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is it a boy or girl

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Question
Hi, I just got my pet rabbit today and i cant tell if it is a boy or a girl. At the pet store they told me that it was a boy but,  i looked at one of the previous answers and I cant find any testicles, can you please help!

Answer
Pet stores are notoriously inexperienced with sexing.  And many times the rabbits they sell aren't old enough for the testicles to drop on the males.

If your rabbit is less than 5 months old, it's possible the testicles haven't descended yet.  If you go to the bottom of this site, there are links with good pictures on how to determine if the rabbit is a boy or girl:
http://www.rabbitnetwork.org/articles/sexing.shtml