Is he an American Chinchilla rabbit?

[Nibbles96]

According to another website, Nibbles looks like an American Chinchilla rabbit. Is this correct?

If not, can someone please tell me what breed he is?

Thanks in advance

 

[Flashy]

Have you got a picture that shows all of him? Also, how much does he weigh?

Whatever he is he is beautiful

 

[Nibbles96]

Here is another pic:

I'm not sure how much he weighs, we need a new battery for our weighing machine thingy. xD

 

[SOOOSKA]

Nibbles is adorable and BIG.

Boy lots of Bunny their to Love:heartbeat:.

Has he jumped over his pen yet?

I look forward to seeing more pictures of him.

Susan anic::weee:

 

[Brandy456]

I never heard of a 'chinchilla bunny'. So I googled the breed, from what the website i'm reading tells me, and the pictures.. he definitly is one. They consider is a 'oversized chinchilla' .. which is true.. jus a diffrent species.

Chinchilla Bunny

This breed is like a dream come true...:biggrin2:

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Stockton was a Chincilla mini-rex and Peter is a large Chincilla--8 pounds. The only difference from your Nibbles is that they both looked like someone used a highlighter on their ears and eyebrows. The main part of the coat is identical.

 

[paul2641]

Oh isn't he oh so cute!

 

[Nibbles96]

Thanks guys,
Yeah, I read in a book that chinchilla was just a color for rabbits, but I googled it and found out that it was a breed! I wanted to be sure though.

 

[pamnock]

Many breeds and mixed breeds can be Chinchilla in color. The American Chins are very, veryrare, so it's unlikely that your rabbit is a purebred American Chin - but not completely impossible.

http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/americanchinchilla.html


Pam

 

[clevername]

Don't forget that there are three varieties of Chinchilla rabbit as well: Standard (max 7 1/2 lbs), American (max 12lbs) and Giant (max 16lbs). The American Chinchilla is endangered, the Giant is on the American Livestock Conservancy's watch list.

I have seen American Chins go as pets before, but Pam's right they are just so rare.

 

[Nibbles96]

I got our weight machine thing to work, and he weighs exactly 12 pounds.

 

[wooly_queen]

Is it possible that he is a chin flemish? Does that ever happen? lol

 

[pamnock]

wooly_queen wrote:

Is it possible that he is a chin flemish? Does that ever happen? lol

Yes - they are called "light grays". The rabbit in the photo is a little small to be a Flemish "Giant". It's most likely a mix breed.

Pam

 

[Nibbles96]

Oh, well thanks guys! It really doesn't matter to me what breed Nibbles is, but I was just curious anyway. Maybe I'll do a little more research to find out what mixed breeds he is, if he is a mix.

 

[loppalove]

omg i love him!!!!!!!!!!