Blue eyed rex rabbit

[Amberrae]

I got a new rabbit today

and was surprised to see she had blue eyes. The rabbit is a black otter mini rex. I have heard of BEW rabbits and having a Vienna gene. It was my understanding that these rabbits would have white markings. My mini rex is jet black with a cream belly and no white markings or even scattered white hairs. Is her blue eyes still caused by the Vienna gene? Her blue eyes are very beautiful but I do not want to breed her if I will get kits with white markings. Let me know if you guys have any experience with this.
Thanks, Amber

 

[eggbert420]

Can you post a picture?

 

[Amberrae]

She has all black toenails also. I will keep her as a pet for sure but would like to breed her to a black otter buck. I do not want white markings though since she has blue eyes.

 

[eggbert420]

 

[BantamLover21]

She certainly doesn't appear vienna marked, but I've never seen blue eyes on a truly Black Otter rabbit before. She may carry the vienna gene, or the blue eyes may be a genetic abnormality. If you are breeding for show, I probably wouldn't breed her and risk passing on the undesirable eye color. The only way to know if her kits would have white markings is to breed her, though.

 

[Amberrae]

Thanks for the reply. I am not breeding for show but definitely do not want random white markings. The blue eyes are great though. I guess i will just have to breed her and see. I bought a sister of hers also. She is black otter with dark eyes. There was one other in the litter and it was solid black with dark eyes. Unfortunately i did not see the parents.