CASTLE BUNNIES

      Morus                                                                                                                      Gwen       

             Enids

                            Smoke

                                                                                    Pearls

                                    The only stud of this wonderful breed in Wales

                                             The perfect pet aswell as a lovely show rabbit

  Enid decided she wanted a new challange of her own with a breed that was totaly new to Castle Bunnies. So after looking at several breeds whilst out and about at shows, it was decided she would like something other than lops or fancy, so that narrowed it down to rex, fur or a rare breed. Then we saw an advert for a smoke pearl for sale and just like me with my red mini lops she knew this was the breed and her new challange.

  So enquries began and thanks to Becky at Moorecroft Stud (who has provided us with foundation stock and kind permission to use photos and information off her site, see link on our links page) Enid`s project of owning a small stud of this I must confess adorable rabbit is one step closer.

The colour of smoke pearls are shades of blue/gray with a white trim known as martin smoke and without the white trim is a siamese. There is one more colour, a white , though not standardised these are helpful when breeding and can be shown in unstandardised classes, aswell as making an adorable pet rabbit.

       Smoke Pearls are a native breed of Scotland sadly near to extinction with only around six breeders left in the UK and only fifty breeding pairs. Having only owned ours for a short while it is hard to see why, as they have the apperance that just makes you want to cuddle them. They are so docile and amenable and are an ideal choice for a childs first pet rabbit much more suitable than the more popular dwarf breeds and not much bigger,about the same size as a dwarf lop. They make ideal house rabbits aswell as outdoor rabbits.

We are very grateful to Becky for allowing us to have some of her stock to help Enid's project and we look forward to doing our bit to try and help this amazing breed stay around for a lot lot longer.  

                                                      The Bucks

  Morus         

  This is Lance now renamed Morus our Smoke Pearl  buck   he is of nice type and size though does lack shading on his back and his coat is a little harsh though it has improved as he comes out of his latest moult. 

Tecwyn                                                                                                                             

 This is Tecwyn, he is a satin smoke pearl bred from two smoke pearls, his pictures does not do him justice as he is coming out of moult. Though sligtly dark he will be good for us to improve the  shading. He has a realy nice coat which will also assist us in improvement of coats, with the chance of the odd satin smoke pearl popping up in litters as a added bonus. 

 Tecwyn  again

                                                          The Does

 Gwenda

Gwenda is an ivory satin doe bred from two dark smoke pearls. She has a realy nice coat and will be paired to Morus very soon with the hope of improving the coats of Morus`s little ones, although it may not improve the shading. That can be sorted once we have some stock to work with by introducing medium sable in the next genaration . We know this is a long way around but good breeding stock are very hard to find in this breed with the few breeders needing them for there own lines, hopefully the work we put in here will pay off for us all eventually buy widening the gene pool and more quality stock becomming available for anyone wishing to try their hand at this truly wonderful breed.

      Gwen our young Smoked pearl doe                  &                 Blodwen this is our white Smoke Pearl doe                                                                                                   now soon to be breeding age