Evening all,
I was wondering whether anyone has experienced anything similar with their bunnies at all..
My bun started to get slight fur loss on his head & back of neck, there was no itching, weeping, flakes, redness.. just a small area of baldness that I was sure was getting slightly larger.
Therefore a month or two ago, I had a video call with the vet (Wouldn't let me have F2F consultation due to covid as said wasn't an emergency) and they said it looks as though it may be due to mites, which I explained I had tried treating him with and nothing worked, therefore they said to try a different dose for his weight etc and also gave some medication for incase it is some kind of fungal infection and see how things go. Asked how long till I will see fur grow back and they said possibly could take a month or so to come back.
I then went away and did that and gave the meds, keeping an eye out for any changes and in hopes the fur would grow back. However it now seems the fur loss has gotten worse (more spreaded out) along with some of the sparse hairs on the patch area of the neck which always seems to look damp along with an odd smell coming from the area from time to time, kind of like an off smell.
Other than the above he is eating/drinking absolutely fine, attitude as per his normal cheeky self, no itching and perfectly happy.
I just can't help but worry as I want him as healthy as possible. I will be calling up the vets again on Monday morning to get him looked at again, but wanted to see if anyone had any ideas, especially since the vet said they have no idea what else it could be and would need a skin scrapping next if doesn't work.. which is £180. :roll:
Much appreciated for any help.
x
I was wondering whether anyone has experienced anything similar with their bunnies at all..
My bun started to get slight fur loss on his head & back of neck, there was no itching, weeping, flakes, redness.. just a small area of baldness that I was sure was getting slightly larger.
Therefore a month or two ago, I had a video call with the vet (Wouldn't let me have F2F consultation due to covid as said wasn't an emergency) and they said it looks as though it may be due to mites, which I explained I had tried treating him with and nothing worked, therefore they said to try a different dose for his weight etc and also gave some medication for incase it is some kind of fungal infection and see how things go. Asked how long till I will see fur grow back and they said possibly could take a month or so to come back.
I then went away and did that and gave the meds, keeping an eye out for any changes and in hopes the fur would grow back. However it now seems the fur loss has gotten worse (more spreaded out) along with some of the sparse hairs on the patch area of the neck which always seems to look damp along with an odd smell coming from the area from time to time, kind of like an off smell.
Other than the above he is eating/drinking absolutely fine, attitude as per his normal cheeky self, no itching and perfectly happy.
I just can't help but worry as I want him as healthy as possible. I will be calling up the vets again on Monday morning to get him looked at again, but wanted to see if anyone had any ideas, especially since the vet said they have no idea what else it could be and would need a skin scrapping next if doesn't work.. which is £180. :roll:
Much appreciated for any help.
x
