11-Day-Old Holland Lop Babies and a Tiny Peanut Bunny

PLEASE READ (UPDATED FEB. 2017): A “peanut” baby bunny occurs when it receives two copies of the dwarf gene from its parents, and a true peanut cannot survive due to the pituitary gland not releasing enough growth hormone. Some small babies can be runts or “nano” babies and survive. For this reason, I gave the tiny baby in this video a chance to survive. It was nursed by its mother, handled gently, kept warm, and remarkably survived twelve days (passing the day after this video was filmed). Peanuts are very common in ALL dwarf rabbit breeds, it is not something desired (nor the result of an irresponsible breeding practice) but is simply a part of breeding dwarf breeds such as the Holland lop, mini rex, Netherland dwarf, mini satin, Polish, dwarf hotot, and more. This video is offered purely for educational value to those interested in rabbits. Thank you for the kind comments! 🙂

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