I was wondering can a chin have a belly button. I have a chin right in the middle of her stomach she has a little bump. I put her and her mom in breeding the 1st week of August just for a week. I was just feeling her stomach to see if I can feel for babies but noticed the bump instead.
Can a chin have a belly button?
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starleomach
Dawnna's Keeper
Firstly if you put her in breeding the first week of august I don't think it is a good idea to be feeling for babies. It is not a good idea to poke around, and often it takes a while in breeding before they will breed. As for the bump babies are born with umbilical cords which is what causes a belly button. I suppose if I noticed a smal bump about there I would not worry to much. But you may be causing more problems then solving by checking for pregnancies with stress and potential for injury.
alli713
..has a fleece addiction
Well, all mammals that have an umbilical cord while in the womb would technically have some mark from the cord. Most of the time it's a scar, but I would imagine the scar could also form like a bump much like a belly button.
AZChins
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Sometimes they can end up with an umbilical hernia. (Or, I think that's what it is called.) It can cause a larger bump than what a normal chin would have. They all have a little bit of a belly button - most of the time the fur covers it over completely and you can't feel it very well.
Brittney
Well-known member
ok, i have wondered this too. Bryson has a "belly button" but Ande doesn't that I can tell. Nice to know.
Ditto what Susan said. I had a chin with a lump like that once, and on veterinary inspection, it proved to be a hernia. It never affected him at all, but I still keep an eye on it to make sure it doesn't get larger.
