who knows what breed bun I have

[Clover is Love]

Hi found this site awhile ago but had computer trouble and lost a lot of my book marks any way I know my bun is a cross his name is Clover he is about 10-11 weeks old this photo was taken yesterday. I was told his ears are too large does that really matter I mean health conditions or any thing like that.To me it does not matter as I love him just the same big ears or normal size ears

[Clover is Love]

I thought photo uploaded but Its not there sorry if admin could please remove this post please

[Roberta]

Hi Clover Love,
To add your photo hit Edit on top of your post… Then head down the bottom to upload photo.s, browse, select, upload and then hit insert. Becareful not to hit enter without spacing first or it will dump the pic.

[Clover is Love]

Thank you very much Roberta

[Roberta]

Big ears are fine, they just make for a majestic bunny….. Clover is very pretty, looks a bit like a darker version of my Starsky but he doesn’t have the solid colour on his back his markings are more English Spot…..
Starsky has big ears too but they tend to helicopter…..

[Clover is Love]

Question I was thinking English spot myself but what put me off that was most English spots seem to have a strip the goes right down the middle of there back ? he is a lovely bun and getting more and more trusting but he can also have his moods. Go away just feed me and don’t you dare pat me today type of mood LOL. I was worried the person that said his ears well too big meant there may have been something wrong with me when I questioned it that person did not get back to me about it. I think me and him are going to get along just fine thank you so much for your help

[Bam]

Big ears may be considered a cosmetic flaw. My Yohio has big ears. But since he is of mixed breed and has no pedigree I’ve never considered showing him, so he can have as big ears as he likes =) I think big ears are lovely. Clover looks adorable.

Rabbits tend to chose themselves when it’s a good time to be pet and when it’s absolutely not.

[Deleted User]

A bunny is a bunny – big ears (never thought of that?), who cares? How adorable is he? 11 out of 10? Sounds perfect to me!

[Clover is Love]

I was concerned that when the person first told me his ears are too big and made it sound like it was some sort of major issue. I am not and never will be interested in shows my animals are pets and pets only even if I was to get a bunny that was P/breed with the perfect ear length perfect fur length ect ect makes no difference to me. As long as it does not mean he is or might have special needs I would rather that now. I love what I call his antenna ears watching them stand up and moving when he hears something is funny and cute to watch. I love my bun bun no matter what and it does look like my guess was right English Spot cross that is what Ill call him when he see the vet after Christmas when he goes gets his vaccinations done.

[Cochin]

When you breed a small bun – like say, a mini Rex – to a big bun – lets say, Flemish giant – you get Big ears. This could be a version of that.

I’d call him a pretty mutt and leave it at that :

[Cochin]

When you breed a small bun – like say, a mini Rex – to a big bun – lets say, Flemish giant – you get Big ears. This could be a version of that.

I’d call him a pretty mutt and leave it at that

[Zombie-Sue]

I don’t think he’s an English Spot, he’s just what they call a “broken” patterned rabbit. Many, many rabbit breeds come in the “broken” variety.

This is a house rabbit society forum that doesn’t necessarily endorse ARBA, but if you wanna look at the different breeds and have a little fun guessing at what your rabbit might be mixed with, you can look at their accepted breeds page: https://www.arba.net/breeds.htm

[Clover is Love]

I really prefer to say his a cross breed bunny not a mutt but thank you to all

[Bam]

My bunny Yohio is called cross breed at the vet’s and in his insurance-letter. My Bam is probably also of mixed breed but since he’s lop ears, my vet deemed him a mini lop and that’s what he’s called in his insurance. But he has much too short ears to be a pure-bred. And I couldn’t care less. They’re both adorable. Imo they are two of the prettiest bunnies ever, and how lucky aren’t I who happened to find just them =)

Big ears is not a health-issue in any way. Lop ears is more of a problem, they CAN be troublesome because sores etc may heal more slowly since the air-flow is compromized (sores will stay moist, bacteria may thrive etc.). That is rather often an issue with dogs with “lop” ears like cocker-spaniels etc.

I’ve been to two rabbit-shows and I find the whole thing questionable, but then dog-shows are questionable too.

[Clover is Love]

Hello Bam Yes I know about ear infections with dogs ears I just put my lab x down due to an ear infection in both ears that exploded and even after an attempt of a large operation to chance the sharp of her ear canals there was nothing more that could be done for her. As I said with the dog Lab x so unless a vet tells me different and now after hearing it by a few other bunny people one that breeds English spots going by the face what I was told the perfect butterfly marking on his face he is at least to me an English/ butterfly spot x not a mutt even if its not he is my bun and I love him and to me that is all that matters and to me it does not matter if there is a million x,s mixed in there he is not a mutt

[Bam]

I’m so sorry to hear about your dog.

Not everybody would say “mutt” in a degrading or insulting way I think. But it’s probably a term best not used because it may offend people. In Sweden people cross-breed bunnies all the time to get the best jumping-rabbits for agility. Kind of like how sledding-dogs are bred.

I’m not good at determining rabbit-breeds, I’m way too inexperienced. If others here say English spot, that’s probably what he is. And a truly handsome one at that =)

[Tessie]

Don’t know about the breed but just thought I’d chime in about his ears and say that as he’s only 10 weeks old then he’ll grow into them.

Very handsome bunny!

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