Hello!

When I brought the little lionhead Panipopo home last Saturday, I noticed that he had a couple bald spots on his back. I didn’t notice them at the pet store, but he did stay in their backroom the night before I took him home and they boxed him up before I got to see him when I came to pick him up. His sibling who he was previously housed with didn’t have any bald spots nor did any develop over the following week (I went back in to check a few times).

Panipopo’s spots seem to have gotten bigger. First nice and smooth skin, then with mild flaking. They’ve sort of connected into a curvy line down the middle of his back. Little furs are finally starting to grow.

I have a bunch of questions! Could this have been triggered by stress via overgrooming or mites taking advantage of a stressed bunny? Can healthy bunnies show no signs of mites? Could it be a molt, but also could ~8 to 10-week old bunnies molt this early?

On a side note, he is TINY. He seems to be between 50-75% smaller than his biological sibling. Seems healthy though. Very fast, very binky, very poopy. He also somehow escaped his cage in the middle of the week and met our other rabbit Opu a lot sooner than planned. I don’t think Opu pulled his fur, but he definitely didn’t start them. We still keep them separated, but Opu really likes sleeping by Panipopo’s cage now (since he already got exposed to the furball). Anyways, we are all going to the vet on Friday!