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Cultivating the Mohawk - should I worry?

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icklepxy

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Hugh had a bladder stone removed about 4 weeks ago. I had a look at him today to check up on his little tummy (I've left it a little over a week to check because I spent the first two weeks after he got the all clear from the vet checking him four or five times a day. Needless to say it was making me very unpopular)

What I've noticed I wish I could have gotten a picture of but my camera is dead. He essentially has a little tummy Mohawk. Around where the incision site was he has a nice tufty furry bit, but on either side he is still pretty pink and bald. Doesn't look sore, and does have some hair but just not as much as that big line down the middle!

Is this normal?! Should I be worried that he's over-grooming or does it usually take the sides of a shaved rabbit tummy to grow back longer than the centre bit?

:shock::roll::oops: I feel so stupid even asking this question.
 
Pooka is healing from her spay in exactly the same way. Our theory is that the fur is growing back over the wound because in the wild if they were harmed they wouldn't be shaved in the area around it, and all the energy goes into making the hurt spot look normal so that the rabbit doesn't appear weaker.

All speculation but it kind of makes sense I suppose.
 
icklepxy said:
Hugh had a bladder stone removed about 4 weeks ago. I had a look at him today to check up on his little tummy (I've left it a little over a week to check because I spent the first two weeks after he got the all clear from the vet checking him four or five times a day. Needless to say it was making me very unpopular)

What I've noticed I wish I could have gotten a picture of but my camera is dead. He essentially has a little tummy Mohawk. Around where the incision site was he has a nice tufty furry bit, but on either side he is still pretty pink and bald. Doesn't look sore, and does have some hair but just not as much as that big line down the middle!

Is this normal?! Should I be worried that he's over-grooming or does it usually take the sides of a shaved rabbit tummy to grow back longer than the centre bit?

:shock::roll::oops: I feel so stupid even asking this question.
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I don't know if this is normal or not but Roses tummy did this after her spay and I didn't really give it much though lol
 
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