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Is this normal? - Missing fur!

rachylou

rachylou

Warren Veteran
This evening I was stroking Jimby on the head when I noticed he was loosing tufts of fur on his head, I sat there de tufting him and did not pull out anything that was not 'ready' to come out they were all loose.
But he looks like he is going bald! :shock:
I have tried to look at the skin underneath but the fur is too tight and short if that makes any sense.
Here are some pictures and a video, I would really appriciate your opinions...

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I apologise if the video makes you dizzy!! :oops:
 
Don't worry. It's just his lovely new fur coming in underneath. He's not going to end up naked or anything. :wave:

It's the time of year. Everything with fur is looking a bit tatty.
 
Are you all sure? Do I need to call the vet tomorrow? :(
It just feels like the 'new fur' is so deep! If that makes any sense?!
 
If it's a moult, it's a moult, we can't say any more than that.

If there was a problem you wouldn't be seeing his new fur, which is what the short, coloured bit is. You would be seeing skin and it would be likely inflammed, or flakey or something.
 
rachylou said:
Are you all sure? Do I need to call the vet tomorrow? :(
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Only if you want to stress him out taking him on a needless journey. You should see the state of Frank. He has a skirt of tatty hair hanging off him that I pluck at when he's eating his pellets. His head fur has grown through now, but he was exactly like Jimby down his forehead last month.

Relax, bunny mummy. You're doing a good job picking up on things so quickly, but in this case you have nothing to worry about. :wave:
 
Scamp has a Nike tick in the same place at the moment :lol: The new fur is sort of like velvet.. really short but really dense. It grows really quick though, in a couple of days it will seem more like normal fur. No need for a vet trip :)
 
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