I've got two rabbits. Both are fixed. My male is a mini lop, and the female is a netherland dwarf. Both live in seperate cages but play together all the time, and are in very close contact with each other. My fiance and I got our male from a pet store. We got our female from our neighbor who had let her go into the wild. When we got her, she had fleas, ticks, hookworms, tapeworms, and ticks. She was treated for all those, and is doing awesome now.
My male, however, has developed dry, white, obviously itchy skin. He does lose fur but not in HUGE clumps. The majority of this "dry skin" is located near his tail and mid-back. Nowhere near his ears, neck, or head. It does NOT move, but when he gets mats, and we get them off of him, the skin attached is oily and flaky at the sametime. Our female doesn't have any dry skin, no fur loss, or anything our male is experiencing.
Going to an exotic vet is expensive, and we're scratched for money. We usually take them to Pender Eastern Exotics. But I'm not convinced its mites.
Do rabbits just get dry skin? Only my male has it. And it does NOT move. =/
My male, however, has developed dry, white, obviously itchy skin. He does lose fur but not in HUGE clumps. The majority of this "dry skin" is located near his tail and mid-back. Nowhere near his ears, neck, or head. It does NOT move, but when he gets mats, and we get them off of him, the skin attached is oily and flaky at the sametime. Our female doesn't have any dry skin, no fur loss, or anything our male is experiencing.
Going to an exotic vet is expensive, and we're scratched for money. We usually take them to Pender Eastern Exotics. But I'm not convinced its mites.
Do rabbits just get dry skin? Only my male has it. And it does NOT move. =/
