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- 05/21/2009 at 7:27 AM
  freiheit
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  My bunny has a bald spot on his back, a the base of his neck. I was wondering if it could be a skin-mitte because the pet shop we got him from had to treat all their bunny for it (that was almost a year ago though) or if it was because he’s sheding. The rest of his fur is thick, but the region where he’s got his bold spot is longuer, fluffier fur (he’s part lionlop) and we can clearly see the patch of new fur he has on his back vs the rest of the fur still the shed (lighter and less soft). The skin of the bald area doesn’t see unheatly and doesn’t have any wounds on it and my bunny doesn’t look like he’s scratching that much.
  
  does anyone else ever had that with their pet? is it normal?
- 05/21/2009 at 9:03 AM
  ZooLady
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  My rabbit got the same thing, except his bald spot was in the middle of his back. It didn’t have wounds or scratches either, and my bunny didn’t even seem to be scratching or over grooming either. I brought him to the vet and turns out it was indeed fur mites. They gave him biweekly injections of Ivermectin which cleared his fur up beautifully. You can also ask for an anti-parisite drop that you can apply once a month on the base of his neck.
  
  Problem with fur mites is that they keep coming back. I’ve had to bring my rabbit back to the vet so many times because they reoccur. You will probably need to start regularly buying anti-parisite drops (only get ones approved by the vet though–they arn’t very expensive) and apply it monthly. That is what I have to do with my bunny and no more baldy spots!
- 05/21/2009 at 9:05 AM
  freiheit
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  aww.. there’s no way to rid of them permanantly? The pet store never told me mites never went away.
  
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  how about this:
  
  “In some cases, a bunny will undergo what we call a “coat blow,” shedding great clumps of fur all at once, and sometimes even leaving small bald patches. If the bunny is healthy, within a few days the bald patches will become pigmented, and then start to grow hair. If this doesn’t happen, however, the fur loss may be due to one of several disease processes, and you should consult your trusted rabbit veterinarian for help in determining what the problem is, and how to appropriately treat it.”
  
  I also read a vet saying “Ivermectin” doesn’t work well, apparently it doesn’t harm the mites much… Maybe this is why you’ve had to go over and over for the fur mites?
- 05/21/2009 at 11:56 AM
  KatnipCrzy
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  freiheit- You should take your bunny to the vet for a diagnosis since you really can’t start any treatment until you know what it is. The fact that your bunny had mites in the past makes mites a reasonable diagnosis. Sometimes pet stores may not treat properly with enough medicince or for long enough- or not treat all the animals and it just gets passed back and forth.
  
  I would get a diagnosis from your vet and your vet can determine a treatment that will eliminate the mites- treatments vary by country. But yes, it is possible to get rid of them. The only way something like this would not clear up completely with proper treatment would be with a bunny with a compromised immune system- but even then treatment would be designed with that in mind.
- 05/21/2009 at 7:10 PM
  jerseygirl
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  Very possible it is mites again. He may be dealing with other infected areas himself but behind the neck is one area that would be hard to reach for him.
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