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Eddie's 'Grief Moult'- Just to Show What Can Happen

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Jack's-Jane

Wise Old Thumper
As many of you know Eddie lost his friend Lizzie a few weeks ago :cry: Eddie was very dependent on her. I did my best to comfort him and whilst he is now doing OK he did go through several days of deep depression :cry:
This resulted in what can only be described as a 'grief moult'. No physiological cause can be found to account for the fact that his fur started falling out in huge clumps about 48 hours after Lizzie died :cry:

His fur is showing patchy signs of regrowth, but we don know if it will ever grow back fully. In the meantime he has to have a bit of Olive Oil dabbed on his skn as it gets very dry. We dont want to risk it cracking and infection setting in.

These photos were taken this morning

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Awwww poor Eddie, I'm sure with all the love and kindness your giving him, he'll be feeling much better soon. :love:
 
Bless him. Is it falling out or is he pulling it out Jane? I know when I go through depression my hair falls out quite a bit, luckily no-one notices as I keep it short!

I do hope he gets happier soon, I know with your love and devotion he can. God bless you both. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
I have never seen anything like this before and I am going to be looking out for it in Kenzo who lost the love of his life Hope on November 5th as he is just full of grief for her still :(

I'm hoping Eddies beautiful coat will improve in time as his broken heart will heal xx
 
OMG poor little man that's quite shocking! I reallly hope it will grow back. My brother developed some bald spots when he went through a period of extreme stress but his grew back afterwards! Let's hope bunnies are the same! Lots of nose rubs for our brave pot man!
 
Jenova said:
Poor boy. I hope he recovers soon and feels better. :( Will he be bonded again in time?
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Unfortunately that is unlikely as he has so many health problems. He could not cope with the inevitable stress of bonding. He has a very poorly heart and stress of any sort causes him lots of problems.

He is surrounded by other Buns. So he does have company of a sort.
 
Oh bless him, lots of vibes for him, I really hope it grows back.

I have a guinea pig who I think is going through something similar, not that severe tho.
 
:cry::cry: poor Eddie. I think you're doing the right thing by not re-bonding he gets plenty of human love and attention :love:
 
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