what are my Bunnies breed/s

[khalid]

Hi so i live in front of a pet store and i just saw these 2 rabbits that were for sale and they were kept in a very tiny wired cage without a source of hay, they were fed those unhealthy rabbit mixes and very little water so i bought them, made them free roam and fed them fresh food and let them have access to u unlimited hay. the staff did not know their breed nor their age so will you please tell me their breed/s and how to identify their age? Thanks a lot. xx

 

[Yellow Pro. 74]

Hello! Identifying age is pretty hard. You can never be 100% sure with a guess. Look at their overall behavior. Are they very active? Also how big are they? Young rabbits are usually smaller then older rabbits. For finding out their breeds, you can just search up rabbit breeds and match the descriptions and looks with your bunnies. I can try to help if you describe them.

[tobyluv]

A rabbit savvy vet may be able to help you determine their age, but it isn’t that easy. I don’t see any particular breeds, so they probably are mixes. Other pictures might help to determine their breeds better.

Since you don’t know their ages, you probably should go ahead and separate them. Even if they are the same gender and you don’t have to worry about litters, once rabbits reach puberty, which can start at 12 weeks of age, they can develop aggression and territorialism and start fighting. Rabbits can severely injure each other if they fight.

The rabbits will have to be spayed and neutered, then allowed to recuperate and let their hormones level out, which takes a month or more, so they shouldn’t be together at all until this has happened, and you put them through a proper bonding process.

It really would be a good idea to take them to a vet and determine their gender and get them checked out for health problems, of course. By letting them stay together if they are 12 weeks old or older, you will be faced with unwanted litters and possible injuries. You won’t let them be able to be free range again until after their surgeries and bonding has happened. They of course need out of cage time daily for play and exercise, but it will have to be done separately.

Here are 2 good articles on bonding:

http://rabbit.org/faq-bonding-multiple-rabbits/

https://binkybunny.com/BUNNYINFO/tabid/53/CategoryID/9/PID/940/Default.aspx

[khalid]

hi ! thanks for the help although i do not have any problem with them bonding. they get along really nicely.

[LittlePuffyTail]

They are super cute!!

But how do you know they are not a boy and a girl? You don’t want to end up with a bunch of babies. There are so many unwanted bunnies out there.

[khalid]

They are both girls! The staff of the store checked. I had rabbits in the past when I was younger. They made babies and the mum ate the babies. Never again will I get two of the opposite gender. Unless they are spayed/neutered.?

[khalid]

Hi! I figured that the smaller one is a standard chinchilla, while the bigger one is probably a flemish giant mix! Thanks for the help.

[Azerane]

I was just about to add that from that single pic they both look like large breeds. Impossible to know for sure which breeds or mix of but Flemish Giant is a very common breed and I wouldn’t be surprised if both had some flemmie in them

[Deleted User]

I know you say that you don’t need help with bonding and you are sure you know the sex of both rabbits. But pet stores can often get these things wrong and I’m sure most people would only be confident with the sex of their rabbits after they had been checked out by a rabbit savvy vet. As for bonding, your bunnies get on well now because they are likely babies and their hormones haven’t kicked in yet. Serious fights are likely to occur when they do become hormonal. Just something to look into and think about maybe. The advice is there

[Boston's Mama]

It’s a baby bond – not a true bond. Bunnies cannot bond until they are desexed and hormones have gone, the reason for pointing that out is it can turn from loving and sweet to very dangerous fighting in an instant, and there is no telling when. It can leave very serious injuries or even death in a matter of seconds.

[tobyluv]

Posted By khalid on 9/04/2017 2:04 AM

They are both girls! The staff of the store checked. I had rabbits in the past when I was younger. They made babies and the mum ate the babies. Never again will I get two of the opposite gender. Unless they are spayed/neutered.?

Most  pet store personnel know very little about rabbits and they frequently get their gender wrong, which is why people end up with surprise litters.  Even if they are the same gender, they will still need to be spayed so that they can be permanently bonded.  As has been stated, they only have a baby bunny bond now, which isn’t a true bond.  You are risking fighting and injuries if you keep them together once they have reached puberty.  It can be difficult to imagine that two bunnies who are currently snuggling and being loving with each other, can turn into adversaries and fight and injure one another, but it does happen. That’s why they need to be separated soon, then you can begin permanent bonding after their surgeries and recuperation.

[khalid]

Thanks for the advice! I’m gonna check our rabbit savvy vets!

[khalid]

oh no, the grey-ish one is very small.

[Deleted User]

They need to be separated. Regardless of sex. They can fight and literally kill each other. Once you have a fight (or more) they will become untrusting of the other rabbit. If you allow this then you may never bond them.

Choice is yours. But if you don’t spay/neuter and separate them, chances are that their relationship is screwed.

[Azerane]

The grey (known as Agouti colour) one also looks younger in this pic than the other one. But the ears are proportionately quite large which can often be a good indicator towards breed or at least size of bunny when full grown.

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