Rabbit Bowl

Question 1

What is the most each rabbit in a pen of fryers can weigh?

Answer 1

5 pounds

Question 2

Which ear of the rabbit would have an American Rabbit Breeders Association registration tattoo
in it?

Answer 2

The right ear

Question 3

What is the standard of perfection based on?

Answer 3

A point system

Question 4

What forms the basis of the American Rabbit Breeders Association’s judging system?

Answer 4

The ARBA Standard of Perfection

Question 5

How many generations do a pedigree usually record?

Answer 5

Three

Question 6

What is a junior rabbit?

Answer 6

A rabbit that is less than 6 months old and under the junior weight limit for the breed

Question 7

What is a female rabbit called?

Answer 7

Doe

Question 8

What is a male rabbit called?

Answer 8

Buck

Question 9

What are baby rabbits called?

Answer 9

Kits

Question 10

What is the written record of a rabbit’s family called?

Answer 10

Pedigree

Question 11

Where is the loin of a rabbit?

Answer 11

Between the ribs and hip.

Question 12

What is a rabbit’s pelt?

Answer 12

The hide of the animal after it is removed from the animal.

Question 13

Does the usable portion of a pelt include the head, feet, tail, and legs?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

Another way to say a rabbit is “hare-like” is to say it is ______?

Answer 14

Racy

Question 15

Name four fur types that rabbits are grouped into.(4 possible points)

Answer 15

Normal (Rollback, Flyback), satin, rex, angora, more?

Question 16

What type of fur do most rabbit breeds have?

Answer 16

Normal

Question 17

Which fur contains a long, wool-type fiber that is harvested and used in the manufacture of
clothing?

Answer 17

Angora

Question 18

What is the brightness and brilliance of the fur called?

Answer 18

Luster

Question 19

What is broken coat?

Answer 19

Molting or has broken hairs.

Question 20

What is brindle or brindling?

Answer 20

The intermixture of colored hairs

Question 21

What term is used to describe the feature of fur that, when stroked from the rear towards the
head, quickly returns to its normal position?

Answer 21

Fly back

Question 22

What is rust?

Answer 22

A discoloration of the fur, usually on the sides, flanks and feet

Question 23

T or F? A purebred rabbit is not capable of reproducing itself in type, color, markings, fur, and
other characteristics.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

T or F? A crossbred rabbit results when animals of different breeds are mated.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

T or F? A crossbred rabbit is capable of reproducing itself in type, color, markings, fur and other characteristics.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

When you mate rabbits, which rabbits’ cage do you mate them in?

Answer 26

The buck’s or an empty cage

Question 27

When a rabbit gives birth, what is it called?

Answer 27

Kindle/ kindling

Question 28

Why should you dry nest boxes in the sunshine after they are washed?

Answer 28

Sunlight sterilizes

Question 29

Should you keep a new rabbit separate from your herd when you bring it home?

Answer 29

Yes

Question 30

Which is easier for a rabbit to withstand, heat or cold?

Answer 30

Cold

Question 31

What serves as a rabbit’s cooling system?

Answer 31

Its ears

Question 32

T or F? A rabbit’s back should be supported while lifting the rabbit.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Name 2 breeds of rabbits that have “bulldog” heads.

Answer 33

Lops(Holland, Mini, French), Dutch; Netherland Dwarfs

Question 34

Which breed of rabbit has a herring bone pattern?

Answer 34

The English Spot

Question 35

What is a herring bone pattern?

Answer 35

The spine or dorsal stripe on an English Spot’s back

Question 36

Which breed of rabbits have wool?

Answer 36

Angora rabbits, Jersey wooly, Lionhead?

Question 37

Name 2 breeds of chinchilla rabbits.

Answer 37

Giant, Standard, American

Question 38

What breed of rabbit has bars and bands?

Answer 38

Harlequin

Question 39

What is the main cause of “sore hocks”?

Answer 39

rough cage floor or hereditary

Question 40

What is another name for malocclusion?

Answer 40

Buck teeth, wolf teeth, butting teeth, or pegged teeth

Question 41

What is an infectious inflammation of the mammary glands called?

Answer 41

Mastitis

Question 42

Name two parasites that rabbits might get.

Answer 42

Mange, lice, fleas, worms.

Question 43

How would you describe a rabbit’s eye which is whitish on the surface, or looks like it has a milky film over it?

Answer 43

Wall eye or Moon eye

Question 44

What causes mange?

Answer 44

Mites

Question 45

Where would you find a dewclaw on a rabbit?

Answer 45

On the inside of the front legs

Question 46

What is a dewlap?

Answer 46

A pendulous fold of loose skin, which hangs from the throat of some rabbits

Question 47

What is a dewlap? | What is a dewlap, who is it on, and what is it used for?

Answer 47

A fold of skin and fur near the doe’s neck (in some breeds) from which she will pull fur to line the nest for kits.

Question 48

T or F? Part of “Rabbit showmanship” is checking the front legs for straightness.

Answer 48

True

Question 49

T or F? Rabbits do not have dewclaws.

Answer 49

False. There are dewclaws on each of the front feet.

Question 50

T or F? You should have the hind end of the rabbit facing the judge when showing straightness of tail.

Answer 50

True