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Rosie is plucking fur and we don't know why...

martlou

martlou

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Hi

Rosie has plucked fur from her chest over the last couple of days and has made a bald patch (it's not a great photo but you should be able to see the bald bit). The skin underneath looks normal and healthy. She is estimated to be just over 6 years old and was spayed over 4 years ago. She is otherwise behaving normally - eating, drinking, pooping etc. She doesn't live in a hutch, she lives in half the dining room which is approx 10' x 5' and comes into the living room for a couple of hours for a run around.

Does anyone know why she might be doing this?

 
phantom pregnancy?
tabitha rabbit was pitiful when she did this. she only did it once after spaying, but before she had a few bouts. desperately trying to convince her brother to impregnate her, but he was plumless and didn't care.
 
Bless her. :( I don't really have experience or knowledge of girl rabbits to comment, but hopefully someone will be able to help.

Rosie is one of my favourite RU buns so I couldn't resist looking at the thread. :oops:
 
Jack's-Jane said:
It could be hormonal

Was she unwell a while ago ?
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Yes, she was in stasis this time last month. Could it be related? I must admit I thought spaying meant that does wouldn't have phantom pregnancies and was one of the reasons for doing it, but it looks like that's a misunderstanding on my part.
 
martlou said:
Yes, she was in stasis this time last month. Could it be related? I must admit I thought spaying meant that does wouldn't have phantom pregnancies and was one of the reasons for doing it, but it looks like that's a misunderstanding on my part.
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It is unusual for a spayed Doe to have pseudopregnancies and in my experience it has always been indicative of a health problem. So personally I would consult your Vet about it.

Good luck :)
 
had another look at the pic and its higher than tabby's pullings. sometimes rabbits pull fur if they have nothing else to do, but that won't be the case with rosie. perhaps a pain she can't reach?
 
Honey used to pull her fur out a long time ago, in the month or so when she was separated from Olly while they were neutered. She made her back end entirely bald and her tail disappeared :( she was stressed and lonely I think. She was fine once they were back together. I hope Rosie is ok xxx
 
ripminnie said:
Honey used to pull her fur out a long time ago, in the month or so when she was separated from Olly while they were neutered. She made her back end entirely bald and her tail disappeared :( she was stressed and lonely I think. She was fine once they were back together. I hope Rosie is ok xxx
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Thanks. Rosie and Ted did have to be separated after they fell out when Ted was sick last year. We tried really hard to rebond them but it didn't work and so now they have half the dining room each. The 'fence' is see through and 'smell through' so they sort of have each others company. Rosie is a really happy bunny, she's been racing round the living room this afternoon binkying all over the place. I hope she's not lonely :cry:
 
Marley has a patch on the inside of his left leg that seems really thin in hair, not necessarily a patch of hair. After his neuter all the hair gre back apart from that bit. The areas not got bigger or red or anything like that so I'm unsure whether its from before I acquired him or whether hes doing something to it. I hope you manage to find the source, shes a gorgeous bun!
 
Willow used to do this about once a year, usually around the time spring fever hit. I took her to the vet the first time but they couldn't find anything wrong with her. We don't think it was a pseudopregnancies as she didn't really display any other behaviour and the only thing we could think of was that it was a result of the surge of hormones they seem to get at that time of year.
 
Sorry, I ought to have come back to update this thread. Checked Rosie's bum as per Jane's suggestion but it was very clean, as normal. By the next day she seemed to have stopped doing it and now it's nicely growing back. So, I think it must be a spring fever thing!
 
martlou said:
Sorry, I ought to have come back to update this thread. Checked Rosie's bum as per Jane's suggestion but it was very clean, as normal. By the next day she seemed to have stopped doing it and now it's nicely growing back. So, I think it must be a spring fever thing!
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Bless her! :love: Glad she has stopped her plucking.
 
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