TinysMom
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In September of 2005, Pedro was born. He got thenickname "alien baby" because unlke most lionheads who get in their furwithin a few days (except for where the mane will be)....his fur didn'tcome in for like 45 days or so....
Here are some photos of him looking like an alien....
A short time later we were taking photos to show to friends of what"alien baby" looked like..and they called him "donkey ears"...
However, he did eventually get his fur in and this is what he eventually looked like...
We never knew why he was the way he was other than the fact it wasrecessive genes getting together in some freaky way. One geneticsperson (not Pam Nock) suggested I try rebreeding to get this again andpossibly even breed them for laboratory study - but I refused.
When he was still fairly young, Pedro went to a show with us. He hadhis moustache and some fur - but not much. Folks loved to look at himand it got to the point that when he heard his name - he'd duck underother bunnies 'cause he knew we'd be showing him off again (although hedid like the treats he got).
When we went back to the same place later -we brought Pedro with us -complete with his funky fur. People kept coming up to us and saying,"Aren't you the ones who had the bald rabbit?" and we showed him offagain.
We were told early on that Pedro could wind up having health issues dueto unforseen causes because of the recessive genes. Because of this -we kept him and loved on him here.
Now I'm bawling because the kids are coming home in May to feed therabbits while we're gone and one of the things Robin said was, "I canhardly wait to see Pedro and love on him again.."
Sometime during the night - Pedro passed away - presumably in hissleep. Art found him this morning when he was checking on water bottles.
He hadn't been ill at all - been eating and drinking. Art mentionedhe'd been drinking a lot - but the weather has been getting warmer andall the rabbits are drinking more.
Rest In Peace Pedro...and binky free where the length and typf of your fur matters no more.
Mama loves you.
Here are some photos of him looking like an alien....
A short time later we were taking photos to show to friends of what"alien baby" looked like..and they called him "donkey ears"...
However, he did eventually get his fur in and this is what he eventually looked like...
We never knew why he was the way he was other than the fact it wasrecessive genes getting together in some freaky way. One geneticsperson (not Pam Nock) suggested I try rebreeding to get this again andpossibly even breed them for laboratory study - but I refused.
When he was still fairly young, Pedro went to a show with us. He hadhis moustache and some fur - but not much. Folks loved to look at himand it got to the point that when he heard his name - he'd duck underother bunnies 'cause he knew we'd be showing him off again (although hedid like the treats he got).
When we went back to the same place later -we brought Pedro with us -complete with his funky fur. People kept coming up to us and saying,"Aren't you the ones who had the bald rabbit?" and we showed him offagain.
We were told early on that Pedro could wind up having health issues dueto unforseen causes because of the recessive genes. Because of this -we kept him and loved on him here.
Now I'm bawling because the kids are coming home in May to feed therabbits while we're gone and one of the things Robin said was, "I canhardly wait to see Pedro and love on him again.."
Sometime during the night - Pedro passed away - presumably in hissleep. Art found him this morning when he was checking on water bottles.
He hadn't been ill at all - been eating and drinking. Art mentionedhe'd been drinking a lot - but the weather has been getting warmer andall the rabbits are drinking more.
Rest In Peace Pedro...and binky free where the length and typf of your fur matters no more.
Mama loves you.
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