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Help... massive bald patch

J

Jocklock

New Kit
Hi there

I am fairly new to the forum, but would really appreciate some advise.

We have 2 mini lops about 2 yrs old a neutered boy and a girl.

Our little boy, Misty, had a 50p size bald patch about 4 weeks ago - when he had his myxi jab, the vet looked at it and said it was fine - just over grooming.

Last week , we noticed another patch -but it has suddeny grown massively = about 3x 50ps in a row.The patch looks quite scaly, and my daughter swears she can see things crawling - my eyesight isnt that good !!!

Anyway, I will try to add a picture later, but its all new to me , so might take a while.

Thank you in advance.














He seems in good health - eating , pooping etc all normal.
 
could be a reaction to injecton sight if no crawly things there, but if there is then id get your bunny back to the vets for treatment ether way :wave: welcome to the forum
 
It sounds like mites to me. Definitely worth a trip back to the vets, they might need to give you some spot on or similar. There is a type of mite that is nicknamed walking dandruff.
 
Thank you both.... I think i have found the culprit !! When I went out this am, there was a heap of Mistys fur - some with the roots still on :-( :cry:

Since then I have watched like a hawk, and have seen Rosie pulling it out of Mistys back - it must really hurt.

Any ideas what I can do to stop it ?
 
I take it they are both girls, are they both spayed? It could be the onset of some fighting.
 
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