2:28 PM
  RabbitCare101
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  I went In to my room last night and saw that one ear was flopped! does this mean he will be a Lop?
  
  P.S. He’s about 3 months old and I don’t know what breed he is but I thing a heard that he dad’s a Lop, but I’m not 100%
- 10/15/2013 at 2:39 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Helicopter ears!!! My guess is that they will lop. Although, some mixed breed buns have the permanent helicopter ears. He’s really adorable!
- 10/15/2013 at 2:56 PM
  RabbitCare101
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  Well they they are back up today but they seam more, what you call helicopter ears. I think he’s ears are more out then regular rabbit ears..
  
  I hope they flop!
- 10/15/2013 at 3:07 PM
  mijOok
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  He definitely looks like a mix – I don’t know enough about different breeds to pinpoint, but the shape of his body and ears surely look like he’s got lop in him… what a cutie!
- 10/15/2013 at 5:09 PM
  Tessie
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  Awwww he looks just like Albus did when I got him! <3
- 10/15/2013 at 5:49 PM
  CheriB603
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  Simba’s ear flopped over about 10 days ago – and both his parents are Flemish Giants!
  
  Weird!
- 10/16/2013 at 1:17 AM
  Bam
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  My bunny Yohio right ear suddenly flopped one day and stayed down for a month or so, then it rose up again and has been up since. I don’t know why. He is definitely a mixed breed and his ears look heavy, but they don’t lop.
- 10/16/2013 at 12:04 PM
  Starah
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  What a cutie!
  Just keep an eye out -sometimes a flopped ear can mean an ear infection so just keep an eye out for a head tilt or loss of balance or falling.
  
  Some bunnies are just helicopters – one of mine, also 3 months old, kind of picks on a day to day basis what her ears are going to do – adorable!
- 10/16/2013 at 3:32 PM
  AnnaW
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  One of my buns has a permanent helicopter ear – except its RIGHT in the middle of his head so we call him the fluffy unicorn. The nickname will make sense when you see this … :p
- 10/16/2013 at 4:24 PM
  Starah
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  Anna your bun is just adorable!
  After a sucky day at work that pic has put a smile on my face!
- 10/16/2013 at 4:38 PM
  Beka27
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  Such cute helicopter buns!
  
  Rabbit lineage can be so crazy! Even “purebred” buns may have a different breed in there a few generations back. (Rabbit breeding is not as controlled/documented as dog breeding.)
- 10/17/2013 at 12:46 PM
  RabbitCare101
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  Here are some more pics of him:
  
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- 10/17/2013 at 1:23 PM
  Bam
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  Abby, he’s extremely cute =)
- 10/17/2013 at 2:05 PM
  RabbitCare101
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  thanks!
- 10/31/2013 at 2:59 PM
  JoAnn E
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  My bun has partially lopped/helicopter ears too. Having trouble figuring out what his breed is. The Doe was a checkered giant and the buck is unknown. I saw the doe and she was HUGE. These are a few pics of ‘HELLI’ when I first brought him home freshly weaned from the doe. I’ve had him since June, so he’s about 5-6 months old. He’s 3 times the size now as he was in the pics, about 7 or 8 lbs. Hard to tell because he’s a snuggler on the floor, but not the lap.
  
  Any ideas? I’m thinking Dutch/Checkered Giant cross?
- 10/31/2013 at 3:04 PM
  Sarita
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  Welcome JoAnn E – it’s always better to start your own thread instead of piggybacking on another member’s thread – it just confuses people :~)
  
  But to answer your question, I would just say a Checkered Giant Mix (mixed with what – it can be virtually impossible to truly know). He sounds cute. Feel free to go to the introduction section and introduce yourself and your rabbit and post pictures of him – we love pictures.
- 10/31/2013 at 3:14 PM
  MegaPixel
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  ah so funny! My little Pixelle has the same
  
  the way her ears are depend of the day… depends on what she wants to watch on TV :p
  
  she is a mix of holland lop and netherland dwarf
- 10/31/2013 at 3:19 PM
  RabbitCare101
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  If any anybody wants to know, he’s ears have been 1 up 1 down, just like that pic Pixelle
  (His ears have been like that for 1-2 weeks now)
- 10/31/2013 at 3:28 PM
  JoAnn E
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  Sorry hun…I’m not much of a forum poster, this is all new to me, so please forgive.
  
  I did post to the welcome section like you advised…just can’t figure out how to get my pics within the post LOL
- 11/01/2013 at 9:09 AM
  mijOok
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  JoAnn E – there’s a great tutorial post in the “Technical Stuff” section of the forum for how to get pics within the post (check it out so we can see some pics!)
- 11/01/2013 at 10:43 AM
  MegaPixel
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  oh… i have a couples of pictures of the 2 “transition” weeks of pixelle. once both of them were down, once came back up. depends on what she’s doing, she has both down, but if i talk to her, one, sometimes two go up. or when she is relaxing like in the picture one stays up…
  its weird but cute
  it started to change about the same age as your bun.
  
  they might settle one day.
  by the way your bunny is so cute haha
  
  sorry for the bad quality… i took the pictures with my phone and the details are not good as she is black so i added filter so we can see her face.
- 11/01/2013 at 10:59 AM
  JoAnn E
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  @ mijOok…thanks so much! I’ll check that out for sure! This is a great site…very informative. I love it!
- 11/01/2013 at 2:27 PM
  RabbitCare101
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  Mega pixel: your rabbit looks just like mine! What’s the breed of your bunny?
  Because I have no idea what breed Storm(my bun) is
  
  And when Storm get happy and Binky’s and such both his ears do go up for a short time
- 11/02/2013 at 12:58 PM
  MegaPixel
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  The breeders called her breed a hybrid dwarf. Her mother is a holland lop and father is a netherland dwarf
- 11/04/2013 at 9:07 AM
  mijOok
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  You’re welcome JoAnn E! This site is definitely a greatt source for good bun-parenting
- 11/06/2013 at 4:10 AM
  BerrySoda
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  Haha! he looks like a lop. How old? Mine had the one ear down at 8 weeks until yesterday morning actually. She is now 10 weeks. I came out to feed her and they were both down! so weird how quickly it happens.
- 11/06/2013 at 4:10 AM
  BerrySoda
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  Haha! he looks like a lop. How old? Mine had the one ear down at 8 weeks until yesterday morning actually. She is now 10 weeks. I came out to feed her and they were both down! so weird how quickly it happens.
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