World Records Set by Bunny's

 

  • High jump is 1 meter(about 3feet)
  • Long Jump is 3 meters (over 9feet)
  • kargest kutter if baby bunnies in one litter is 24 in 1978 and then again in 1999
  • Longet lived bunny was just about 19 years old
  • Longest ears on a bunny are 31.125 inches they belonging to Nipper's Geronimo an American Rabbit
  • 26 lbs and 7oz is the largest bunny

 

 

 

DO YOU KNOW:

Spay or Neuter you Bunny Rabbit it's a good idea to call your local animal shelter and see if they offer a referral to a spay/neuter clinic and you may save around half the cost of just going to a vet. Please Note not all Vet.s or animal shelters will take care of Rabbits ( for Wilson County TN you may try calling the Spay Station at 615-444-1196 or Snip & Tip Feral Program at 615-444-8299 to see if they will Spayed or Neuter your Bunny) I am not sure if they do rabbits however they maybe able to send you in the right driections)

Do you know that:

** Bunny Rabbits can live for 10 years or more

•  A that a female rabbit is called a Doe

•  The male rabbit is called a Buck

*Rabbits do not Hiberrate.

•  That the Female rabbit is only pregnant for 31 days

•  That Rabbits are easily breed

-A Rabbit can get pregnant again just one hour after having it litter of babies

•  That the Rabbit has been called a breeding Machine.

•  That the baby rabbits are known as Kits .

•  That the Kit is born hairless and Pink, (getting their hair with in the first days of life)

* Bunnies eyes open in as little as 2weeks.

* Bunnies will crawl and move around nest box right after they are born.

•  The mother Rabbits milk is very rich that the Kit can double in weight in 6 days as a calve takes 47 day and the pig 14 days.

*Bunnies only sweat through their ears and pad of their feet.

* Bunnies do not vomit.

•  One of the first animals to be domesticated was that of a rabbit.

•  That the Hare keeps its wild instinct and has yet to be domesticated.

•  The Rabbit is a symbolic animal that has been known to be the sign of fertility and also purity, sex, cleverness, evil ,swiftness and stupidity.

Bunny Rabbits have a blind spot - because of the placement of their eyes Bunnies are unable to see what is right in front of their nose and just above their nose ( try not to reach for your bunny from straight on so they will not be frightened by you coming at them

A Rabbit is not rodents they are lagomorph, and are closer to a horse than a rodent

•  It was a law in the Roman Empire that all young maiden eat rabbit it was said that it would make them more beautiful and more willing

•  The Rabbit has been linked to many Gods, legends that a lot of the old paints feature rabbits in them

•  Rabbit are the 10 th most popular kept pet

•  Rabbits make excellent pets they are highly intelligent, each rabbit has its own personality and shows emotions

•  There are special breeds of Rabbit breed for their meat (2 of the most popular breeds are New Zealand Whites and the Californian rabbit)

A Rabbit can be found just about all over the world

Some Bunnies will sleep with it's eyes open

•  Rabbit is one of the highest producing livestock with more than 100 lbs. a year, a doe (female) rabbit weighing 10 pounds can produce will over 250 lbs. of meat in a year.

•  The rabbit will produce 6 lbs of meat on the same feed and water it takes a cow to produce 1 lb of meat.

•  Rabbit meat is one of the better meats to eat ( it is a all white meat)

•  The meat of a Rabbit is lower in cholesterol than chicken, turkey, beef or pork

•  The meat of the rabbit is lower in the fat % than chicken, turkey, beef and pork

•  Rabbit meat has the highest protein% than chicken, turkey, beef and pork

•  The US Department of Agriculture has stated that domestic rabbit meat is the most nutritious meat know to man.

•  Rabbit meat has been recommended for patients with heart disease, diabetics, and other health problems that a special diet is recommended

 

Bunny Facts

  • Holland Lop : . Taken from the ARBA Standard of Perfection
  • The Holland Lop is the dwarf variety of the lop eared rabbits, -.
  • Physical Attributes: Holland Lop is the smallest breed of the lop family. It is characterized for having a bulky, stocky and a muscular body; its ideal weight is 3 lb to 4 pounds some may reach 5 lbs The Holland Lop is to be compact and well balanced in length, width, and depth. The shoulders and chest should be broad and well filled, same as the hindquarters. The head being massive in appearance setting high on the shoulders and close to the shoulders showing no neck. With the depth almost equal at the top of the shoulder as over the hindquarters. The legs are to be short, thick, straight, and heavily boned for the size of the animal. Ears are to be bell-shaped and short, no longer than 1 inch below the chin.
  • Background Holland lop is known for its sweet temperament and non aggressive behavior . A gorgeous breed marked its beginnings when a man by the name of De Cock sought to combine the best qualities from two rabbit breeds, the French Lop (known for being large and having floppy ears) and the Netherlands Dwarf rabbits, into a new breed. His scheme was to breed a petite French lop with the body features of a Netherlands dwarf, thus creating quite a challenge.
    In the winter of 1949-50, De Cock decided to breed a White Netherlands Dwarf Doe to a French Lop Buck and obtained undesired dwarf lop rabbits. Unsatisfied, he decided to switch the genders in the breeds, he bred a French Lop Doe and a Netherlands Dwarf Buck, and got six miniature lops. In addition, De Cock bred an English Lop Buck and a Netherlands Dwarf and obtained five lopped rabbits, two rabbits with upright ears, and the remaining ones were with half-lopped ears. He later thought that if he could make the lopped-ear rabbits reproduce, he would get the Holland lop, but got disappointed and unwanted looking rabbits were born. Finally, he inseminated a half-lopped doe rabbit to a buck from one of the initial breeding of six rabbits, producing what we know today as the Holland Lop.

Lionhead

One of the newest breed of domesticated rabbits, becoming very popular It has particularly long hair surrounding the face, looking like the mane of a male lion , hence the name. Other characteristic traits of the Lionhead is small in size with short ears ( shorted than other rabbits) and a round head, usually between 2.5 and 3.5 pounds.

The Lionhead rabbit originated in Belgium. It is reported to have been produced by breeders trying to breed a long coated dwarf rabbit by crossing a miniature Swiss Fox and a Belgian dwarf. The Lionhead seemed to have been more popular than the long coated dwarf, and so breeders carried on this trend in breeding them intentionally, and so came what we know today as the Lionhead rabbit.

The breed has been recognized by the British Rabbit Council , however as of yet it is not a fully recognized breed in the ARBA.

Designer Emo and Designer Emo Lop

As of now the Emo is not recognized by the ARBA it is a breed that we here at L.Rox is working on and breeding, it is a crossing of Lionhead Rabbits with Lop ear Rabbits and a few other breeds have been breed into them we are working on getting a very gentle bunny whom will have a very sweet temperament and not be to large or to jumpy