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Skin Question

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Diddeen

Wise Old Thumper
Ok i have two questions. Firstly theres Fifi's ear... she has had a scab appear on and off on her ear.. not really sure what it is.. i havent noticed her scratching alot or anything.. do u think she could have just scratched it with her tiny claws or one of the others have had a nibble? or does it look like it could be mites or something? I cant see anything anywhere else and managed to get a photo. The scab appears to be inside and outside of her ear
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My second question is Nala.. have noticed the last couple of days that when she bends over to eat her poops the back of her neck is bald :shock: I groomed her yesterday to have a good look and theres no red or dry patches at all.. just a bald area of skin :shock: She is moulting quite a bit at the moment but would she moult to baldness??? Any ideas? I'll try and get a photo
 
Could they be pulling each others hair out? Some rabbits are very enthusiastic groomers and may bite the hair instead of grooming. As for the scratch, it just looks like she may have caught it, if it's clean it's nothing to worry about.
 
Sounds like mites to me. Moonshine had the same thing with a bald patch on the back of her neck, and the vet said it was a type of mite. He also looked in her ears and said there is a type of mite that gets in their ears. Her ears were fine, but he gave us a box of tiny pipettes of liquid to put on the back of her neck every month for 3 months. She's due her second dose next week, and her fur is already growing back on that area.

Hope this helps

Nicola
 
Audrey's ears looked like that, but she also bald patches on her backs. She had a injection of ivomec.
 
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