How to Get Pedigree Papers for Mini Rex Rabbits

Pedigree papers provide information on the parents, grandparents, and great grandparents of your rabbit, including registration numbers, color, weight and much more. This allows other breeders to track the lineage of your rabbit, determining its potential as an entrant in the show ring or as a quality pet. Registering your rabbit is an undertaking that requires that you have your rabbit's complete pedigree, a stipulation enforced at most upper echelon shows and competitions. If you plan to show or breed your rabbit, the pedigree becomes important.

Things You'll Need

  • Pedigree forms
  • Information on parents and grandparents
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Instructions

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      Purchase your Mini Rex Rabbit from a reputable breeder. The law does not require pedigrees, but you always should ask for them anyway. If your breeder keeps pedigrees, request a copy from him. Most breeders use software designed to easily track and print the pedigrees of individual rabbits they have bred. Some may charge you a small fee to print the paperwork for you, and this method is by far the simplest way to get your rabbit's pedigree.

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      Print your Mini Rex Rabbit pedigree forms. If you did not request the pedigree information upon purchasing your rabbit from the breeder or if that paperwork has been misplaced or damaged, you can print your own pedigree forms and fill them out yourself. Several websites offer example layouts of pedigree papers.

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      Contact your Mini Rex Rabbit breeder. Now that you have the pedigree papers printed, you need to ask your breeder to provide you with the information required by the papers, if you haven't obtained it already. You will need a variety of information: names, registration number, ear tattoo number, color, weight, and date of birth, as well as grand champion number -- when such applies --and winnings. Record this information for your rabbit and its parents, grandparents and great grandparents on both sides of the family tree.

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      Sign and date at the bottom and you have your Mini Rex Rabbit's pedigree.