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Is this scab anything to worry about?

Hollip0p

Hollip0p

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Hi guys,

I'm new to the forums (and to owning rabbits!) so I'm hopefully being overly paranoid about something completely trivial, but this evening I've noticed some dry skin/scab in between Mr Bojangles shoulder blades.

Here's a picture, it's not great quality but hopefully you can make it out!

Mr Bojangles

Do you think this something I should be concerned about? I've googled it and found a bit about skin conditions/mites etc but none of the pictures I found really match up with what he has?
 
That looks like mites to me, I'd pop him to the vet and they will get you some drops for him, they are pretty easy to treat!
 
Thanks guys :) We've made an appointment to take him to the vets tonight to get it sorted. It can't be bothering him too much because he's still running around like a maniac :)
 
Hi again!

Thanks for the well wishes... So we took him to the vet who ruled out anything as a result of his injections because he had them a few months ago now. She took some of his hair and a bit of the scabbing to examine and called back on Friday to say she was pretty sure it's not mites. She'd already said at the appointment that she was doubtful of mites anyway because there's only one little patch affected. She's going to check for ringworm next and I'm waiting for a call back on Monday.

Mr Bojangles is still fine in himself so I'm not too worried yet :)
 
Hollip0p said:
Hi again!

Thanks for the well wishes... So we took him to the vet who ruled out anything as a result of his injections because he had them a few months ago now. She took some of his hair and a bit of the scabbing to examine and called back on Friday to say she was pretty sure it's not mites. She'd already said at the appointment that she was doubtful of mites anyway because there's only one little patch affected. She's going to check for ringworm next and I'm waiting for a call back on Monday.

Mr Bojangles is still fine in himself so I'm not too worried yet :)
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Hope you soon receive an answer to the mystery !! I am glad that Mr B remains fine within himself xx
 
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