Hi! I know it’s a pretty difficult question to really answer, but I thought I would ask anyway before returning to the vet.

I have a 9.5 week old Holland lop named Anais. 

She was scratching fervently since we got her, but no dandruff or hair loss or junk in ear. Just over-grooming (her fur was a little spiky in places from excess of bun-saliva). She was also biting near her neck and feet. 

We took her to an exotic vet; he took a swab from her ear and found no mites. And there was no flea dirt (and I never got bit, so no fleas). He said that he could scrape her skin all day and never find a mite, but just cause her stress. I think he chose not to because she was only a bit over 7 weeks old at the time. So he gave her a puppy/kitten dose of Revolution. Then he checked her teeth, underside, feet/nails, eyes, heartbeat – all good.

It’s been 3 weeks, and she scratches less. Still no ear scabs or junk. No dandruff, no hair loss. She sometimes bites/licks near her neck and feet still, but as I understand that can also be normal grooming, right? She has stopped over-grooming so all her fur is fluffy. She plays and binkies and is eating and drinking and, of course, pooping normally. 

But, I never had her without whatever caused all the itching, so I have no idea how much is normal. My mother is practically convinced every time Anais scratches, it’s because of some illness/parasite. Rather than go to the vet so soon again for nothing, I was hoping to get maybe an estimate of how much your bun(s) scratch. Maybe in the form of “_____times about every _____minutes” or something similar. Or maybe some other scratch-inducer I should search her for. 

Thanks for reading!