How did i get otter babies???

[bunniesohmy]

quick question..i have an English angora/holland lop mix that was bred to a REW jersey woolly. They produced otters. How did this happen, genetically speaking? I'm assuming the jw is responsible for the otter pattern but I was wondering what you guys thought.

 

[woahlookitsme]

Actually both Hollands and angoras can come in otter. You did not specify what color the mix was.

 

[woahlookitsme]

Also do you know what colors the wooly has in the background?

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Stewart was a gorgeous Black Otter that was an accidental breeding of broken brown Netherland and a Palomino Lop. He was the only otter out of the 4 in the litter, so I guess the gene was lurking in there. Nikki is a REW and is the only one out of three litters from the same mother and father and neither are REW's. Genetics can be a high numbers crapshoot.

 

[OakRidgeRabbits]

REW can hide the tan pattern (otter) gene. Tan pattern is more common in Jersey Woolies than Hollands (not recognized in English Angoras), so it likely came from the Wooly.

 

[woahlookitsme]

Definitely more common in woolies but I've seen otter Hollands. Especially since the wooly is REW he's probably carrying black otter

 

[bunniesohmy]

ok that's what I figured the REW was carrying the gene. Thank you!