Parrot mouth

[frostback]

Any one got any photos of a Parrot mouth cow? If not a photo describe it the best you can. I have seen Monkey mouth but wondered about the opposite. No I do not have one, or think I have one, but I do think I have seen 2 at shows and sales this fall. Keep warm Frostie.

 

[justme]

Frostie...I don't have a picture but it will look like an overbite.  I seen several too.

 

[Titangurl]

you pretty much can't see the lower jaw the upper lip and nose completely cover it

 

[Cattledog]

you pretty much can't see the lower jaw the upper lip and nose completely cover it

So it's just the opposite of Monkey Mouth?

 

[kfacres]

yes, the bottom jaw is shorter then the top side...  sometimes a little bit, sometimes a bunch

 

[Titangurl]

yep really just imagine a parrot but most of the time not so extreme

 

[frostback]

yes, the bottom jaw is shorter then the top side...  sometimes a little bit, sometimes a bunch

Is it the jaw has to be shorter or just smaller? On one the end of the lips meet but when you profiled the heifer you could not see the lower jaw beneath the top lip.

 

[Joe Boy]

You might find some photos in some previous post.  DL put some on here once.

 

[kfacres]

if a minor case, the lips would be normal... however, in an extremely bad case, the lips wouldn't match...

I know this is a sheep case,. but we once had a ewe lamb born... with what I believe to be a perfectly normal bottom jaw.  But she is parrot mouth...  IMO it is her top side that is overlarged... Making her an inch or two parrot mouth.  If you look at her from the front view, it appears that her head isn't large, just super long faced....