The Florida White Rabbit Breed

The Florida White rabbit breed is a very self explanatory breed, and is much more recognizable, and popular after realizing that this rabbit breed happens to be popular, and very multi purpose, but not exactly anymore. These rabbits are much more known now for their color and body, but not exactly by their name. The reasoning of this is spoken about below.

The History Behind the Florida White Rabbit Breed:

The history of this rabbit is very simple compared to most rabbit breeds. There was a man by the name of Orville Miliken, that happened to be a rabbit judge for what was common at this time, rabbit shows. What he was really looking for was to form a breed that would be all purpose, which meant the rabbit would have to reach the standards for meat, fur, shows, and to be a fantastic pet.

The most interesting reason why Miliken wanted to create this new breed, was for testing, yeah, this guy’s new creation, was made to be a test subject, WHAT? The reasoning is quite simplistic though. New Zealands had been used as test subjects for the longest time, but the laboratory workers really wanted to see a much smaller rabbit for a change, which is where Miliken decided that he would make a smaller rabbit for this testing. This is why the Florida White came along.

The name choice was extremely simple. Miliken desperately wanted to name the rabbit after where he came from, Florida, but because this rabbit was so distinctively known for its color, he decided to include that too. This is how the Florida White rabbit breed came along and into our arms, with its very self-explanatory name.

The Common Characteristics of Florida Whites:

For this rabbit breed’s overall posture, looks, and muscular build, sometimes this rabbit can look a little odd from different angles. This rabbit breed has quite the rounded body with stubbier front legs, and very large back legs. The back legs (hindquarters) of these rabbits are extremely muscular, and large, for their size and overall body shape. Because their hindquarters are so large, this particular rabbit breed is known to have more slender looking shoulders, and large, wide, hindquarters.

These rabbits’ heads are a decent size for their body, and fit quite well, considering how odd these rabbit’s bodies can look. This rabbit breed’s head should be well rounded, a bit on the smaller side, but still fitting, with a more pointed muzzle and large ears to top it all off. The rabbit’s ears are meant to be on the smaller side, despite the fact that they look very large compared to the rabbit, most likely because its head looks a bit too small at times. These rabbit’s ears are known to fall to one side at times, so don’t worry when there’s a Florida White with partially lopped ears, it’s actually quite common.

Moving to this rabbit’s coat of fur, the fur is meant to be on the much shorter side, with a soft and partially silky texture. These rabbits don’t exactly shed all that much because of their short fur, which can become a large factor when considering when and which rabbit will be welcomed into your household.

To go along, but sort of against this rabbit’s color, white, these rabbits are known to have a red, or sometimes, pink hue to their eye color. This doesn’t make them an albino, but they definitely have similar characteristics to what would be an albino rabbit.

Common Personalities Found in Florida Whites:

Overall, this rabbit is extremely sweet, and for those out there who haven’t met one of these rabbits, they are very docile, and work great for nearly anybody in nearly every situation. The most common personality that truly shines in this rabbit breed is how amazingly docile this rabbit breed is, despite how lazy or active the rabbit is on that specific day.

These rabbits work great for families of nearly any situation, for single men and women, for those living in an apartment or house, or if the owner happens to be trying out a new lifestyle with a different pet. This rabbit breed is genuinely amazing for practically anybody, and for others to see that, would be amazing, especially for those who don’t feel that rabbits are truthfully amazing pets.

Sizing and Weight:

This rabbit breed happens to fall under the small and mini rabbit size category. This category happens to be the section to the most petite rabbits, whether their overall size is just ridiculously tiny or if the weight is unbearable, in a light manner.

Speaking of weight, the average weight for a healthy Florida White rabbit is anywhere from 4 to 6 pounds, which is a decently light rabbit. The weight of this rabbit can be best compared to a Dutch, or a Satin breed rabbit. A Dutch rabbit would be towards the lighter side of the weight range, while Satin rabbits would be closer to the median point.

Common Medical Problems Found in This Breed:

There aren’t any medical problems that are extremely well known, or even genetically carried for this particular breed. Even though this breed isn’t well know to be susceptible to any specific illnesses or overall medical predicaments, this rabbit breed, like all others, can obviously still become extremely ill without proper care and dieting.

Extra Care:

This breed doesn’t have any extra care to consider, at least when this breed is compared  to other rabbit breeds. Because this rabbit breed isn’t particularly known to be needy, still keeping a close eye is key, just because it is hard to pay intense attention when you really don’t feel that you have to all that often.

Works Cited:

“Florida White Rabbit Breed Information and Pictures.” PetGuide, 28 Mar. 2019,                            www.petguide.com/breeds/rabbit/florida-white-rabbit/.

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Posting Dates and Times:

• The Florida White Rabbit Breed: 9/7/2019: 4:00 P.M. Central Time, AKA CT., (USA)
• Rabbit Care Necessities: Litter: 9/9/2019: 5:45 P.M. Central Time, (USA)
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