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Strange Molt

B

brijon

New Kit
Hi,
My male rabbit has recently began to look particularly untidy and his fur is coming out in big thick clumps.
He isn't a long haired rabbit but has particularly thick, velvety hair... I noticed partches which were shorter than the rest but not bald (I assume this is new growth). He also feels dirty, as if he's been rolling around in soil, which although he does do, never feels like this.
I have washed him and brushed him so get quite alot of the fur off but he still looks scraggly. He also doesn't have any flea's as far as I'm aware and he is checked frequently or any scabby bits.

Do you think this could be normal seasonal molting? I've had him for two years and have never noticed it before!

He is an un newtered, harlequin x lop....currently living alone as his mate has been put in her own pen to look after her babies! :)

I just wanted to know if there was anything to worry about.

Thanks,
Briony
 
I will be interested to know any answers regarding this as my Penny Pocket is looking particulary scruffy this moult. Some of her fur is shorter which I also assume is new growth but I can't remember her being like this last year? Fur is just coming off her in droves.
 
My gizmo is the same, seems to be moulting alot more than last year. It might be the seasons are different to last year which makes their moulting out of sync.
 
Yep, I reckon so - my Harlequin Rex has been the same! This is his first year of moulting like this - great big clumps coming out - he looked like he had a scar line as the fur was coming out around it -but he's done and is fine now! Till next year!
 
My bun is the same! I nearly took her to the vets but the fear of being laughed out of the surgery becasue its only her molting put me off :lol:
 
Could it be mites

Puddle and Elliot appeared to be moulting very heavily, fur was coming out in clumps. I checked above their tails and they had white dandruff that matched other RU posts on mites. Our vet did a microscope test on both and they did have mites. I gave them Xeno 450 as prescribed by the vet and they are back to their normal selves now. :)
 
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