double chin like lump

[Lee_2014]

I have noticed one of my rabbit, has a double chin like lump, I'm a little concerned and just wondering if this is anything that should be looked at by a Vet or if its something that is normal for rabbits?

 

[ek.blair]

Totally normal! It's called a dewlap some rabbits have them, some don't. It's mostly does that get them, but occasionally bucks will to. I believe it is just extra skin.

 

[MR_ND]

Very normal my 8 ib Mini Lop rescue doe had a huge one. And my almost 5 ib Mini Rex has a small one. Isabel my blue Polish doe is starting to get one and all my other does have had one.

 

[MamaSheepdog]

If it feels loose and flabby, it is a perfectly normal "dewlap". They are most common in does, but some buck rabbits get them too... although in most breeds it is considered a fault.



Some does get quite large dewlaps as they mature:

 

[ek.blair]

LOVE all your pictures MamaSheepdog!! (I knew you would have some good dewlap ones) I didn't know it was considered a fault though do people try to breed it out? I know they say it's hereditary.

 

[Lee_2014]

MamaSheepdog
What gorgeous rabbits! Love the grey one!

 

[MamaSheepdog]

LOVE all your pictures MamaSheepdog!!

Thank you!

(I knew you would have some good dewlap ones)

But, of course!

I didn't know it was considered a fault though do people try to breed it out?

Whoops! I don't think I was quite clear- in most breeds bucks that have dewlaps are faulted, although there are a couple where does are faulted for them as well. I'd have to check my SOP for those, though.

What gorgeous rabbits! Love the grey one!

Thanks, Lee! Cedar, the "grey" is a Beveren, but in that breed the color is called "blue".

 

[ilovehome]

Some of the lop breeds are allowed large dew laps, and in elops even the bucks are allowed a small dewlap. I have an elop junior buck with a pretty big "small" one I wonder about, but they have not disqualified him yet.