HuneyBunny
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I see in lots of pics that some of the female bunnies have this fat roll thing going on under there chin...what is that?
Do all girl rabbits get it?
Do all girl rabbits get it?
Can you post a picture of your bunny with one?It's a dewlap. Not all girl bunnies get them, and some boy bunnies get them too. On a boy bunny, it means they're a bit on the heavy side. It depends on the breed, the genetics, and (it seems) hormones. Some girl bunnies' dewlaps decrease in size after a spay. Some bunnies who've been spayed very young get smaller dewlaps than normal. My Holland Lop, Muffin, has a dewlap, but it's not huge. The other girl in the house, Frida, is a Netherland Dwarf, and she doesn't have a dewlap at all. I pet-sat a male netherland dwarf who was very overweight, and he had a dewlap. Some bunnies need dewlap reduction surgery if it's too big!
The purpose seems to be that they pull fur from it when they make a nest to keep their babies in.
I think this bunny's dewlap's got them all beat:Can you post a picture of your bunny with one?
It's a dewlap. Not all girl bunnies get them, and some boy bunnies get them too. On a boy bunny, it means they're a bit on the heavy side. It depends on the breed, the genetics, and (it seems) hormones. Some girl bunnies' dewlaps decrease in size after a spay. Some bunnies who've been spayed very young get smaller dewlaps than normal. My Holland Lop, Muffin, has a dewlap, but it's not huge. The other girl in the house, Frida, is a Netherland Dwarf, and she doesn't have a dewlap at all. I pet-sat a male netherland dwarf who was very overweight, and he had a dewlap. Some bunnies need dewlap reduction surgery if it's too big!
The purpose seems to be that they pull fur from it when they make a nest to keep their babies in.
HuneyBunny wrote:I think this bunny's dewlap's got them all beat:Can you post a picture of your bunny with one?
It's quite real. I had to look twice when I took the picture, but it's all her.haha she sure does look comfortable... is that real? It really looks like a cushion... or a bean bag of some kind.
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