What a cute bun!

By the size of that dewlap, she’s got to be over a year old. I hope your neighbor is planning on having her spayed. Is she aware of the high risk of uterine cancer in female rabbits?

She’s adorable.

She’s a cutie. She looks like a mixed breed, certainly not a nethie.

CUTIE <3 Hey, what is a dewlap?? lol!!

A dewlap is that “second chin” that forms under girl’s chin, basically an extra chunk of fat and fur. it’s used for when girl bunnies are making nests, and need to be able to get enough fur to line it.

I don’t see the logic in not having her spayed if she’s not and your friend seems to know what she’s doing…you can always direct her to the forum and we can help her make a decision and try to convince her to get her spayed if she’s not.

I see your point. I imagine you are right about the costs of spay in Honolulu. Feel free to direct her here anyway if you want :~) It sounds like she can definitely use your help too.

Hey anyways speaking of dewlaps, heres one..

Will all bunnies get dewlaps that big?!?! Lol thatd be weird..

Bunnehs: I edited your post. The link you posted was incredibly long and was causing the post to “widen”, so it was necessary to scroll over to read comments that continued off the page. If you need to post a link and it’s really long, there is a site called “Tiny URL” (and others I’d imagine), where you can copy/paste your really long web address and it will change it into a shortened version. In this case, I just added your pic directly to the post so no one needs to copy/paste it anyways.

Violagirl: I also edited your post, I just made the pics a bit smaller. You can edit the photos by selecting edit, right-clicking on the picture in your post, and then adjusting the width. I set your pics to 600 width, so it makes them easier to look at and they will load a bit faster.

Bunnehs (again): Not all female buns get dewlaps. They start getting larger around 6-8 months, but the hormones cause it to enlarge. If the hormones are not an issue (i.e. the rabbit is spayed around 6-8 months), you may never see the dewlap enlarge. If a rabbit is spayed later in life when the dewlap is already present, it may shrink in size a bit, but it will always be visible. You’ll see a lot of female rabbits on BB (mine included) who don’t have a visible dewlap. This usually means they were spayed (either by the owner or by the rescue) in a timely manner.

That’s a pretty small cage – way too small. I think litter training would be better in a larger more appropriate cage or pen.

Well, if she is interested in litter training, you could mention that spaying helps with that department. Maybe that would be enough sway for her.

I know she’s not your bun, but the cage is too small (for her size!) and for any effective litterbox training. She does need space that isn’t litterbox because without the option to go to a litterbox she won’t learn that it is something she is suppose to go to go potty b/c she’s eating,drink, sleeping, and going to the bathroom in the same place. Does that make sense.

For example, my bun had no open corner in his cage but lots of space in between the corners (he spends his time in cage when I or another family member is not home). But he does have in one corner a hut that he can sleep in (or on ) or hide. In another corner is the litter box. The other corner is a sleeping box (he likes to sleep in small cardboard boxes (but this could also be a box for hiding or chewing) and the last corner was his food dish. After he started using the litterbox corner I was able to re-arrange the cage to allow more playing room.

My Bun won’t pee in a hut, a cardboard box (although that’d be easy to dispose and replace if he did), and he won’t pee on his food (hay is a different story). You could maybe help and suggest a re-arranging. I know potty training is frustrating with having to clean a big cage more if they’re still learning but the end effect is very rewarding.