quadrupal (spelling???) chin!

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ah144

Warren Scout

• Oct 2, 2005

• #1

i took a bun in yesterday that is about a year old,she lived in just a run with wire for the flooring!she is very overweight and has lots and lots of chins!!!like an apron under her mouth obviously this hinders her cleaning herself...i remember a few years ago talking to a charity worker who had a bunster that had lost lots of weight and was going to have an operation to remove all the excess sagging skin, has anyone else heard of this? or any other advice for helping this bunster??

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #2

millie has a huge flappy chubby chin too.....

 

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ah144

Warren Scout

• Oct 2, 2005

• #3

has millie always had this?or is she or has she been overweight?this poor bunster has been munching grass allday,....don't think shes ever seen it before! :lol: :lol:

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #4

well im not too sure... when she lays down her head is kind of surrounding by lots of fluff..........
look heres a picture.

its lots bigger now, but i wouldnt say shes very overweight although i should make her eat slightly less!

 

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ah144

Warren Scout

• Oct 2, 2005

• #5

oh bless! :lol: you just wana cuddle her... send her a big nose rub!

 

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janice

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 2, 2005

• #6

When ever ARC have had overweight buns in we tend to put them on a diet of only a tiny amount of pellets, a little fresh veg and lots of hay and fresh grass and get them out in a run each day for some exercise.

They usually loose weight quite well that way.

Janice

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #7

thanks for the info.i think i will half the amount she eats because she seems to always be eating!

 

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ah144

Warren Scout

• Oct 2, 2005

• #8

the problem i have with that is.... she will be joining a group of two bunsters so how can her intake be monitored?

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #9

give all of them more fruit and veg. it wont do the slim ones any harm

 

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Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 2, 2005

• #10

Ruby is quite a slender rabbit ( I think she looks too thin, but she's a belgian hare cross - I think they're a different type of build) but she has a huge dewlap. It doesn't stop her cleaning herself, but it's certainly a lovely pillow for her, when she gets all snuggled in.

 

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jodi

Young Bun

• Oct 2, 2005

• #11

poppy has this to an i have been told it sometimes happens when they are spayed

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #12

yeah millie now looks like a white version of poppy

 

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Gem

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 2, 2005

• #13

Millie's a Magpie, Poppy's a Harlequin,

Poppy's just like my Harley who has the biggest dewlap ever :roll: I keep meaning to see if she can gt dewlap reduction surgery

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #14

i mean her dewlap is the same

 

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Gem

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 2, 2005

• #15

I'm wondering if its a Magpie/Harlequin thing, 'cos all the Magpie/Harlie buns I've seen are the same

 

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Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #16

i never knew millie was a magpie.

 

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donna-arc

Mama Doe

• Oct 2, 2005

• #17

I find that dewlaps often reduce when does are spayed. Are the bunnies mentioned here with large dewlaps un-neutered?

 

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Gem

Wise Old Thumper

• Oct 2, 2005

• #18

Nope, my girlie's been neutered

 

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maxbun

Warren Scout

• Oct 2, 2005

• #19

I've got a neutered male dwarf lop who has a huge dewlap - I thought it was only female rabbits who had them, but the vet said that some males do develop them - he also rests his chin on it like a pillow.

Jane

 

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ah144

Warren Scout

• Oct 2, 2005

• #20

has anyone ever discussed the surgery option with their vet?