Mini lop rabbit breed information the nature trail. Eventually the mini lop breed was accepted as an official arba sanctioned breed in 1980 at the arba national convention in milwaukee, wi. Visit the lop color guide for pictures and descriptions of colors for this breed. The american mini lop should not be confused with the miniature lop in countries that use the british rabbit council standards. Theres a lot of information out there about color genetics, but unfortunately, most of it is hard to comprehend. Mini lop rabbits are known for their sweet nature and hardy constitution, qualities that make them excellent pets. The arba accepts a range of colors and markings for the mini lop.
Holland lop rabbits the complete owners guide to holland lop bunnies how to care for your holland lop pet, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health, personality, diet and facts. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The mini lop makes an excellent pet for families with children and seniors. Nov 02, 2017 discover how i got started raising holland lop bunnies, my favorite bunny supplies, how to trim dark bunny nails, what brush i use for my rabbits, who my favorite bunnies are and meet the newest. Rabbit coat color genetics guide book the nature trail.
In 1978 herb and bob started a mini lop club and within the year they accumulated over 500 members. Thats right, our adorable, floppy or straight eared friends are actuall. We work with black, chocolate, and blue dwarf papillons, and otter, self, fox, and tort holland lops, but our main focus is working toward producing nationally competitive otters. We named her cinnamon because that was her color when we got her. Click on an any picture to read the color description. Judges like to see a nice rounded body with thick depth, long thick ears, a wide head and thick bone. Lots of lops rabbitry is located in sunny california.
Rabbit colors the range of bunny colors and have they are. This breed is closer to the arba holland lop than to the mini lop. Mini lops, like all rabbits, need a clean hutch, a nutritious diet, and gentle handling in. After a slow start and a name change, the mini lop presented by herb dyck, became an official arba breed in 1980. May 24, 2015 mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies.
Mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health, personality, diet and facts. If your rabbit is going to live outside, or come into contact with animals that have been outside, you will need to worm your rabbit. How to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors. Stocky and compact the mini lop was brought to the u. The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style, based on years of experience of keeping rabbits including the mini lop. We only breed to attain the breed standard of perfection, health, type, and personality. Holland lop color guide with photos ohio holland lops.
Our selective and intensive breeding program has continued to produce animals that sets our rabbitry apart from all others. My name is brandy, my daughter and i strive to raise the best rabbits we can, in type, health, temperament, and personality. Mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health, personality, diet and facts fletcher, ann l. Fletcher covers all aspects on how to care for your mini lop eared bunny including handling, health, housing, breeding, colors, lifespan, a superb resource to answer all your questions, this book is a. There are several health checks you need to carry out when owning a mini lop rabbit. They are recognized in many colors, including brokens. Fletcher covers all aspects on how to care for your mini lop eared bunny including handling, health, housing, breeding, colors, lifespan, personality, temperament, diet, suitability as pets, the equipment. As tiny as mini lops can be, they were bred to be hardy enough to be held by young children. Mini lop bunnies, holland lop bunnies, baby bunnies, show rabbits, meat rabbits, mini rex rabbit, rabbit information, lop eared bunny, netherland dwarf the little things raising rabbits wild iris holland lop fluffy bunny funny bunnies 4 h little things rabbit ideas project projects.
The netherland dwarf was used for size, the mini rex was used for fur type, the holland lop was used for body type and temperament and the mini lop was used to help drop the ears or widen the crown. Ever since then, bunny lovers everywhere have been seeking out mini lops to fill the rabbit sized holes in their hearts. Lop rabbit breeds have their origin in europe, with english lops being the first breed with floppy ears. Holland lops are known for their round faces, wide range of colors and patterns, small size of 24 lbs, and their wonderful, friendly temperaments. These days you can find this small, velvety bunny in a wide variety of colors thanks to. This guide pertains to the rest of the lopped breeds. Worming medication comes in a variety of forms and can be purchased at your local pet store. All content, images, branding, designs, logos, and other intellectual property appearing on this website is the property of the mini lop rabbit club of america mlrca, unless otherwise stated. Rebeccas rabbitry mini lop color guide in washington state. In the late 1980s, the breed started to gain recognition. Mini size lop eared rabbit bunny 2020 diecut desktop calendar.
These days you can find this small, velvety bunny in a wide variety of colors thanks to the input from the crossbreeding that helped start the breed. The book is full of sound advice with wonderful color photos and answers to your questions. It includes exceptional detail, and color pictures, on mini lop colors. Everything you want to know about mini lop rabbits and more. It features in most rabbit shows in most countries and is kept as a pet by many, many people.
Holland lop bunnies, rabbit colors, netherland dwarf, raising rabbits, mini lop, bunny care, fluffy bunny. Discover how i got started raising holland lop bunnies, my favorite bunny supplies, how to trim dark bunny nails, what brush i use for my rabbits, who my favorite bunnies are. When people think of trained pets they more often than not will think of dogs or perhaps even on the rare occasion a skilled cat or bird. The american rabbit breeders association recognizes many colors for mini lop rabbits. These two breeds came originally in agouti and white colors german lops were about 8 pounds 3. Our herd is entirely made up of direct decedents of devie danniballs mini plush lop herd. Welcome to our bundles of bunnies rabbitry webpage.
Nov 09, 2019 teach your children how to hold your mini lop. Mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health. The mini lop looks very much like both the french lop and the holland lop, with lopped ears, and a compact rounded body. They come in a broad variety of colors, including black, rubyeyedwhite, blueeyed white, chocolate, lilac, blue, lynx, orange, chinchilla, chestnut agouti, and tricolor. Arba show quality or pet mini lops, in a variety of colors. Mini lops are fully grown by 6 months of age and will mature at about 56 lbs. Fletcher covers all aspects on how to care for your mini lop eared bunny including handling, health, housing, breeding, colors, lifespan, a superb resource to answer all your questions, this book is a must have for anybody passionate about mini lop bunnies.
Theres a reason why the holland lop is one of the most popular breeds in america. They are mistaken quite often for being the smallest breed of lop, but they are actually classed as a medium size rabbit. Kop mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health. Like other small mammals, minilop rabbit can be susceptible to.
The mini rex sprang from the dwarf rex along with input from the netherland dwarf. And you were right in that even though i knew a lot of the things, it has definitely rounded things out, and good to have in one place. When showing mini lops the colors are broken down into two categories. Is a mini lop rabbit the right pet rabbit breed for you. Do not allow your children to run with your mini lop in their arms. A superb resource to answer all your questions, this book is a must have for anybody passionate about mini lop. Rabbit coat color genetics guide book with images rabbit. Mini lop color guide this is a complete list of all the arba showable mini lop varieties. A book about bunny colors spelling out the essentials of rabbit coat color genetics. How to care for mini lop rabbits with pictures wikihow. The recessive gene that causes this variation in fur causes the hairstrands to stand straight up, rather than lying flat against the body, as other breeds. Mini rex rabbits are a small, compact breed that has a very plush undercoat and extremely soft, velvety feeling fur, which comes in a wide variety of colors. If youre getting into breeding holland lops, i highly recommend the book. Rabbit colors the range of bunny colors and have they.
So, if you dont see a picture of a certain color you can check the other lop color guides too. Mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health, personality, diet and facts 9781909820104 by fletcher, ann l. Coat color genetics is one of the hottest topics among rabbit breeders today. Mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit. Show rabbits raising rabbits for meat flemish giant rabbit rabbit book rabbit. These first mini lops were originated from the german big lop and the small chinchilla. Mini lop color guide mini lop rabbit club of america. Angora bunny, rabbit colors, holland lop, 4 h, baby bunnies, rabbits, project projects, type, lambs. The coat of the minilop is medium in length, dense, with a soft texture. I dont have pictures for every color, but at least the name and genotype is there.
Easily recognized by the softballsized head and engaging lopped ears, the mini lop only gains in popularity each year. Aug 08, 20 mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop bunnies, how to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health, personality, diet and facts. The guide book and color guide is a great tool for any breeder. Mini lop rabbit book for pros and cons, care, housing, cost, diet and health. The mini lop is perhaps one of the most, if not the most popular rabbit breed in the world. Rabbit coat color is primarily determined by five genes. If you simply want to see pictures of the different colors, scroll to the bottom or check out our bunny color chart page for gorgeous holland lop photos taken by yours truly. Chinchilla black, blue, chocolate, lilac, sable, and smoke pearl, chestnut agouti, lynx, opal broken. Shaded group frosted pearl, seal, sable, sable point, smoke pearl, and tortoise.
Mini lop rabbits, the complete owners guide to mini lop. Because of the four breeds used to produce the mini plush lop, the possibilities in colors and varieties are endless. If you have children, teach them how to properly pick up and hold your mini lop. We actively breed and compete with our holland lops and dwarf papillons bred in accordance with the arba standard of perfection. I especially like the section about breeding colors and show groups vs genetics groups. The mini lop was successfully accepted into the arba later in 1980 by a man named herby dyke. A smaller breed, the mini lop still steals plenty of hearts and is one of the more popular rabbit breeds. Thanks again, michelle of forrest gait rabbitry a book about bunny colors. The book is full of sound advice with wonderful color photos and answers to your questions including some you didnt know you had. A mini lop is perfect for a single adult or a couple looking for a pet that is neither a dog who needs walking or a cat who spends most of its time out of the house, rather an animal that will make a fantastic companion and a great snuggle bunny.
We continually work on improving and perfecting the perfect story book bunny. Bob herschbach discovered the mini lop breed at a german national rabbit show in essen, germany in 1972, where it was known as a klein widder. These two breeds came originally in agouti and white colors. As a user, you are authorized only to view, copy, print, and distribute documents found on this website, so long as. How to care for your mini lop eared rabbit, including breeding, lifespan, colors, health, personality, diet and facts. The topic is way too important to be understood only by science majors, so we at rabbit smarties are proud to offer you a book about bunny colors. A superb resource to answer all your questions, this book is a must have for anybody passionate about mini lop bunnies. These lops are very commonly found as house rabbits.
Perhaps the lop ears, the smaller size, the laidback personality, the array of colors for the breed the list goes on. Rabbit genetics answering your bunny genes questions. A mini lop is not the perfect pet for a large family of small children or for someone who worksis. The ideal mini lop is described as being a basketball with a head. Fletcher covers all aspects on how to care for your mini lop eared bunny including handling, health, housing, breeding, colors, lifespan, personality, temperament, diet, suitability as pets, the equipment you need and responsibilities as an owner. The mini lop is very popular at rabbit shows and can weigh over 6 pounds larger than many people imagine a mini lop to get. Like other small mammals, minilop rabbit can be susceptible to colds and viral infections. Kk rabbitry raising topnotch show quality mini lop rabbits for sale, show and pets in oklahoma. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Housing requirements are not as demanding as the larger lop varieties according to the mini lop rabbit club of america. These categorizations might not mean much if youre new to the world of rabbits, but they do make it clear that theres a pattern or a shade of the mini lop to match anyones preference. Its small size and floppy ears certainly make it appealing and many fanciers fall for the charms of this cute bunny.
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