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Should my girlie rabbit have a fat neck/chin?
It's like what I'd call a double chin
Just like a fatty chin, bless her
It's like what I'd call a double chin
Just like a fatty chin, bless her
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Yup, its called a dewlap. A very small one is okay, but if it is of any size it means the bun is overweight. Sounds like a certain someone might need a little diet... lol.
If you meant my mum she eats WAY too much and moans I don't eat enough. She is in her 70's though. If I ever see any signs of a dewlap (I may be genetically predisposed) I'll be straight to the plastic surgeons!! One of my nieces asked her why she had two chins when they were little. Out of the mouths of babes.........:lol:
She same from a rescue eating Russell rabbit muesli, but as she was leaving certain parts of it every time I've slowly changed her to Science Selective (as recommended by Ru'ers )
How much of SS should I be giving her? 10g doesn't look much - she's around 7 months old now
I too have a dewlap.... :lol::lol::lol:
She defo needs some kind of bra support for them bad boys :lol:My Poppy has a huge one we call them her boobies :lol:
My Poppy has a huge one we call them her boobies :lol: She only eats pellets so that's why it's big but she's always had a large one :lol: Lola has a very small one, and Donny has a small one :roll: but he's a poof.
Poppy and her boobies
our mini lop had a quite a dewlap (very exaggerated when flopped out), when we first got her
**note of warning*** when she had a stomach upset and was worryingly underweight she still had a dewlap
vet advised me that when considering what is healthy , you should feel the back and if you can feel the spine easily under the fur , the rabbit is generally underweight, she went a lot more by feel than look or physical weight
she also said females should have more of a dewlap than males, something to do with mothering/nesting (can't remember those specifics)
think the vet also mentioned breed can determine dewlap