katt
Well-Known Member
was going to go to bed (ha! sure bed before 2 am. . . that would be a first)
but I figured I would take the time to try to explain what 'crown' is for peg (and anyone else).
the crown is basically a big bulk of bone between the ears. This boney growth will determine just what kind of lop you have.
some old photos to explain different crowns:
first lets talk about upright eared rabbits-
take Chaucer, now you might see some boney growth around the base of the ears, but if you feel inbetween the ears, you basically hit scull. Without any bone growth (or 'crown') there, the ears are free to stand upright, nothing is 'forcing' them down.
now lets look at a lop,
instead of having just skull between their ears, they have a mass of bone, this changes the way the ears develope, and causes lop ears. you could even say that lops have normal 'upright' ears that just are growing the wrong way.
now in a *perfect* holland lop crown, it will be well placed, and well sized. similar to this (although I have no real good photos of hollands on this computer, so bare with me with photos of some old brood/pet stock)
now a crown that is placed correctly (or at least better) but is to tight will give the 1/2 lop appearance, meaning that it basically doesn't have enough bone mass there to keep the ears growing down to the sides
and a crown that is placed to far back on the head often give the ears a 'rolled' look instead of the nice flat look
when dealing with crowns in holland lops, you want them to sit just behind the eye's so that the ears fall literally right after the eyes, you want the crown large enough that they ears lay out flat
does any of this help? any other questions?
but I figured I would take the time to try to explain what 'crown' is for peg (and anyone else).
the crown is basically a big bulk of bone between the ears. This boney growth will determine just what kind of lop you have.
some old photos to explain different crowns:
first lets talk about upright eared rabbits-
take Chaucer, now you might see some boney growth around the base of the ears, but if you feel inbetween the ears, you basically hit scull. Without any bone growth (or 'crown') there, the ears are free to stand upright, nothing is 'forcing' them down.
now lets look at a lop,
instead of having just skull between their ears, they have a mass of bone, this changes the way the ears develope, and causes lop ears. you could even say that lops have normal 'upright' ears that just are growing the wrong way.
now in a *perfect* holland lop crown, it will be well placed, and well sized. similar to this (although I have no real good photos of hollands on this computer, so bare with me with photos of some old brood/pet stock)
now a crown that is placed correctly (or at least better) but is to tight will give the 1/2 lop appearance, meaning that it basically doesn't have enough bone mass there to keep the ears growing down to the sides
and a crown that is placed to far back on the head often give the ears a 'rolled' look instead of the nice flat look
when dealing with crowns in holland lops, you want them to sit just behind the eye's so that the ears fall literally right after the eyes, you want the crown large enough that they ears lay out flat
does any of this help? any other questions?