showrabbits
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The biggest thing with the ears is you have to becarefull that they dont get bit by other rabbits so they probably needtheir own cage or at least their own space, untill you know for a factthat the other rabbit knows that those are part of the english lop andnot a toy. LOL. Takes a while for the english lops to learn this aswell. I have some that play with their ears, they pick them up in theirmouth and through them around, and run around with them. It realy isfunny. The other thing that you need to pay attention to is theweather. They do fine in heat, but in the cold they do horrible. Theycant be outside during the winter because their ears can freeze. Wekeep our rabbitry heated to just abbove freezing and we keep them dryand they do fine. The rabbits learn how to walk without stepping ontheir ears, and they LOVE to have their ears played with. I can tietheir ears in a bow. Their ears come in different lengths, widths,textures, and thicknesses. They are soppose to be at least twenty oneinches but sometimes they are less than that, if they are less thenthey cant be shown. They can be as long as you can get them. Last yeara english lop from california won the guiness book of world record forits ears. They were 31 inches. I got to see the rabbit at the arbaconvention. It was only four months old at the time so its ears werentfull grown yet!
Other than that keep their cages clean, dry and out of the below zero and they are fine.
On english lops you also need to check their breast bone and make surethat it isnt deformed. It is sometimes a comon problem, but mostbreeders do their best to keep it out of their lines.
Oh something else funny..... The ears are soppose to be wellbalanced with the rabbit. LOL
Beware if you ever met one you will instantly fall in love and have to have one! LOL
Other than that keep their cages clean, dry and out of the below zero and they are fine.
On english lops you also need to check their breast bone and make surethat it isnt deformed. It is sometimes a comon problem, but mostbreeders do their best to keep it out of their lines.
Oh something else funny..... The ears are soppose to be wellbalanced with the rabbit. LOL
Beware if you ever met one you will instantly fall in love and have to have one! LOL