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I have a male rabbit that i got from a local pet store and a female that i got a couple months later from the same pet store. My male’s name is thumper and he started out pretty small but has grew pretty fast in the last 4 months that we’ve had him. he has pretty big ears and one is flopped over most of the time where the other one just stands straight up.
The pet store said he was a holland lop mix. i do not think he has the face of a holland let alone the ears. i’m not sure at all what he’s mixed with.
For the girl, her name is Lovey, she was also said to be a holland lop mix from the same pet store but after doing some searching i believe she could be mixed with possibly an english spot or a checkered giant. she hasn’t grown much since we got her at all but she eats hay all day long, with him it felt like he grew so fast. Although i’m not expert i have no idea what i’m talking about.
if anyone with more knowledge than me could give me any ideas to what they’re mixed with that would be awesome.
the male is the agouti colored one
and the female is the spotted one.
 

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Your male looks like a Flemish Giant/Lop mix and your female looks like she could have some rex in her.
Super cute bunnies! Do you plan on bonding them? They would make a cute couple!
 
They are both super cute! I'm not really good with rabbit breeds but your boys sweet face does remind me of my Flemish Giant girl when she was little.❤️ I love his ears! They are so big. And I'm not sure what your girl is but she is super cute.😍
Sorry bout my lack of help.😆
 
They are mixed breeds. Most rabbits are. Honestly I'm of the mindset that it's usually more harm than good to try and guess breeds on rabbits, especially with rare breeds where there is a lot of misinformation out there. They aren't like dogs where most of them do descend from purebreds, and even if they do have a purebred ancestor most rabbit breeds are pretty new in the scheme of things and closely related so they lose defining breed characteristics within one generation. Does the agouti one have flemish it? Maybe, personally I'm not seeing too much, but you can't tell anything without a pedigree. The spotted one is 100% mixed breed. No way to tell anything beyond that. Definitely does not have rhinelander, english spot or checkered giant in it though, those are rare breeds that don't really have any of its defining traits or body shape in common with that rabbit. Most common pet breeds come in "english spotting" pattern and its far far more likely they got that pattern from a mixed breed or a common pet breed that has those markings (eg, holland lop or mini rex) than from a rarer breed like an English Spot.
 

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