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Zebra stripes

Lunabunny

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Our lovely pure black bunny was speyed yesterday. When we picked her up from the vet she showed us the patch where she had been shaved and we were all really surprised to see that her skin has black zebra stripes on it ! The vet said she had never seen it before. Has anyone else on the forum ?? :shock:
 
Never heard of that, photos once she's healed up?

Some animals have black skin under dark or black fur, but a lot have light skin. I have seen patches of pigment, but not stripes. Are you sure she's a rabbit? :lol:
 
At a guess, she might be in the process of moulting at the moment and what looks like black skin is actually the tips of the new fur just below it. You'll know if that's the case as it will be fuzz in a few days :)

My rabbit is agouti (different coloured flecks of brown like a wild rabbit) and he gets this - looks almost like a bruise. Although is fur is brown the tips are black so it looks very odd as the rest of his fur is lighter.

Either that or she's part zebra :lol:
 
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