Saudade
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What exactly causes them, what is their purpose and what can be done to maintain them at an appropriate size?
But isn't it the reason they get them to pull fur from, even though they don't actually need them? What I've found anyway.Dewlaps don't serve any purpose. (Does don't need them to pull fur from to line nests).
pamnock wrote:But isn't it the reason they get them to pull fur from, even though they don't actually need them? What I've found anyway.Dewlaps don't serve any purpose. (Does don't need them to pull fur from to line nests).
Same here- Mouse and Chalk don't have dewlaps to speak of, and they were spayed at 4 months.I have absolutely no scientific basis for this, but I've found that females that are spayed at an early age develop smaller dewlaps.
Both of mine have pulled from where they should have a dewlap (small breeds) so some does doirishbunny wrote:pamnock wrote:But isn't it the reason they get them to pull fur from, even though they don't actually need them? What I've found anyway.Dewlaps don't serve any purpose. (Does don't need them to pull fur from to line nests).
I have never seen a doe pull fur from her dewlap for a nest, mine have always pulled belly fur and the fur from the hindquarters.
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