Learn About rabbit and enjoy

Learn About rabbit and enjoy

Lion head rabbit breeds are created as a show breed. These rabbits are a crossbreed of an Angora and Swiss Fox rabbits that had been around since the 1960s in Europe. They have a reputation for being playful, lively and sociable. Although lion head rabbits are truly a great choice as pets, these rabbits don’t come with a thin instruction manual, but fear not! In this article, you'll be easily guided on understanding your lionhead rabbit, their behaviors, their characteristics, how you should feed and care for them and a whole lot more. Embark on a wonderful journey of sharing your life with a lionhead rabbit. Learn to maximize the great privilege of living with one and be able to share this unique and unforgettable experience just like many pet owners that came before you!Lion head rabbit breeds are originally created as a show breed. These rabbits are a crossbreed of an Angora and Swiss Fox rabbits that had been around since the 1960s in Europe. They have a reputation for being playful, lively and sociable. Although lionhead rabbits are truly a great choice as pets, these rabbits don’t come with a thin instruction manual, but fear not! In this article, you'll be easily guided on understanding your lionhead rabbit, their behaviors, their characteristics, how you should feed and care for them and a whole lot more. Embark on a wonderful journey of sharing your life with a lionhead rabbit. Learn to maximize the great privilege of living with one and be able to share this unique and unforgettable experience just like many pet owners that came before you!

Ears of rabbit

 Rabbit ears

One of the most noticeable things about any rabbit is its long ears. Long ears sure make a bunny look cute and funny. But the length of a rabbit’s ears is about a lot more than just looks! As you can imagine, with such big ears, rabbits have an incredible sense of hearing. It is believed that rabbits’ ears are large to help them easily hear predators or other animals that hunt and eat rabbits. Because they can hear so well, these lucky bunnies can often escape danger before it’s too late!

jump of rabbit

Rabbit jump

The back legs of a rabbit called its hind legs are very powerful and strong. It is these hind legs that make it possible for a rabbit to jump or hop from place to place. You have probably noticed how fast wild rabbits can hop away when they are scared of humans or other animals. Rabbits’ fast-hopping hind legs provide them with another great shield to danger!

Facts about Harlequin Rabbits

        Harlequin Rabbits

                   .This colorful rabbit breed is acknowledged by both the British

Rabbit Council as well as the American Rabbit Breeder's Association.

It was originally called the Japanese rabbit but that name was quickly

replaced when the 2nd world war began, to deviate its association

from warring countries.

                     . Often referred to as the "clown" or the "jester" of rabbits, you

will have to wonder "what sort of amusing tricks do they do to have

earned them such a moniker?" Well, it is not so much named for its                       

antics as it is for its appearance. As mentioned earlier, the harlequin is

known for being one of the most colorful of rabbits.

                    .The harlequin ideally would have two colors dividing its face

giving it a different profile on one side of its face to the other - hence

the jester-like appearance. Its body sports what seems like almost

tiger-like markings of stripes or strikes in the various colors each

individual rabbit is born with, which we shall delve into more in a

little while

All rabbits

                  Rabbits live together in groups called colonies. As you just learned, they dig burrows, or holes in the ground, for their houses. Often, rabbits in a colony will make underground tunnels to connect their burrows with other rabbits’ burrows. A group of connected burrows and tunnels is known as a rabbit warren. Imagine having hallways connecting your house to all the other houses in your neighborhood. That would be pretty weird, wouldn’t it? It might even be fun, in some cases! Then you and your neighborhood friends wouldn’t have to leave the house to see each other! But warrens are just a normal way of life for many rabbits.

                 Female rabbits are the ones who are responsible for digging the burrows and the warrens. Inside the warrens, rabbits build their nests, have babies, sleep, and eat.

General Body Types of Rabbits

You would think that a rabbit is a rabbit is a rabbit but there are different types of rabbits and each sort have their unique look, colors, shapes and body types. They may share some general traits and overall characteristics but physically, they are quite different in the physique. There are five classified body types of a rabbit.

The harlequin is what experts would call the commercial body type which is chunky, robust and stocky. It has a wide head with upturned ears that ideally should alternate whatever colors the rabbit sports. The harlequin is a medium to large-sized rabbit and would ideally weigh anywhere between six to nine pounds. Other examples of rabbits with a commercial body type would be the French Lop, the Palomino, the Satin, the Californian, and others.

Another rabbit body type would be the compact body. This rabbit body type is roundish-looking with hardly visible shoulders. Categorized under this body type is the English Angora, the America Fuzzy Lop, the Dwarf Hotot, the Netherland Dwarf, the Silver, and others. Falling under the cylindrical body type, which displays a straight-line body, having no rise and does not taper from its profile, would be the Colored Vienna, The White Vienna, and the Himalayan rabbit. It is interesting to know that only one rabbit representative is acknowledged by the ARBA while the BRC recognizes two.

Funny Bunny Facts

Impress your friends and family with these amazing rabbit fun facts!

Did you know that:

             1. Rabbits have incredible vision, allowing them to see everything in

front, behind, and to both sides of them—except for a small blind spot over

their noses?

             2. Rabbits sometimes eat their poop to get the nutrients in it?

Gross!

           3. Cottontail rabbits are the only kind of rabbits that don’t live in

burrows; they live in nests above ground?

             4. The only part of a rabbit that sweats are its feet?

              5. A rabbit’s teeth never stop growing; they need to chew hard

objects to keep them from overgrowing?

         6. Wild rabbits live up to 10 years, while pet rabbits can live up to 16?

            7. Pet rabbits can be trained to do tricks?

            Did you have fun today exploring the wonderful world of the rabbit?

If you have a rabbit as a pet, you’re bound to see him or her a whole lot different after this. Maybe you can even teach your pet bunny a few tricks! If you don’t have a pet rabbit, focus on the rabbits all around you! Take a  long walk on a forest trail near you (but make sure you go with an adult!) and see how many wild rabbits you can spot.