Dew Lap Question!

[petkeeper]

Hi guys!

Tiny is my first female rabbit, so I have never had the dewlap issue before. I have noticed though that somedays her dew lap flap looks huge and others it looks really small. Is this just my imagination? I am not talking when she is laying down either because I know they squish their dew lap flap under them, but when she is just standing there being her cute self?

Thanks for your imput!

 

[Violet23]

ummm... that is really weird, could just be how she's holding her head sometimes, or how high she's sitting. My Jezz has a massive dewlap, but that's cause she's a little chunky (hopefully will go down with her weight) but sometimes hers looks like it's smaller or bigger on different days too.

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Is she spayed? How old is she? This could make a difference.

 

[petkeeper]

She just turned a year old on July 18, 2010 and she is getting spayed on July 29, 2010. I read it was better to wait for the bigger breeds. I just found it odd, but maybe it is the way she is holding her head or something that makes it look smaller. I was wondering if they get bigger with hormores? Like maybe she can smell embry sometimes or something!!

 

[AngelnSnuffy]

Since she's unspayed, that could be why. Any breeders want to chime in?

 

[~*Midnight Moon*~]

I don't think this could be a hormone thing since the dewlap is really just a flap of skin. The purpose of the dewlap is to simply provide another area to pull fur from when nesting.
I don't see any reason for this to have it change sizes, so it is more than likely the way she is sitting at the time.

You have nothing to worry about!

 

[petkeeper]

Thank you very much. Like I said I have never had a female, so I am not sure what to expect!!