losing hair in tufts?!?!?!?

nitza · Feb 18, 2012

So a couple of months ago, my lil girl, Lily, started malting..then began losing her hair in small tufts. We rang our vets, and they said that if it didn't stop after a few weeks, we should take her in. After a couple of weeks, she was still malting, so we took her to the vets and they said she had gotten mites...and they probably both had them when we adopted them

, so we revoloutioned them both every 2 weeks for 6 weeks as directed. We finished their last treatment 2 weeks ago, but now my lil boy, James is losing his hair in tufts!! :?
His is waay worse then Lily's was, and his fur is all mottled looking and patchy

It doesn't really fall out as such though, but if i stroke him...I end up with a giant clump of fur in my hand!! However, nothing comes out if I brush him!!
I was wondering, should we be concerned again?? Shouldn't the revoloution still be working?? Should I just let him be, instead of trying to get the loose hair out???
HELP PLZ!!!!

Sky-O · Feb 18, 2012

What does the skin look like? Is there fur growing where the other fur is falling out?

nitza · Feb 18, 2012

Sky-O said:
What does the skin look like? Is there fur growing where the other fur is falling out?

To be honest....I can't really tell! Everytime I try to part his fur...there's just more fur!! Its everywhere...
He is also a really nervy bun, so it makes it loads harder to look at him, as it freaks him out alot

hot cross bun · Feb 18, 2012

i have a bun with bad fur lose she even gets bald patches vet said could be mites,ringworm or a severe moult which they have at around 6 months old

Vegan_Bunny · Feb 18, 2012

Just sounds like a heavy moult tbh. My old bun used to moult like you wouldn't believe. It looked like he was loosing his fur but he was just moulting his winter coat out. In winter he had longish brown fur and in summer he would moult in patches where you could see the short dark grey fur coming through. I panicked at first until I realised it was a normal moult

His fur came out in handfuls. I hope this helps, I would only really worry if it was leaving bald patches or the skin looked red, scabby or both.

Hope this helps.

nitza · Feb 19, 2012

Vegan_Bunny said:
Just sounds like a heavy moult tbh. My old bun used to moult like you wouldn't believe. It looked like he was loosing his fur but he was just moulting his winter coat out. In winter he had longish brown fur and in summer he would moult in patches where you could see the short dark grey fur coming through. I panicked at first until I realised it was a normal moult His fur came out in handfuls. I hope this helps, I would only really worry if it was leaving bald patches or the skin looked red, scabby or both.

Hope this helps.

This does sound like what he has, he is a blue grey dutch x, and is only malting on his back, and the hair coming out is very light grey.....but, I live in Australia...we're just finishing summer, and getting ready for winter... :?

Vegan_Bunny · Feb 19, 2012

Yes but he could be moulting out his summer fur? Is an indoor or outdoor bunny? I really wouldn't be worried if he isn't going bald like I said. Does he have thick fur normally? I had a bun with a double coat and she used to moult her summer fur in clumps because they tend to moult out their undercoat as well. She was a harlequin though so didn't change her colour and wasn't such a dramatic change, I daresay if she was an outdoor bun she would have been 100 times worse!

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