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My 9 month old holland lop buck has just begun chasing his tail this week... I cannot find much information about this online... one source I found said it was a type of binky. He's cute but I'm concerned that it may be a health issue and he is irritated? He's the only animal we have - he...

Hello! I would like to know if anyone has heard of or knows about tort-tri's (preferably in holland lop) and their genetics? Or maybe if that is an informal name for a different color (like chocolate tri maybe?) Tort,black, and white? Fawn, chocolate, and white? Chocolate, black, and white...

I feel like, if Walter is a tri, he is not very well marked, and would not be a very good show bunny, because like the photo above, he should be evenly marked with a good amount of orange and black and the showable amount of white. Walter almost has no black... but it (or dark chocolate) is...

The breeder told me he was either tri or chocolate tri. He does have small black spots on his head and lower back, although they could be dark chocolate. Both his parents are broken black, but his dam has put out several broken/solid orange/fawns, tricolors, and also japanese blacks. She must...

Thanks for the quick reply! It's very possible... Walter does seem a little tortish to me, he looks more often darkish strawberry blonde than orange. I also understand that all colors are unique and can sometimes be hard to classify. Anyway, here are more pics just in case anyone else...

I understand what the difference should be, broken black tort should be different shades of brown with some black and a white base, and broken tri should be orange and black with a white base. However, This is my old holland lop Toby that I sold to a breeder, she calls him broken black tort...