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Misty

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We adopted Momi just this past March. He's an old boy, somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 years old. He's very light, but then he's a very bony old bunny.

I know these aren't conformation type pictures but he doesn't actually sit still very long and when he sees the camera he assumes it needs to be headbumped.

I will try to get some actual conformation style shots of him in the next few days but any guesses are welcome for now!

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I have no idea other than that he looks like he has a tiny mane. I do think he is a wise looking handsome bun.

It might help others make a guess if you knew how much he weighs.
 
Definitely a mix of several types. If he's on the bony side, and older, you may want to give him some alfalfa hay as it's higher in protein, but watch for bladder sludge as it's also higher in calcium. I do give it to my "elder" buns to help keep their weight up.
 
Your rabbit's shape reminds me of two lionheads I had - one was 2 generations from being a rabbit from the UK...the other one was a rabbit that had been imported from the UK.

Here is Harry - the one who was two generations away:

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What caught my eye on yours was the thickness and width of the ear and of course the slight mane. Harry was a single mane lionhead who KEPT his mane his whole life (as did his offspring).

Here is Hyacinth who I was never able to get a good pose out of her:

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I find that many times rabbits that are not from here in the U.S. have wider bone structure and more "brawn" to them....I was thinking I noticed you weren't here in the US - but now I can't see why I thought that. I think the US breeders tend to breed "down" into less dense bone structure (except for a flemish or something like that).

Anyway - good luck with whatever your rabbit is!
 
As for alfalfa hay... yeah, he's a stubborn bunny.

I have a feeling his previous owner wasn't too good about keeping hay available. He never seems sure of what to do with it. I think I've seen him chewing on hay maybe three or four times since he joined our family but I make sure to always keep a good, fresh bundle of it in the corner of his cage. In the beginning he would just squash it down so he could sleep and poop on it. I've since changed his bedding from wood pellets to straw which he seems MUCH happier with, but he still doesn't eat the hay, no matter what type I buy for him.

He is used to getting his hay in pellet form, apparently, and prefers that. His diet is pretty varied, considering, he gets a little bit of fruit almost every morning, while our prune tree was fruiting he was allowed to run around in the backyard every afternoon to find a fallen prune (tiny ones) to eat.

His fur is thick but short and yeah, his ears are a bit stumpy looking.

We live in Belgium :) so you saw correctly, Tinysmom. I've considered that he could be a specimen of a local breed, perhaps. I know that for example there are 2 or 3 different breeds of German lops so maybe there are some particularly Belgian breeds that I don't know about.

He's a very goofy rabbit and we are spoiled to have him. When we took him to the vet for his first appointment since joining us she was astounded at how calm he was. As soon as I opened the carry bag he just flopped down and melted onto her table. She was able to do anything she wanted to him including showing us how to trim his teeth and all he did was ask for more petting.

When he joined us I assumed that a rabbit was rather like a rat in that you leave it in the cage except for when you are playing with it. Momi insists, however, on being let out the moment we wake up and if we work from home that day he stays out until we head up for bed. He only pretends to eat cables and other naughty things when he needs our attention because he's out of food or water. In fact, one night we forgot to put him away and when we came down, he was right where we had left him, snoring on the back of the couch. In fact, it's the dog's fault that we can't leave him loose at night... she steals his hay and then gets sick all over the floor like an idiot. She and Momi are best friends and even though she's nearly ten times his size they love to play tag (with the rabbit winning, usually) and he has utterly dominated my cat as well.

Photo showing my poor Bagheera's lowered place on the household pecking order:
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All this is why we're rather desperate to hear that he's a typical specimen of this breed or the other. We know he's a senior citizen who may leave us at any time and even our vet says we'll never find a second rabbit like this one. At least if we could get another of the same breed after he goes, the chances might be more in our favor.

As for his weight, he weighs just a smidge over 1.5 kilos ( about 3 1/3 lbs). And now he's mad at us for weighing him and is sulking in the corner or the room so I had better go bring him a raisin as a peace offering or I won't be getting any bunny kisses before bed.
 
He's very cute. All bunnies are unique and we've had several of our rescues with fantastic personalities. Our most loveable bun is Serena, a Checkered Giant and she weighs 9 kilos. She doesn't tolerate any other animals but she's a snuggle bun with us.
 

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