What is a rex rabbit?
Rex Rabbit is a large breed that was discovered in the wild in 1919 in France. Rabbits have a round body, a thick face and an upright ears. Their bodies are covered with a thick tire of plush, velvety fur, which can be some of the 16 colors recognized by the National Rabbit Club Rex (NRRC) and American Rabbit Breeders Association (Arba). In the warm climate, Rex can be kept outside all year round, but in a cold climate it should be brought in winter. Rex rabbits easily care, very intelligent and friendly and have few health problems.
Rabbit posts are proportional to the body size, and the Rex rabbit has a slightly wider head than other breeds. Females are slightly larger than males, but both sexes usually weigh £ 7.5-10.5 (about 3.4 to 4.76 kilograms). One of the characteristics of Rex rabbit is a very strong plush fur. The fur can be 0.5-0.9 inches (about 1.3-2.2 centimeters) long and tend to stand almost perpendicular to the body. The leatherette behind the ears can grow longerAnd it tends to curl. The legs have the same color as fur.
16 colors recognized by NRRC and ARBA for show rabbits include black, blue, three -color or broken and California. SCID, Chinchla, chocolate, lilac, lynx, red, opal, reinders, white and seal are also accepted. But Rex rabbits come in many other colors.
In the warm climate, the rabbit can live comfortably outside in Hutch all year round. In a colder climate, the hutch should move inside the barn or other shelter and in the climate that are very cold, the rabbit lives best in the interior. The outer shelters should not be placed in a place that it receives throughout the day of direct sunlight, because the rex rabbits do not tolerate the extremes of temperature. Rabbits from the house or rabbits maintained inside can be trained with garbage box and tend to live longer than Rabens, which are out all the time.
commercial rabbit pellets and unnecessaryThe quantity of Timote's hay, along with fresh vegetables, is the most healthy diet for Rex. Pellets should be without seeds or corn cores. For every 5 pounds (about 2.2 kilograms), the rabbit can be fed every day of the rabbit pellet 0.25 cups (about 7.09 grams). As with every pet, the Rex rabbit must always access clean fresh water.
Rex has little health problems and usually lives for five or six years. Setoilment of male rabbits aged about four months prevents any aggression that can be seen in men when they become sexually mature. Females can be spayed at about the same age. Both castration and spaying can extend the lives of Rex rabbits by up to three to five years.
The intelligence of the rabbit is one of the highest rabbit breeds and allows you to train one to come when he called, jump, jump on a leash and do almost any trick that a dog can do. Didiři have learned to safely handle the rabbit, they consider the friendliness of the rabbit Rex to be very muchITACTIVE.