It's important when you are getting a new rabbit to check it over for signs of good health before taking that rabbit home. It's doesn't help the hidden illnesses that only become symptomatic after the rabbit is in it's new home, but it helps to cut out some of the obvious.
EYES
EYES
Are the eyes bright and clear? No weeping, odd spots, tearing, debris in the corner, no red areas, excessive white showing?
EARS
No mites or other signs of illness. No unexplained rips or tears or frostbite damage. Furred decently? Tattooed if necessary?
TEETH/NOSE
Good colour? Developing properly? Not butting, no Malocclusion, no underbite. Nothing that seems "off" to you. Just regular ordinary rabbit teeth. While here check that nose out carefully. No hidden signs of snot at all? Clean, no damage, looks like a good normal nose?
FEET
No matting on those front paws that indicated sneezing/snot issues. Not broken? Check those nails that they are the correct colour and not missing. (important for breeding/show homes, not so important for pet homes).
Well furred, no sores, all toes/nails etc.
Gender Check
Make sure your boy is a boy and your girl is a girl. CHECK. If you don't, you've no cause to complain. Know what to look for. Boys look like a pointy burrito and depending on age will have testes and a penis emerge. Girls will have two thin red lines on either side of the vent. They tend to look like a taco (so to speak).
IF I am not sure on a bunnies gender I will say so, some bunnies mature late and simply are hard to sex. Most of the time I am right on my genders, but sometimes I am wrong. Judges get it wrong sometimes as well. :)
IF I am not sure on a bunnies gender I will say so, some bunnies mature late and simply are hard to sex. Most of the time I am right on my genders, but sometimes I am wrong. Judges get it wrong sometimes as well. :)
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