Uncertain of bunny breed and appropriate weight

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- 12/30/2016 at 2:39 PM
  VelvetLopBunz
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  My bunny Velvet is almost 2 years and I weighed him today at 6.4 lbs. A few months ago he was about one pound less. His diet is the same except for getting two digestive tablets a day now. I am his second mama, and when I got him he was about 6 months. I was not informed of a birth date or exact breed. His ears are a medium size and he is quite large. He has lop ears and is mostly grey and black with a white under coat. I am pretty sure he is a mix though. He doesn’t sit upright like a holland does and is too small to be a French. I’m leaning towards him being a mini with longer ears. I’ve seen pictures of minis with longer ears. I’m not an expert on bunny breeds. Can anyone tell me what he is?
  
  If he is a mini lop, is he full grown and what should his average weight be?
- 12/30/2016 at 3:53 PM
  LBJ10
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  He could be mini lop or mini lop mix.
- 12/30/2016 at 9:30 PM
  princessbookworm
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  My Jake came from foster parents who said he’s a mini lop And your velvet sounds JUST like him. Jake weighs 6.3lbs (although his foster parents said he weighed 8). Jake has floppy ears like Velvet’s. And Jake has some variation in his fur like Velvet too.
  
  I’m going to say Velvet is quite likely a mini lop
- 12/30/2016 at 9:39 PM
  VelvetLopBunz
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  Thanks, that helps a lot! I wasn’t sure if mini’s varied that much from what I saw online. I definitely think he is a mini lop.
- 12/30/2016 at 10:04 PM
  Mari and Lilo bunny
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  Your bunny looks exactly like mine! My bunny is a mini lop. So yours most likely is a mini lop as well. BTW the color of your bun bun is chestnut agouti… just like mine! LOL! Since she’s two years I would think that she can’t grow anymore than that. Mini lops usually weigh around 4.5 to 6.5 pounds, so your bunny is absolutely great! ?
- 12/31/2016 at 1:29 AM
  VelvetLopBunz
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  Thanks! He is black and grey with brown eyes. Could anyone guess what color he is? I have found black chinchilla, chocolate chinchilla, and sable chinchilla as possibilities.
- 12/31/2016 at 2:03 AM
  Mari and Lilo bunny
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  Like I said on my other post, since your bun bun looks exactly like mine, I would say his color is chestnut agouti. ?
- 12/31/2016 at 2:11 AM
  VelvetLopBunz
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  A chestnut agouti looks more brown to me though.
- 12/31/2016 at 2:44 AM
  Mari and Lilo bunny
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  Yeah… I guess so. Well then I think it would be Ike a chinchilla color or something familiar… ?
- 12/31/2016 at 10:05 AM
  Jessica
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  Agouti is also defined as having white feet and white around the eyes according to my breeder. Amelia is mostly grey with toffee colored bands in her coat, but all 4 feet, her tail, and around her eyes are white
- 12/31/2016 at 10:32 AM
  VelvetLopBunz
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  Ok, thank you! I think he is a chinchilla, because I found a website that referred to chinchilla as the grey version of an agouti.
- 12/31/2016 at 1:12 PM
  LBJ10
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  I just realized you had uploaded a bigger picture. I fixed it for you. He looks opal to me.
- 12/31/2016 at 1:14 PM
  LBJ10
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  Opal is a form of the agouti pattern:
  
  Surface color is to be blue mingled with fawn. There is a blue band on top of the fawn Intermediate band over a slate-blue undercolor. The chest is to be fawn over a medium slate-blue undercolor. Nape of the neck is to be fawn. Eyes are blue. The belly should have a slate blue undercolor as well. It is a dilute chestnut agouti.
  
  What color are his eyes? It says opals have blue eyes.
- 12/31/2016 at 8:32 PM
  VelvetLopBunz
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  His eyes are brown.
- 01/01/2017 at 4:29 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Your bunny is beautiful.
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