Kit born with eyes open

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A couple weeks ago, one of my does kindled 13 kits. 2 were DOA, 11 alive. One kit had its eyes open. I've never seen anything like it. People mentioned "Max Factor" but since it is a recessive gene, both parents have to have it. The doe is a Cal/Flemish. The buck is a 9lb broken mutt.

The kit was small but not the smallest in the litter. She was always fat and thriving so I let her be. She turned a greyish color not long after being born. Her fur came in "ermine" and she is growing up just as well as the others.
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Thought you guys would enjoy this :)
 

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That's something I haven't seen before. Thanks for posting all the pics.
 

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wholy cow thats awesome how many days was s
he prego when she had them?
 

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Thought I would update and let you know that little miss Demon baby passed. She developed a large hernia and was doing fine until I found her one morning.
 

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Sorry to hear that you lost her, though I can't help but wonder if the two conditions (open eyes, hernia) may be in some way related.

My understanding of the Max factor is that is a problem specific to Netherland Dwarfs (I had a few Max factor babies turn up in one particular line of Dwarfs). Since you are talking about commercial sized rabbits, I'd think it a bit unlikely that your mutt buck would be carrying it, and highly unlikely that your Cal/Flemish doe would be. Still, I suppose that if a mutation happens once, it can happen again somewhere else (or something very like it, at any rate).
 

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Sorry to hear that you lost her, though I can't help but wonder if the two conditions (open eyes, hernia) may be in some way related.

My understanding of the Max factor is that is a problem specific to Netherland Dwarfs (I had a few Max factor babies turn up in one particular line of Dwarfs). Since you are talking about commercial sized rabbits, I'd think it a bit unlikely that your mutt buck would be carrying it, and highly unlikely that your Cal/Flemish doe would be. Still, I suppose that if a mutation happens once, it can happen again somewhere else (or something very like it, at any rate).

My thoughts precisely. I do believe she was a genetic mess from the beginning, or she just did not develop properly and was "forgotten" about by the mother body. It was an interesting case. I did not have the heart to do a necropsy, which I regret.
 

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