The man was engaged in breeding rabbits in the Stone Age. Basically, they were taken out for the use of meat and skins. However, in recent years, more and more popular are decorative rabbits, which are grown in apartments as pets.
Today there are about 200 different breeds of home decorative rabbits. All of them differ in such indicators as:
- body mass - large, medium and small;
- along the length of the wool - short-haired, normal-haired and long-haired;
- on productivity - down, meats-skins, meat, decorative.
Let's look at the most popular types of ornamental rabbits.
Dwarf short-haired rabbit
Another name for this breed of rabbits is colored. Animals have a stocky body that resembles a cylinder in shape. A round head with small ears perfectly matches the size of the whole body. The standard of the breed provides ears not longer than 5 cm. Such a rabbit weighs about one kilogram. Glossy smooth hair can have a variety of colors. The most common chinchillas, brown, gray, snow white.
Pygmy angora rabbit
These rabbits are like small lumps of fur, among which you can not see either the eye or the muzzle of the beast. On the body of the angora rabbit, the wool is long, and on the head - shorter, but fluffy. Caring for Angora rabbit hair must be very thorough. If the fur fell, it must be cut right away. There are Angora rabbits with a shorter fur, which almost does not get tangled. The ears of the Angora rabbits are erect and short, not longer than 6 cm. The head is round, there is almost no neck.
Decorative Fold Rabbit Rabbit
These animals differ by their original hanging ears. Rabbit-sheep are not at all shy and easily get used to the person. This breed of decorative rabbits is quite large. The weight of the animal can reach 3 kg. The trunk of the rabbit is stocky with a rounded back part, the paws are short. The head resembles a ram's broad forehead and large eyes. The ears rounded at the ends are covered with wool. Thick, not hard wool with undercoat does not need special care. Colors can be different: black, white, gray, blue, even yellow.
Dutch decorative rabbit
Bred in the Netherlands, this dwarf rabbit is like his big brother. A characteristic feature of this breed is that the back part of the animal's body, the eye area and ears are colored. Wool on the rest of the rabbit's body is white. There are white socks on the legs. Its weight is small - from 0, 5 to 1 kg. Color are gray, brown, black and even blue.