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Affordable Bunny Stocking Stuffers, for the animal lover. Fuzzy Lop Kit types Kit Savers Make an Emergency Microwave Heating Pad Treating wool block and GI Stasis My Blog; Bunny Emergency Favorite website http://home.earthlink.net/~kayloubunnies BT's / Fun Fur's Sparta at 7 weeks old	Great websites about malocclusion (teeth not aligning properly) I was researching wool block and ran across these websites on malocclusion (teeth not aligning properly). It's a topic that often pops-up on the groups. I found these websites interesting. They contain diagrams of different types of teeth problems, X-rays, and videos on how to trim your pet bunny's teeth (if they need it). There is a new procedure of tooth removal (weird/expensive). I was surprised to learn that some malocclusions many be caused by infections. Even though a lot of rabbit websites claim "breeds with large heads are prone to malocclusion", I don't know too many people that breed fuzzy lops or Holland lops that experience it. One fellow who belongs to the "rabbit survey" on the yahoo groups did a survey on this topic. He had his doubts that it was breed related and his survey results seemed to agree with him. Bunny Central Information Series Dental Problems in Rabbits www.angelfire.com/ca/georgiawilliams/videos.html Long Beach Animal Hospital www.lbah.com/rabbits/malocclusion.htm Zooh Corner Animal Rescue Dental Problems in Rabbits By Sari Kanfer, DVM www.mybunny.org/info/dental_problems.htm
Correct Coat Colors? The Chinchilla fuzzy lop kit (shown below) is exactly 2 weeks old in these photos. It's difficult to judge a color of a rabbit by a photo or from viewing them on the web. These Photos where taken at the same time and same place, I just used a different colored base for the baby to stand on. Notice how blue the kit looks when placed on the white heating pad and how gray it looks when place on the blue towel. It's how my camera handles color. Color will also differ from one monitor to another. This is why most National Breed Clubs won't offer a web based color guide. The Netherland Dwarf club went to great pains and expense to produce a correct color guide published in book form. This is done by calibrating correct, true color with the help of breeders and professional printers. You can join the Netherland Dwarf club and as a new member they include this useful guide. You'll also receive their quarterly magazine. This is especially useful for people wanting to become a Registrar or Judge. American Netherland Dwarf Rabbit Club attn; http://www.andrc.com/

There is a lot of confusion with breeding the different colored fuzzy lops. My Shaded Breeding Program: I had a Fuzzy Lop and a Holland Lop shaded breeding program that consisted of Sable point, Siamese sables and Smoke pearl. I also kept Self colors Blue and Black that I could safely breed to the shaded; I can also breed my Blue and Black fuzzy lops to my Chocolate and Lilac. I left out Tort because Tort is a Genetically more like a self and not a shaded. It looks shaded and it's under shaded in the ARBA color groups. However, when you cross a tort with one of the shaded colors mentioned above you'll get a smutty colored shaded rabbit. If I want to use a tort to improve body type, I'd breed it to a self color. Then use a self colored kit from that litter to breed to the shaded. I only have one litter that was a tort and sable point breeding. It was the first litter I ever bred. Below you can see that the C gene is very different in torts from the shaded group. Self Color group aaB_C_D_E Black aaB_C_dd_E Blue aabbC_D_E Chocolate aaddC_dd_E Lilac Shaded Color Group aaB_C_D_ee Black tort aaB_c(chl)_ D_ee Sable point aaB_c(chl)_D_E_ Siamese Sable aaB_c(chl)_ddE_ Smoke Pearl aaB_c(chl)c(chl)ddE_ Seal (not a recognized fuzzy lop color, but I'd use it in my breeding program) aa_B_ch_D_E_ Black Pointed white I'm not much of a pointed white breeder (called AOV in other breeds like Jerseys). I had a Chocolate pointed white. I bred Solid Chocolate to it. I know other breeders will breed them to the shaded group of rabbits. Probably because the C genes are relatively closer in nature. Sleepy Hollow has a more complete Genetic chart on fuzzy lops. http://www.mysticalmistminiatures.com/rabbitry.html My Agouti Breeding Program: When I bought Corbin's Flash I had to change my color breeding program. Flash was Orange and didn't go with my shaded rabbits. Therefore I switched my breeding program. I now carry Orange, Fawn, Lynx, Chestnut, Opal, Chinchilla, and Squirrel (blue chin). I still keep Self colors Blue and Black that I can safely breed to Agouti colors. I also have used on occasion Otter, Silver Marten, Frosty and Ermine, ARBA does not recognize these colors in Fuzzy lops and therefore they aren't showable at ARBA shows. When I breed Otter, Silver Marten, Frosty and Ermine to Chin I get really clean chin colored babies, I also get a lot of Frost and Ermine in my litters. They are really pretty and I send them to pet homes or breeders trying to breed Chins. I've bred; Orange X Blue Otter and got Opal Orange X Silver Marten and got Blue Otter, Orange, and Chinchilla Chinchilla X Chinchilla and got Silver marten, Black, Chinchilla and Frosty. Blue X Chinchilla and got Frosty, Ermine, Blue, Silver Marten, Black Black X Chinchilla and got Chinchilla, Black Orange X Chinchilla and got Chestnut Blue X Blue Otter and got Blue, Blue Otter Chestnut to Chinchilla and got Chinchilla I Still breed my Blue and Black fuzzy lops to my Chocolate and Lilac. Below are examples of some young fuzzy lops I've raised. Silver Marten Frosty Ermine

My biggest challenge with Agouti colors is the coat type. Chin, Squirrel, Chestnut and Opal all require ring definition to the hair of their coat. When their coat is past prime and getting ready for a molt, the coat loses that ring definition. Coat color is only worth 5 points out of a 100 but I find if the agouti coat is but a little molted the rabbit won't win. If a tort is a bit molted it seems to matter a bit less. I've also noticed a Chin or Chestnut coat tends to have a different texture than tort or shaded. I asked other breeders that have been breeding agouti for 10-20 years and it seems to be the nature of the coat. The coat tends to be more open (less thick) than the shaded coats. Most judges don't know this and can heavily fault an agouti. I've found a broken Agouti pattern to be my best choice for Agouti colored show animals. The white pattern on the coat doesn't need the ring definition, the white coat lasts longer and is thicker. Fun Fur's Silver Bullet is my solid Chinchilla. His flank area molts first and loses it's ring definition. His coat has to be 100% for him to win a class, otherwise he places in the top of the class but doesn't get a leg. So the broken pattern solves much of the coat issues. Corbin's Anna is my Broken Chinchilla Doe. She's in coat almost all year round. When she does molt I've noticed that her chin patches will be shorter and thinner than her white patches. My Doe Fun Fur's Halo is my first agouti with an unusually thick "shake and show" coat. I'm trying to breed that coat into the rest of my herd.