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Small mark on Clover's side

Blackberry & Co

Blackberry & Co

Wise Old Thumper
The last couple of days Dan has been nuzzling into Clover's side at the same spot. I managed to catch Clo last night and have a look - there is a tiny scratch there, which looks to have healed, but there is also a dark round patch on the skin next to it, a little smaller than a 5pence coin, which is flat. I can't see a mark anywhere else like this under his fur.

Do bunnies have moles/birthmarks like us? I'm happy to take him to the vets to have it looked at, but if it's just skin pigmentation I don't want to waste their time.

He's full of beans, eating and pooping well, and apart from that small mark looks in great health.
 
Can you post a pic? I know when Bella has had fur pulled out in the past her skin is different colours underneath but then she is different colours to start with
 
Could the dark mark be where new fur is starting to grow in, that looks like dark skin to begin with?
 
Kermit said:
Could the dark mark be where new fur is starting to grow in, that looks like dark skin to begin with?
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That was my first thought too. Alfie is the same colour as the boys and if you part his fur it normally looks light close to his skin. Where there are patches of regrowth though it can look like the skin is dark.
 
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