LessThanAnNa
Well-Known Member
There are dozens of photos of MOo Shoo in his bunny blog:
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=11883&forum_id=6
I'd really like to know what to call his colouring. We adopted him from an animal shelter in late January of this year. His only description was 'tortoiseshell'. When I brought him home and researched breeds more carefully I realized that he was clearly a rex. His colouring also fit the description of 'tortoiseshell' as far as I knew.. tortoiseshell cats have that same pattern, tortoiseshell is listed under the many colourings of Rex's but I rarily see 'harlequin' listed as a colour,and I found one link that had a rabbit almost identical to Moo Shoo that was labelled as a tortoiseshell rex as well, and 'tortoiseshell dutch' rabbits have patches of the pattern that Moo Shoo has, so I was quite confident calling him that.
However, I often also hear people calling the same pattern Harlequin,and even got a message of someone correcting me.. which was somewhat helpful. But I'm still somewhat confused.. so thought I would triple check here.
I understand that Harlequin is a seperate breed, but I guess it's also a colouring?
Of course, it doesn't really matter one way or another.. but it's simply something I wonder about. Thank you!
Also, Moo Shoo has a tattoo in his ear, that I know did not come from the shelter.. and am guessing came from his breeder. He's about a year old, and was given up bya family due to allergies.. and livedat the shelter for about three months. I wonder if there is anyway I could trace his breeder via the ear tattoo? Again.. it's nothing important, just curiosity eating at me. (Keep in mind that I live in Ontario, Canada) Thanks!
-Anna and Moo SHoo
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=11883&forum_id=6
I'd really like to know what to call his colouring. We adopted him from an animal shelter in late January of this year. His only description was 'tortoiseshell'. When I brought him home and researched breeds more carefully I realized that he was clearly a rex. His colouring also fit the description of 'tortoiseshell' as far as I knew.. tortoiseshell cats have that same pattern, tortoiseshell is listed under the many colourings of Rex's but I rarily see 'harlequin' listed as a colour,and I found one link that had a rabbit almost identical to Moo Shoo that was labelled as a tortoiseshell rex as well, and 'tortoiseshell dutch' rabbits have patches of the pattern that Moo Shoo has, so I was quite confident calling him that.
However, I often also hear people calling the same pattern Harlequin,and even got a message of someone correcting me.. which was somewhat helpful. But I'm still somewhat confused.. so thought I would triple check here.
I understand that Harlequin is a seperate breed, but I guess it's also a colouring?
Of course, it doesn't really matter one way or another.. but it's simply something I wonder about. Thank you!
Also, Moo Shoo has a tattoo in his ear, that I know did not come from the shelter.. and am guessing came from his breeder. He's about a year old, and was given up bya family due to allergies.. and livedat the shelter for about three months. I wonder if there is anyway I could trace his breeder via the ear tattoo? Again.. it's nothing important, just curiosity eating at me. (Keep in mind that I live in Ontario, Canada) Thanks!
-Anna and Moo SHoo