Skin problem on my rabbit

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- 03/13/2016 at 10:15 PM
  Wow123
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  Hi Guys,
  
  I have attached a photo of my rabbits skin problem. I dont know if it is serious enough to take to the VET as I live rural. She has lost hair in the area and three red dots have appeared. There is no crust or anything. She has an outdoor hutch where she lives
- 03/13/2016 at 10:39 PM
  LBJ10
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  Looks self-inflicted to me. Bunnies will sometimes pull fur when they feel stressed. They reach around and grab fur to pull with their teeth. Where you are seeing bald spots on your bunny is about where she can reach to do just that. The red spots are raw spots where the top layer of skin came off with the fur.
  
  Unless this is nesting behavior, but they typically don’t pull the fur off from their shoulders like that. The pulled fur comes from their chest/dewlap area instead.
- 03/13/2016 at 10:46 PM
  Wow123
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  Thank you for the reaponse. It might help to also add, she does live with a female dwarf rabbit also. They get along very well. I wonder if this may also play a factor
- 03/14/2016 at 1:28 AM
  Bam
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  It could be over-grooming from the other rabbit.
  
  It’s also the spot where fur-mites typically occur. But with fur-mites, you’d see dandruff-like skin flakes.
  
  http://rabbit.org/overgrooming/
- 03/14/2016 at 4:25 PM
  LBJ10
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  Ah, I didnt know there was another rabbit involved. I agree with Bam. It’s either self-inflicted or over grooming done by the other rabbit.
- 03/15/2016 at 5:51 AM
  jerseygirl
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  Another possibility is if they mount each other (females will do this). The rabbit mounting the other will latch onto the fur there.
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