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Mr Snow's problem

rabswood

rabswood

Wise Old Thumper
My poor Snow has a scurfy patch between his sholder blades, his skin is not sore but the patch is very dandruffy and the fur there has thinned.

I have some animal tea tree stuff which I bought from one of the bunny sights, should I try that?

Anyone elses rabbits have this?

Rabswood
 
I agree with Mandy - sounds like he has mites. Best get him to the vets as anything you can buy from a shop doesn't work very effectively.
 
Oh my poor little man. Does this mean that Little Miss Treacle will have them too? I haven't noticed anything on her.

Rabs
 
Not necessarily but she might (pardon the pun) do. Not sure if it's standard to treat bonded pairs :? Mites can sometimes start to become a problem if a bun has a weakened immune system - so if one bun of a pair has them and the other doesn't, I'd suspect that the bun may perhaps have an underlying problem which has caused its body to not be able to cope with the mites. Don't panic - it needn't necessarily be anything serious, but worth getting checked out I'd say. Good luck xx
 
Thanx. Will take them together to the vets anyway.

Poor Snow boy he's already a special needs bun.

Rabs
 
Aw dont worry. it was fairly straightforward when Audrey had mites- she only needed one injection and after a few weeks her fur had grown back.
 
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