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Ongoing skin issue

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LauraB

Young Bun
I don't know if anyone has any advice for me dealing with my buns skin complaint. My bonded pair are rescue, aged 5-7years and are outdoors. My neutered male has been losing vast amounts of fur mostly on back, tummy and legs, red and cracked skin, licking lots.
Treated with ivermectin and less reddened but continues to lose more fur. Bunny mate has absolutely zero health issues and skin is perfext. Been to vets today and they have checked skin scraped under the microscope and there's no parasites. They are suggesting maybe a stress response or age related. Nothing I can pin down that could cause any new bouts of stress, no changes. But as the days creep into Autumn, the poor dude is going to freeze :(
 
Did the Vet suggest any other diagnostics ?

Is Bunny otherwise well within himself ? No unexplained weight loss ?
 
No other diagnosis offered. Multiple skin scrapes just show flaky skin. No other signs of illness, eating and drinking as normal. Socialising and exploring as normal. Suggested I could continue ivermectin treatment but have been using for 2.5 months now with no response and there are clearly no mites to be treated!
If a human, it's like ezcema plus alopecia but vet is at a loss of any treatment.
Any body ever used any moisturising cream for rabbits?
 
No offer of any other diagnostics.... Sorry I realise you mean tests too! Just that I could continue the topical ivermectin to see if any improvement
 
Yes that's a really great consideration I don't think the vet considered. Definitely something to go back with and get checked, thank you
 
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