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3 Rabbit Photo / Selfie Content Announced Want a chance to make your bunny rabbit famous? Interested in winning cool prizes? This month we are super excited to announce that we are launching an exclusive ongoing weekly bunny rabbit photo contest. Each week we will select a new winner to win a cool prize and have their rabbit s photo featured in our weekly edition of The Rabbit Times newsletter. To participate simply: your best rabbit photos to therabbittimes@gmail.com with the subject as Photo Contest Entry. Within the attach the photo(s) you wish to submit and a short description about your rabbit(s). Please include rabbit name(s) and name of breed (if not sure or breed is mixed just put that). Photos will be judged based upon quality, cuteness and uniqueness. Alternatively you can simply post your photo to the Rabbit Breeders facebook page to be entered as well: A new photo winner will be selected each week and announced via this newsletter! So stay tuned and good luck!

4 Weekly Rabbit Photo Contest Winners Photo 1 (submitted by Chesser Bunnies) Photo 2 (submitted by Chesser Bunnies) - One of our Netherland Dwarf does, Orange Blossom posing for a picture.

5 Photo 3 (submitted by Vivian Fisher) - photo is of Bugsy who is our Netherland Dwarf. He is laid back and super fun to have around.

6 Photo 4 (submitted by Hannah Johnson) - This is holly, she is a two year old female lion head. She loves to be held, but don t touch her chin! She loves to go outside in her harness and create tons of dust bunnies in her cage!

7 Photo 5 (submitted by Tamitha Sprenger) - Bella Grace, our broken blue mini rex enjoys her photo shoot.

8 Rabbits in the News Latest News Stories and Headlines: Gambling on Fame Made Him a Billionaire (Sold Dutch Rabbits as a Kid): Animal of the month: 8 facts about rabbits: Wild rabbits in Cannon Beach get some hopping mad: Scotland To Effectively 'Outlaw' Breeding Of 'Designer' Cats, Dogs And Rabbits:

9 Breed of the Week American Sable Rabbit information and facts about the American Sable Rabbit Breed. Have you heard of the American Sable rabbits? Well, they re not as popular as the others, but they re ranked as one of the most handsome and useful ones. Despite the non-mainstream popularity, they re far from extinction, thanks to a community of rabbit breeders who call themselves Sablers. American Sables are called as such because of their lovely sable color. They have a commercial body type, which makes them easy to market to different types of rabbit enthusiasts. More importantly, this makes them suitable for the 4-H meat pen project. The common options for this project are the Californians and New Zealands. But if you are up to new stuff, American Sables are definitely good options.

10 American Sable Facts 1. History While the color sable is found in different rabbit breeds today, it has first appeared in the litters of American Chinchillas in the 1920 s. More than half of their rabbit population has made America their home. In the year 1924, Californian native named Otto Brock crossed two colored Chinchilla rabbit breeds, which resulted in a sepia-toned, soft, furred sable rabbit. After this, rabbit breeders started developing the breed, which was later on accepted into the standard in the year The American Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association recognized them. In 1970s, the popularity of the American Sables declined. Around 1980s, the breed was almost dropped from ARBA, which marks some of the darkest years for the rabbit breed. But a dedicated rabbit breeder from Ohio, Al Roerdanz, passionately showed to ARBA why American Sables deserve the recognition by successfully locating 7 American Sables, and breeding them. Today, Ohio still remains as one of the strongholds of American Sable. 2. Characteristics and Appearance A breed with a regular commercial body type, American Sable rabbits are smaller when compared to other commercial breeds such as Satin and Californian. They weigh from 7 to 10, and could live from 5-10 years. More specifically, bucks live for 7-9 years and does live for 8-10 years. They are considered as medium to large rabbits, which gives a bit of confusion to rabbit breeders. So one must remember that American Sable is a four-class breed, most especially for those who participate in ARBA royalties. American Sables have medium-sized head, with erect ears. American Sable s eyes are usually dark with a ruby hue color. They are bold and bright, and generally brown and dark due to the excessive albino genes. Their eyes need to have the ruby glow in order to avoid disqualification from rabbit shows. Their fur is soft, silky and rollback. They also have a dense undercoating. American Sable rabbits have one standard color, which is a lovely sable. As a result of cross breeding with Chinchilla rabbits, American Sables closely resemble Chinchilla in terms of body conformation, despite having different coat colors. The top of the tail, feet, back, ears and head are colored with dark sepia or rich sepia brown. The coat quite

11 fades to a lighter tan over the entire rabbit s body, close to the coloring of a Siamese cat. Basically, it lightens in the rabbit s sides and darkens to nearly black near the nose, ears, feet and tail. Let s take a closer peek on how the breeders achieved this kind of coloration for the sables. A gene that is called chinchilla light, which is symbolized by cchl or cch1, causes the coloration of American Sable. This gene, being incompletely dominant over the Himalayan and REW gene, which are below the chinchilla light, causes the darkish brown coloring of the rabbit. It s so dark that it s almost black already. This color that stands between dark brown and black is called seal. Ideally, an American Sable with a correct coloring has one copy of cchl and one of either the Himalayan and REW. This also means that for a successful breeding of two correctly colored American Sables, a breeder can achieve a seal, Himalayan or ruby-eyed white offspring. Yet conclusively, a perfectly colored Sable is still very difficult to produce. During rabbit shows, any blotchiness of the shading is considered a fault. Blotchiness can be caused by sunburn or molt. White toenails can also be grounds for disqualification. 3. Personality and Traits American Sable rabbits love to socialize. They enjoy the companionship of other rabbits. Despite being sociable, they re also generally docile, which means that for most of the day, they just sleep. They also love to socialize with other pets such as guinea pigs, dogs and cats. In terms of them being pets, American Sable rabbits enjoy the company of their owners. But this usually comes on their terms. They are calm and friendly, and are most active during sunset and sunrise. They are also delicate, timid and can easily get stressed, which makes them not ideal as pets for small kids. When they are under distress, they make a grunting noise or thump their back foot on the ground, in their bid to scare away whatever it is that is bothering them. 4. Diet American Sable rabbits are herbivorous, and hay is the most important food for them. They also need a diet that is rich in fiber, such as vegetables. Carrots, apples, plums,

12 pears can also be included in the diet once in a while. A daily supply of freshwater is also required. Ultimately lovable because of their friendly approach, American Sables are definitely worth acknowledging. With a growing population from rabbits in 2005, to thousands of today, American Sables have carved their own rabbit history that is worth retelling.

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14 Pet Rabbit Health When owning a pet rabbit it is important to monitor the health of your rabbit, and be able to make an educated guess whether or not your rabbit requires treatment of some sort. Here is a listing of signs that may suggest that your rabbit is sick and requires treatment: Your rabbit stops eating its food (the surest sign that something is up). Your rabbit begins sneezing more than would seem natural. Your rabbit stops drinking water Your rabbit develops abscesses or lumps of some sort on its skin. Your rabbit begins to discharge white stuff out of its nose. Your rabbit starts losing patches of fur (with the exception to seasonal molting). Your rabbit begins to shake its ears a lot more than normal. Your rabbit starts acting unnaturally aggressive. Your rabbit simply begins to exhibit aberrant behavior. If you are sure that your rabbit is sick you can do one of three things; 1. Try and treat the sickness/condition yourself. 2. Bring your rabbit to a vet. 3. Watch and Wait. Sicknesses/Conditions that you can easily treat yourself: Ear Mites This condition like the name suggests is caused by a mite infestation within the ear of your rabbit. If you notice that your rabbit has yellow crusty looking stuff in its ear, it may very well be ear mites. Although ear mites can potentially be deadly if it

15 isn t properly treated, to treat the condition all you have to do is apply some mineral oil into the rabbit s ear every few days until it goes away. If you notice your rabbit shaking its head quite a bit more than normal, I suggest that you check to make sure it doesn t have any mites as that can indeed be a sign of the condition. Fur Mites - If you notice that your rabbit is losing patches of fur in a way that skin is left bare, there is a good chance that your rabbit has fur mites. To treat fur mites many rabbit raisers have found that all that you have to do is give your rabbit a bath using some cat shampoo. Personally I haven t had many cases of fur mites in all my years of raising rabbits however it you have dogs and cats near your rabbits this condition tends to be more common. Weepy Eyes If your rabbit has a section of matted fur in the corner of its eye or there is noticeable discharge in the eye area there is a good chance that your rabbit has a condition called Weepy Eyes. To treat this condition all you need to do is apply some ophthalmic ointment to the eye twice a day for several days or until the eye heals. Bring your rabbit to a vet If you notice that your rabbit is pretty sick and you don t know what to do about it, it is a good idea to take your rabbit to the vet. Making the decision to bring your rabbit to the vet can potentially save its life; however be warned vet visits can be costly. If interested you can find a listing of vets that specialize in rabbits via: Watch and Wait

16 Depending upon the severity of the sickness/condition that your rabbit has, you may just want to watch and wait for a little while before rushing off to take your rabbit to the vet. Many times rabbits can have sicknesses/conditions that will go away on their own provided the rabbit is getting adequate nutrition and care. In this case you will just have to rely on your own best judgment not mine.