Rex rabbits have a fur gene mutation. This enables the fur's guard hairs to be the same length as the rest of the fur. The Rex has "velvet soft fur".
ALL RABBITS SHED. The one that sheds the least is the Rex or Mini Rex.
A rex pelt is a rex pelt. They both have the same requirements in the standard.
Their fur is unusually soft and plush and feels like velvet. And one use for them is glove liners on expensive gloves
Standard Rex rabbits can get up to 10 1/2 pounds, while Mini Rex Rabbits are generally 3 to 4 1/2 pounds.
Rex rabbits (and Mini Rex rabbits) should be mature before breeding. About six months is a good age to breed rex rabbits. Be sure you take the female to the buck's cage, not the buck to the doe's cage. You will get the desired result a lot faster and more accurately.
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no your thinking of rex rabbits there also mini rex
Mini Rex
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For Angora rabbits, yes. For short-haired rabbits like the Rex, no.
Rex rabbits (standard and dwarf, both domesticated breeds of the European Rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus) aren't rare at all, but there may be regional differences in availability.