Hi,
About 3 week ago my bunny had a small triangle of hair missing from his face. I thought he had somehow nicked himself. I took him to the vets who said it didn't look like a wound and gave me anti-fungal cream to apply twice daily. A week later there was no improvement so I took him back. The vet said he couldn't be sure but thought perhaps it was ringworm, albeit he said that might be unusual in a 5-year-old rabbit (apparently more common in younger animals). So he took a sample to send off to the lab and a shampoo to treat for ringworm.
The shampoo wasn't that easy to administer -- in that to get rid of it all poor old bun got a really wet face. I dried it the best I could. But when by the end of a fortnight his face was looking definitely a lot worse and quite pink, I decided to stop, worrying that the damp could do worse damage and took him straight back to the vet.
This time I got the other partner. She said the lab tests had just come back and were negative for ringworm. She said she couldn't see what it was but asked if it was possible something toxic had dripped on him. I said really no that wasn't at all possible where he is housed and she asked whether his mate could have been attacking him. I said obviously who knows what they get up to when you're not there, but to be honest I've never seen a more happy pair of bunnies, so it struck me as being unlikely.
Just in case I separated them but they were miserable and in the end I put them back into together. The vet suggested I go back to the original fungal cream and give it 4-6 weeks.
Well I got back from work today and his face looked worse still with a second patch of hair gone. I am now really worried. I am not sure whether there is much point going back to my current vets as I think they just don't know. Will try to ring a different one tomorrow.... But just in case this rings any bells with an experienced bunny owner thought I'd ask a wider audience.
Please help -- I am so worried for the poor little thing. By the way he's eating and pooing just fine and shown no sign of scratching in front of me and I have spent a lot of time with him this month.
Thank you.
About 3 week ago my bunny had a small triangle of hair missing from his face. I thought he had somehow nicked himself. I took him to the vets who said it didn't look like a wound and gave me anti-fungal cream to apply twice daily. A week later there was no improvement so I took him back. The vet said he couldn't be sure but thought perhaps it was ringworm, albeit he said that might be unusual in a 5-year-old rabbit (apparently more common in younger animals). So he took a sample to send off to the lab and a shampoo to treat for ringworm.
The shampoo wasn't that easy to administer -- in that to get rid of it all poor old bun got a really wet face. I dried it the best I could. But when by the end of a fortnight his face was looking definitely a lot worse and quite pink, I decided to stop, worrying that the damp could do worse damage and took him straight back to the vet.
This time I got the other partner. She said the lab tests had just come back and were negative for ringworm. She said she couldn't see what it was but asked if it was possible something toxic had dripped on him. I said really no that wasn't at all possible where he is housed and she asked whether his mate could have been attacking him. I said obviously who knows what they get up to when you're not there, but to be honest I've never seen a more happy pair of bunnies, so it struck me as being unlikely.
Just in case I separated them but they were miserable and in the end I put them back into together. The vet suggested I go back to the original fungal cream and give it 4-6 weeks.
Well I got back from work today and his face looked worse still with a second patch of hair gone. I am now really worried. I am not sure whether there is much point going back to my current vets as I think they just don't know. Will try to ring a different one tomorrow.... But just in case this rings any bells with an experienced bunny owner thought I'd ask a wider audience.
Please help -- I am so worried for the poor little thing. By the way he's eating and pooing just fine and shown no sign of scratching in front of me and I have spent a lot of time with him this month.
Thank you.
