Sabine
Well-Known Member
I have been breeding with Siamese sable/smoke lines for a few years and recently introduced a Himalayan buck to the equation. The sable/smoke lines are from show breeding stock and always produced consistent result as regards colour. Unfortunately I don't know an awful lot a bout the pedigree of the Himalayan buck but bred to my two light smoke does the offspring was either Himalayan or light smoke. Sometimes the smokes would be a bit strangely coloured with a lot of white under their belly.
As it turns out one of these smokes went to a person who bred him to a sable doe that stems from the "pure" lines and the outcome is this:
http://www.donedeal.ie/smallfuries-for-sale/pure-breed-netherland-dwarf-rabbits/9405016?offset=1
The seller claims one of the offspring is black otter and I admit there is a resemblance but is that genetically possible? I can't figure out what else it could be though. Could someone enlighten me as I would love to know what the background of my Himalayan buck is.
As it turns out one of these smokes went to a person who bred him to a sable doe that stems from the "pure" lines and the outcome is this:
http://www.donedeal.ie/smallfuries-for-sale/pure-breed-netherland-dwarf-rabbits/9405016?offset=1
The seller claims one of the offspring is black otter and I admit there is a resemblance but is that genetically possible? I can't figure out what else it could be though. Could someone enlighten me as I would love to know what the background of my Himalayan buck is.