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- 12/20/2020 at 8:00 PM
  Trixieandcookies
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  Hello, my bunny has a black spot on her back. Her skin is not black and no part of her body has black skin. It is actually pretty big too and is barely a small kind of lump. There is no fur around there either. I suspected it could be because of shedding because the very tip of her fur does have black on it. But the thing is she is not shedding at all. Definitely not molting. She is active, actually, right now she is racing all around doing zoomies. She is eating fine and pooping fine, drinking fine everything. I don’t know if it is mites or what. Does anyone know what this is?
  
  Thanks.
- 12/20/2020 at 8:48 PM
  LBJ10
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  It does sound like a spot of fur that fell out and is now regrowing. Can you post a picture?
- 12/21/2020 at 5:44 AM
  Wick & Fable
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  It also sounds like shedding to me. If not from molting, something else might have caused her to lose a patch of her. Are there signs of irritated skin anywhere near by? There is the possibility that it was a light shed and not a full molt as well.
  
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- 12/21/2020 at 7:30 AM
  Trixieandcookies
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  I have not noticed anything or any irritation nearby. It’s just that one spot.
- 12/21/2020 at 9:26 AM
  Trixieandcookies
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- 12/21/2020 at 9:34 AM
  Bam
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  I think this is new fur growing out. A friend of mine detected this same type of weird black spot on her young bun earlier this fall. As the hair kept growing out, it became obvious that it was fur with dark points at the tips of the hairs.
  
  The skin looks perfectly fine on your picture, which also supports the new- growth-of-fur-theory. If there is a problem, you see dandruff and/or redness and irritation, and also possibly scabs.
  
  Rabbits can shed in patches without anything being wrong. When they do, you get bald spots, but new fur will start to grow in in 1-2 weeks time, first visible as a fine velvety fuzz.
- 12/21/2020 at 9:39 AM
  Wick & Fable
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  I agree that it just looks like a typically shed patch with new fur growing in! I have a black rabbit and this is a common occurrence.
  
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