Hobby for dwarfish rabbits began in our country quite recently, but already now these amusing and surprising animals can be met not only at manufacturers, but also in ordinary city apartments. Very often people buy a rabbit, without thinking of his breed at all, and being guided only by external data and own sympathies. But a question of what breed the rabbit, comes to mind to all sooner or later. As to find out it?
Instruction
1. According to the international classification there are only five main breeds of dwarfish rabbits: short-haired Reksa, long-haired "Foxes", lop-eared, color and ermine or Germelina. The characteristics by which the rabbit can be determined easily in any given group are peculiar to each breed. So, pay attention to animal fur. If it short, is similar to soft plush, has no expressed yarusnost and looks so as if your rabbit was cut – before you breed of Rex. If at a rabbit smooth wool on the head, and all other body is covered with length a dense hair, you are a happy owner of a fox or long-haired rabbit.
2. If fur of a rabbit has no distinctive features on length, consider an animal more fixedly. Pay attention to a shape of a body and head and also a ratio of the sizes of ears and pads. At color dwarfish rabbits short ears and very compact little body: short neck, strong back part and short pads and ears. The fur coat of such rabbit has pile of usual length and can be absolutely various color. And here if your rabbit white and at the small size of ears and bodies possesses the large round head and blue or red eyes – before you an ermine rabbit or Germelin.
3. If your krolchonok possesses a compact body and the big round head, but you cannot precisely define to what breed it belongs, it is necessary to wait a little bit. At absolutely small krolchat the sizes of ears, bodies and the heads very strongly change depending on age. Therefore it is necessary to stock up with patience. If at a rabbit the ears standing at first up began to fall and grow, most likely, before you future lop-eared krolchonok. Ears at such kids long also hang down along the head, giving them similarity to doggies. Lop-eared rabbits can also have a various color.