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Basil Stag Hare - My new dwarf rabbit! :D

Still as beautiful as ever!

Are you planning on breeding hotots?? I hate to sound like I'm preaching- but there are lots and lots of rabbits in the shelter that need homes. I just rescued one last week from being put to sleep. :(
 
Calift said:
Still as beautiful as ever!

Are you planning on breeding hotots?? I hate to sound like I'm preaching- but there are lots and lots of rabbits in the shelter that need homes. I just rescued one last week from being put to sleep. :(
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Just once. My friend has a dwarf lop-eared female (not a hotot), and she wants to borrow Basil as a stud.

I'm sure there are lots of animals that need homes, not only in shelters and not only rabbits (This includes corn snakes, but people still breed them.), and I'd rescue them all if I could. Nevertheless, Basil is going to be a daddy.

Hail_Britannia said:
That is seriously the cutest rabbit in the history of ever.
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Thank you! ^_^
 
Daenerys said:
Just once. My friend has a dwarf lop-eared female (not a hotot), and she wants to borrow Basil as a stud.

I'm sure there are lots of animals that need homes, not only in shelters and not only rabbits (This includes corn snakes, but people still breed them.), and I'd rescue them all if I could. Nevertheless, Basil is going to be a daddy.



Thank you! ^_^
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I'm glad you weren't offended! I used to be really active in ARBA and exhibited in many, many rabbit shows. While I especially don't agree with breeding mixed buns, I sincerely hope they all find good homes. And if you get your boy neutered as soon as you can- he'll be a 10x better pet (less smell, better temperament, healthier and a lot more friendly). ;)
 
ha, I knew that name right away. He looks like hotot, except for the ear marks - I use to have one (named Gargamel). Basil is a cuttie!
 
ack, I didn't see the other replies.

I got my pure hotot at the SPCA. Please don't breed, there is no market for mixed rabbits, and the sooner you get him fixed the better the chance of him getting - and staying - littler trained all his life. Unfixed bunnies make me sad.

Plus, he isn't really a good example of a hotot because of the ear mark. It would be like calling my Amel Boy a sunglow - close, but no cigar, and no need to breed.
 
I don't mind if Basil is not pure Hotot, the mother isn't hotot at all. And its really no use arguing about breeding him because my friend and I are set on this. He will be a father this fall. Just once, and trust me all the babies will be well cared for. We are all animal lovers here so if we can't find homes for all of them, we will keep them ourselves. They will not end up abandoned. Even if sold to others, it will be made clear that if they have any trouble with the babies they are more than welcome to bring them back. Even if they're not pure, they will still be gorgeous babies. Just like mutt dogs. And like I said, there are plenty of corns being bred when others still need homes, so really no need to jump on me for this.
 
I've seen pure Hotots with those markings on the ears. It's usually a disqualifying fault, if I remember right from my kids' 4-H days.

I think Petit Hotots are some of the prettiest buns out there. I am, however, forever and always in love with Holland Lops. They'll always be my fav :).

Your guy is adorable, though!
 
Wow, I just can't believe he is that sweet and calm without being fixed! My Mini Rex got VERY agro around my friends and I when he reached maturity. He'd circle us like crazy and even nipped me when I tried to sit on the floor of my room ("his territory" ;) ). He mellowed out a LOT once he was fixed.
 
He gets bored in his cage a lot faster than he did when he wasn't mature yet, but he is still a sweetheart! I let him out to run around and then he's calm for a day, then he gets bored again. He just has to wait until this fall when we're pairing him with Mellow, the lop. Then, he can get fixed.....as long as I have the money.
 
Awww, adorable! I've always wanted a bunny, and after extensive research when I was in 4-H back in highschool I had settled on getting a Dwarf Hotot one day. I know the ears and the spot on the butt are faults, but to me that makes this guy even better. I really like how he turned out as an adult. VERY cute.

If you don't mind me asking you all (I hope I'm not hi-jacking.. the questions are technically relevant. Let me know if you'd like me to delete this and post elsewhere): Are rabbits really litter-trainable? Which ones are nicer and/or easier to train, males or females?

Also, I hadn't thought of the shelter! Around here rabbits run wild, and I've known people to just let them go if they can't take care of them or they're bored with them (not that I condone that in any way). It never struck me to think that they'd be in a shelter.. of course it also struck me as odd when I heard rodents and reptiles would be in the shelter too. Around here it's pretty strictly dogs and cats. I'll definitely check there first though before I get one.
 
Jadie.Glitch said:
Awww, adorable! I've always wanted a bunny, and after extensive research when I was in 4-H back in highschool I had settled on getting a Dwarf Hotot one day. I know the ears and the spot on the butt are faults, but to me that makes this guy even better. I really like how he turned out as an adult. VERY cute.

If you don't mind me asking you all (I hope I'm not hi-jacking.. the questions are technically relevant. Let me know if you'd like me to delete this and post elsewhere): Are rabbits really litter-trainable? Which ones are nicer and/or easier to train, males or females?
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Thanks :) I don't mind if he has faults either, to me he is perfect. Its like purebred dogs just not being the best example of the breed standard...doesn't make them any less a good dog.

For Basil, all I did to litter train him was provide him a litter tray and he started using it immediately. It took no actual training, he just did it on his own. I don't know if this is true for other rabbits, but thats how it was for Basil.
 
I used to mix Mini Lop with California's and those turned out to be some good meat rabbits. I also used to breed Mini Rex for shows... We had a female that was all brown and a male that was white with black dots all over him. Every litter they had there was one that came out white with blue eyes. It was amazing... Those we sold as pets to friends and when they didn't want them any more they gave them back and we either showed them, kept them as pets ourselves or put them in the freezer after feeding them what they needed to get some meat on their bones...

Hotot's are so cute, I would like to see a breeding between this one and a holland lop, Talk about tiny...lol
 
Wait, the rabbit is broken??? Oh my, then yes, better have him fixed! Wouldn't want a broken bunny rabbit...








Oooooh, you meant have him castrated.


*runs aways before the speuter mob comes with pitch forks*
 
I tried finding a picture of the mini lop but my friend hasn't put any on facebook. She looks sort of like this, brown with a mustache marking on her face and brown splotches all over the rest of her:

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