Bunny losing fur

[Stacey]

I have a male bun bun who is almost a year old. He is losing his fur on his sides and belly. I also have his sister Rosey. They are in separate cages cause she can get a little bossy and over protective sometimes. They do have time out of the cage everyday. Plus I have a play yard they go outside and play. In the past he has lost fur because his teeth grew to long. Now he gets his teeth shaved every three months. He just had his teeth done 3 weeks ago. Just this week he started losing clumps of fur on his sides and belly. He seems to be eating his food good especially his hay. He is also drinking well. I was just wondering if it could just be normal molting? Any help would be great full. Also the skin where there is no fur is not red or dry.

[Bam]

Bunnies can shed in clumps without anything being wrong with them. How does the skin where the clumps have come out fell and look? If it’s smooth skin, no crusts or sores, no dandruff, and you see new fur starting to grow out within a week-10 days like a very fine fuzz, it’s likely he’s shedding. You should brush him/pluck out hair from him every day during a heavy shed, so he doesn’t ingest too much fur when he’s cleaning himself.

On the other hand, if the skin is crusty and/or there’s a lot of dandruff, fur loss can be due to mites. A mite infestation generally manifests first between the shoulderblades, though.

Can you elaborate a little bit on how come he lost fur because of overgrown teeth? Did he pull out his own fur or what?

[Stacey]

He was pulling his fur out. And always grooming. And he stopped eating everything but hay. So I went to the vet and it was his teeth. The skin where there is no fur is not red or crusty

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