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Some rabbit breeds are
hard to find . . . Good luck in your search!
Agente Bleu – fur breed
Photo courtesy of Jenny Buckingham (WA)
Type:
compact body, short neck, broad rounded loins and well developed hindquarter. Bold eyes and ears short and rounded.
Coat:
very dense (thick), silky and glossy, lying close to the body, ideal length 1.9 to 2.54 cms (¾ to 1 inch).
Colour:
bluish white top colour with evenly dispersed longer dark blue hairs, lavender blue under colour. Blue eye colour.
Adult
weight: 2.72 kgs (6lb)
British Giant — fur breed
Reguli 'Yokozuna' (ACT breeder)
Type: large
size, long broad body, solid and firm condition, broad head, erect ears and bold eyes.
Coat:
1.9 to 2.54cms (¾ to 1 inch) in length, thick and very dense, medium texture (not harsh or soft).
Colour:
in OZ - brown grey (agouti) & opal – overseas white, dark steel grey & blue.
Adult weight:
bucks preferably over 5.670 kgs (12 ½ lbs). Does preferably over 6.123 kgs (13 ½ lbs). Weight over 6.804 kg
(15 lbs) gains 10 points, under 5.670 kg (12 ½ lbs) loses 10 points.
Californian – fur breed
Photo courtesy of Jenny Buckingham (WA)
Type: firm and meaty, solid body with broad shoulders and well-developed hindquarters. Well-shaped head on a short neck,
which is set close to the body. Eyes are bright, bold and pink coloured.
Coat: undercoat as
dense as possible, interspersed very thickly with coarser guard hair. The coat is so thick the fur should immediately resume
its position when stroked in any direction.
Colour: markings of chocolate, blue or lilac (as
dark as possible) on nose, ears, feet and tail and rest of body should be pure white.
Adult weight:
ideal 4.082 (9 lb), minimum and maximum weights: Bucks 3.402 to 4.43 kg (7 ½ to 10 lb) and does 3.402 to 4.762 (7 ½
to 10 ½ lbs).
Black otter adult doe
Type: compact, well-muscled,
short body, broad shoulders, full chest, broad head with well developed cheeks, no visible neck, bold eyes, prominent crown.
Ears are broad, thick, rounded and lopped.
Coat: dense and silky with a thick undercoat, evenly
overlayed with longer thicker guard hairs. Length 3.81 to 5.08 cms (1½ - 2 inches)
Colour:
various colours and patterns accepted.
Adult weight:
ideal 2.15 kgs (4 ¾ lbs) maximum 2.381 kgs (5 ¼ lbs), minimum 1.81 kgs (4 lbs)
Chinchilla Giganta – fur breed
Reguli 'Silver Springs' (ACT breeder)
Type: finely boned, long, graceful body. Adult bucks heavier boned with bolder heads. Dewlap permissible in adult does.
Coat: fur uniformly dense and silky in texture but with resilience and length not less than 3.175cm
(1 1/4inches).
Colour: Undercolour a deep blue slate as dark as possible from the skin to
at least half the length of fur then followed by a clear band of pearl (off white) not exceeding a quarter of the length of
fur. The peal band to be followed by a distinct black line, finishing the surface in alternating blue/grey and silver/white
tippings, which are heavily intermixed with longer black tipped guard hairs. The colour must be carried well down the sides
of the belly. Eye colours blue, grey or brown and ears to have black lacing.
Adult weight:
Maximum 5.44kg (12lb), Minimum weight - does 4.07kg (9lb), bucks 3.855kg (8 1/2lb)
Dutch – fancy
breed
Belubula Valley 'Joshua' (NSW breeder)
Type:
compact, cobby and in firm condition. Ears are strong and short, fairly broad at the base and not pointed (i.e. to have rounded
ends).
Coat: short, glossy and healthy.
Colour: various colours
in the standard Dutch pattern contrasting with white.The coloured pattern (blaze, saddle, stops, cheeks etc) to comply with
standard guidelines.
Adult weight: 2.041 to 2.26 kgs (4 ½ to 5 lbs)
Dwarf Lop – lop breed
Tinker Bell 'Peter Pan' (NSW breeder)
Type:
body compact (short) thickset and firm with wide shoulders, full chest, broad head, prominent crown and no visible neck. Ears
are fully lopped, broad, thick, well furred with rounded ends.
Coat: roll back, dense with
abundant guard hair.
Colour: various colours
and patterns accepted.
Adult weight: ideal 2.041 kgs (4 ½ lb), minimum 1.93 kgs (4 ¼
lb) up to maximum 2.381 kgs (5 ¼ lb)
English - fancy breed
photo courtesy of Karen Amies
Type:
moderate body length, gradually extending to a broader rounded rump, overall firm condition. Ears are erect and ideally 10.16
cms (4 inches) long.
Coat: short, tight and healthy.
Colours:
black, blue, tortoiseshell, chocolate and grey colouring on a white base. Specific markings are: perfect butterfly smut, eye
circles, cheek spots (not touching eye circles), fully coloured ears, herring bone from base of ears to tip of tail, chain
spots equally balanced on both sides of the body, one distinct spot on each leg and six teat spots.
Adult weight: between 2.721 to 3.628 kgs (6 to 8 lbs)
English Angora – fancy breed
Sooty fawn - Hops'n'Lops Bunny Stud
(NSW breeder)
Kanichen 'Muroco' (WA breeder)
Type: broad, short head, arched back, deep chest and broad shoulders. Ears are
erect, short, tapered and generously furnished with wool/fur.
Coat: long, thick and silky giving
the effect of a rounded snowball shape. Needs to be well groomed and have an open coat (no tangles, webbing or matting) and/or
clipped several times a year.
Colour: various colours and patterns accepted.
Adult
weight: minimum 2.494 kgs (5 ½ lb) Maximum 3.402 kgs (7.5 lb)
Nemesis 'Rajah' (SA breeder)
Type: moderate length of body inclined to cobbiness, slightly arched back, medium sized broad head on a short neck. Well-furred,
broad ears of medium length that are in proportion to the head.
Coat: dense with an exquisitely
silky texture and length of about 3.175 cm (1¼ inch)
Colours: black, blue, chocolate
or lilac. Chest, flanks and feet are generously and evenly ticked with silver tipped guard hairs. There is a small white triangle
behind the ears and eye circles, inside of the ears, jaw line, underside of tail, feet and belly are all white.
Adult
weight: 2.494 to 3.17 kgs (5 ½ to 7 lb) (7.5 lb)
French Lop – Lop breed
(in development)
Type: massively large, thickset and solid. Body compact, broad shouldered
and overall well muscled with a well-rounded rump. Broad head, full cheeks and good width between the eyes. Fully lopped ears,
which are thick, broad, well furred and rounded ends.
Coat: dense, rollback with abundant guard
hairs.
Colour: various colours and patterns accepted.
Adult weight:
as large as possible. minimum 4.535 kgs (10 lbs)
German Angora – fancy breed Type: body should be of good width and depth that tapers slightly from hindquarters
to shoulders and in firm condition. Oval shaped head set close to the body (with cheek furnishings), which is broad across
the forehead though slightly narrower at the muzzle. Ears are erect, in proportion to head and body, carried in a close v-shape,
lightly fringed and well tassled.
Coat: as dense as possible, length (ideal 4 inches) evenly
balanced over the body, free from matting or webbing. Coat contains three types of wool: medium fine, soft underwool, awn
fluff (stronger wool with a gaurd hair tip) and gaurd hair – otherwise as known as awn hair.
Colour:
no other colour but red eyed white.
Adult weight: ideal adult bucks 40309 (9 1/2 lbs), adult
does 4.535 (10 lbs)
Find more breeds in
next page
– NSW Breeder's Directory –
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Oz
Rabbit Breeder's Directory
Last updated Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Oz rabbit breeder's directory has been created to help people find breeders and assist
fanciers in advertising breeds they specialize in. While scrolling through the directory, it
might seem as if there are plenty of breeds to choose from, or you could perhaps assume they are easily attainable –
unfortunately this is not the case!
In actual fact many of our unique breeds would
be classified as rare and endangered. Due to a limited gene pool and an ongoing import ban, rabbit fanciers appreciate and
treasure our exotic rabbits. Not only are rabbit breeders widely distrubuted in our vast country, but compared to other fanciers
in the world (UK, Europe and US), the majority of us here only keep a small number of stock.
Breeds are at risk
whenever for instance fanciers give up the hobby (for various reasons) or are devastated by loss of stock due to myxomatosis,
calicivirus, theft and so on. As a result we are well aware of the long-term consequences of our breeds disappearing and know
that the limited number that we do have are irreplaceable.
If you are interested
in finding a breed the few that might be available are: Miniature Lop, standard Rex and Mini Rex. Dwindling in numbers are:
Dwarf Lop and Netherland Dwarf.
Breeds at risk (and therefore rare/endangered)
are: English Angora, German Angora, Dutch, Smoke Pearl Marten, Miniature Cashmere Lop, standard Cashmere Lop, English, Satin,
Polish, Agente, Marten Sable, Californian, British Giant, Silver Fox, Jersey Wooly, Smoke Pearl, Siamese Sable, Harlequin,
New Zealand White, Swiss Fox and Tan. Plus also in this category we can include 'breeds in development' such as: Plush
Lop, Chinchilla, French Lop, Astrex, Mini Satin, Chinchilla Giganta, Flemish Giant, Rhinelander and Giganta Cashmere Lop.
It is obvious for all to see the huge discrepancy between the handful
of popular breeds compared to the ones at risk. This is something anti-breeder/breeding campaigners ought to seriously consider!
What a sad and tragic day it would be if our country ended up with only cross-bred and feral bunnies!
Food
for thought I should hope . . . .
Australia Capital Territory |
Wanniassa: Bonreiki Lop Stud – Miniature Lop & Miniature Cashmere
Lop
(top billing for me – since I maintain the breeder’s directory!)
Angora or any long-coated rabbits groomed/clipped & boarding for rabbits and cavies
Website http://www.petrabbitworld.com/ – you are here!
Christine
Carter Ph (02) 6231 5862 Email
Bonython: Bun's 'n' Roses Stud – Miniature Lop
Helen Morris Ph 6293 3223 Email
Calwell: Bunnyhop Rabbit Stud – Dwarf Lop
Adie Hearn Ph (02) 6292 3683 Email
Gowrie: Ankornata Rabbit Stud – Dwarf Lop
& British Giant
Anna &
Natasha Korab Ph (02) 6292 1148 Email
Hackett: Rabbitopia
Stud – Miniature Lop & Netherland Dwarf
Wenda Moore Ph 0435 026 948 or (02) 6156 0537 Email
Kambah: Cancelare Stud –
Netherland
Dwarf
Nola Faulkner
Ph (02) 6231 4520 Email
Kambah: Dainty Stud –
Netherland Dwarf, Satin, Polish, Miniature Lop, Mini Rex & standard Rex
Sue Greaves & Lex O'Brien Ph (02) 6231 7992
Email
Mawson: Coniglio Stud – standard Rex
Debbie Hunter Ph 0410 434 049 Email
Wanniassa: Reguli Stud – British
Giant & Chinchilla Giganta
Website http://home.netspeed.com.au/reguli/reguli.htm
Nikki
White Ph (02) 6161 2811 Email
Wanniassa: Cottontail
Stud – Miniature Lop
Sharon
Hartley Ph 0419 502 703
Warramanga: Honey Bunny Stud – Mini Rex,
standard Rex & Satin
Danielle
Martin Ph 6287 1079 Email
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South Australia
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Adelaide: Wonderland Stud
– Polish, Netherland
Dwarf, Jersey Wooly, Mini Satin, Mini Lop, Satin, std Rex & Mini Rex
Sally & Trevor Turner Ph (08) 8369 2970 Email
Cherry Gardens: Dorsetvale Stud – Flemish Giant, British Giant & Satin
Susie Smith Ph 8388 2571
Elizabeth: Nemesis Rabbitry – English Angora, Silver
Fox, Netherland Dwarf, Polish, Satin, std Rex & Tan
Website:
http://nemesis_rabbits.tripod.com/
Genevieve Hughes Email
Elizabeth East: Bonnie Bunnies
Stud – Miniature
Cashmere Lop
Jillian Neild Ph (08) 8252 3294
Eudunda: Winter
Rabbits – Jersey Wooly, New Zealand
White, Mini Lop, Swiss Fox, Polish, Netherland Dwarf, std Rex & Mini Rex
Michelle
Gladwin & Sue Petersen Ph (08) 8581 1888 Email or Email
Long Plains: Danelview Stud –
Mini Lop, Jersey Wooly,
std Cashmere Lop & Mini Cashmere Lop, Dwarf Lop, Netherland Dwarf & std Rex
Janine Daniels Ph (08) 8527 8261 Email
Northfield: Calypso Stud – Mini Lop
Lee anne Roe Ph 0412 880 284 Email
O'Halloran Hill: Ultimo
Stud – Polish
in REW, black, blue, black otter & agouti, Netherland Dwarf in REW, agouti & otter
Shane Harris Ph (08) 8387 7825 Email
Paralowie: Hopping Bunnies – Mini Lop, Dwarf Lop, Rex, Netherland Dwarf & Dutch
Heather Stead Ph (08) 8281 3257 Email
Qualco:
Kalinda Park Bunnies – Dwarf Lop & Mini Lop
Amy Thiele Ph 0419 201 150 Email
Smithfield: Wildwood Rabbit Stud – Miniature Lop, Dwarf Lop, Cashmere Lop, Netherland Dwarf, Fox - silver, Smoke Pearl, Harlequin (magpie &
japanese), Mini Rex, standard Rex, Satin, Chinchilla Giganta, American Flemish, New Zealand White, Jersey Wooly, English Angora,
Mini Cashmere Lop, Satin Rex, British Giant, Flemish Giant (BRC standard) & Californian
Website: http://www.wildwoodbunnies.com/
Also provide Boarding plus
Rabbit and Fauna Rescue Services.
Sally Arnold & David
Brown Ph (08) 8254 8601 or 0418 611 780 Email
Surrey Downs: Diamondfire
Stud – standard
Rex, Harlequin, Netherland Dwarf & Satin
Moira
Hurley Ph (08) 8251 2997 Email
Woodville South: Imperial Rabbit Stud – standard Rex & Mini Rex
Website:
http://paprika5011.tripod.com/
Kali Shannon Ph (08) 8347
2142 Email 
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Western Australia
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Balga:
Dreamchaser Rabbits
– Satin, Netherland Dwarf, Polish & Mini Rex
Website: http://www.dreamchaser-rabbits.com/
Chris & Michael Dean Ph (08) 9344 7313 or 0439 940 398 Email
Ballajura: Bunnylicious Stud
– Mini Lop, Dwarf Lop, Netherland Dwarf, Plush Lop & Cashmere Lop
Website: http://www.bunnylicious.net/
Deanne Kestel Ph (08) 9209 2597 Email
Denmark: Talisman Stud
– Netherland Dwarf
Christine Blamey Ph (08) 9848 3096
Email
Eden Hill: Ivanhoe Stud – Dwarf Lop, Mini Lop, Satin, Smoke Pearl & Smoke Pearl Marten, Siamese Sable & Marten Sable
Stella and Fred Turner Ph (08) 9279 8846 or 0439 912 102 Email
Girrawheen: Kanichen Rabbit
Stud – English Angora, Netherland Dwarf, standard Rex, Miniature Lop & Dwarf Lop
Michael & Melissa Culpan Ph (08) 9343 5889 Email
Glen Forest: Little Thumpers Rabbit Stud – Dwarf Lop, Mini
Lop & Cashmere Lop
Website:
http://littlethumpers.webs.com/
Alicia & Jay Ashbolt Ph 0458 160 368 Email
High
Wycombe: Honeymoon Stud – Mini Rex & Jersey
Wooly
Rosemary Shackles Ph (08) 9454 4572 Email
Kununurra: Safari Rabbit
Stud – standard Rex, Dwarf Lop & English Angora
Website: http://www.freewebs.com/safari101/
Wayne Ashby Ph (08) 9168 2261 Email
Mundaring: Eleda Stud – Miniature Lop
Maureen Stepanoff Ph (08) 9295 2814 Email
Northam: Wandering Star Stud – New Zealand
White, Dwarf Lop, standard Cashmere Lop, Giganta Cashmere Lop, standard Rex, Miniature Lop, English & Mini Cashmere
Lop
Robyn Board Ph (08) 9621 1881
Perth: Nardeeneen Stud – Argente Blue,
Fox - Silver, Magpie Harlequin, Swiss Fox, NZ White, Smoke Pearl & Tan
Jenny Buckingham Ph (08) 9291 8559 Email
Perth: Ashrose Rabbits – Tan (all colours), Dutch & Dwarf Lop
Website: http://www.ashroserabbits.com/
Natasha Boston Ph (08)
9378 3925 or 0420 304 663 Email
Perth: Ivanhoe Stud – Miniature Lop, Dwarf Lop, Satin, Siamese
Sable, Marten Sable, Smoke Pearl & Smoke Pearl Marten
Stella & Fred Turner Ph (08) 9279 8846
Email
Port Kennedy: Dwarftown Rabbity
– Standard Rex, Mini Rex & Dwarf Lop
Kevin & Fiona Etherton Ph (08) 9524 6929 or (08) 9590 6461 Mobiles: 0424 871 243 or 0450
335 581 Email Kevin or Email Fiona
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Thank you OZ breeders for helping make this page possible!
It would be much appreciated if you could
encourage others to send their stud details as well. J
Please contact me whenever your contact details change
or if you come across any broken links.
Breeders with websites are more than
welcome to add my link: http://www.petrabbitworld.com/
It’s a good
idea to consider having a links page, as when you reciprocate with popular sites (like mine J), these in turn help your site go further up search engines - and so, you too can be
found and seen on the top ten of Google pages!
Disclaimer
Although the list of breeders are registered members of Australian rabbit clubs or associations,
I do not necessarily know them personally or have visited their rabbitry. Therefore, I am not responsible for whatever transpires
between persons regarding the buying and selling of any rabbits whatsoever.
It is entirely the responsibility
of individuals to verify gender, perform health checks and examine show rabbits to ensure they do not have disqualifying traits.
If in doubt, you could read 'buyer and breeder guidelines'
in
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