Who knows everything about Rabbits? What if my Rabbit was fine but she is lost alot of her furr?

Question

What that possibly could be? Two weeks later she was still losing her hair and later on the next early morning I found her dead at inside my house near the corner. Can somebody tell me what do you think she died of. And please if you dont know the answer, please dont say I dont know.

Answer 1

she is staring her transformation.....

Answer 2

I am also a longtime rabbit breeder. Rabbits molt occasionally, and while some are very clean and only shed a few hairs at a time, others look like a dandelion and make a mess. I wouldn't suspect mange unless you saw flaky skin around bald spots. Was she eating normally before she died? Sometimes they ingest a lot of hair when they groom themselves and hairballs form in their stomachs which can cause them to stop eating and become sick. It may also have nothing at all to do with the hair loss, rabbits are prey animals and not meant to be tough, and sometimes just die for no apparent reason.

Answer 3

It is very hard to tell from the description you gave. It could actually be a number of things. She could have ingested hair and that caused it. I kind of doubt that she died of mange. She could have been molting, was pregnant, and died of ketosis (basically having too much fat around her overaries when trying to have babies). Could be old age, heat stroke, etc. If you really want to know, I suggest taking the rabbit to your veterinarian for an autopsy. The veterinarian may do the autopsy himself or send it to a local veterinarian school to have the autopsy done. Around where I live, they send them to Purdue University and it costs about $20 to have an autopsy done. It probably would be a good idea so you can prevent it from happening to any other rabbits you get. Rabbits normally molt around this time of year, so saying it was loosing its hair then you found it dead later could be almost anything. You won't really be able to know for sure unless you have an autopsy done.

Answer 4

If you didn't have her vaccinated it could have been myxomatosis.
Or she could have eaten something poisonous in your house or garden and her death could be unrelated to the hair loss. Do you have any toxic plants in your garden?
If her outdoor run was on the lawn, did anyone use weedkiller recently?
Or it could have been a fungal disease, mange or skin mites. Or a thyroid disorder. They can cause hair loss, but its unlikely that it would have killed her so fast.


Your rabbit wasn't fine, the time to take her to the vet would have been when you noticed her hair falling out. Although that could have been her normal moult and unrelated to her death.
It is impossible to tell without an autopsy.

Answer 5

That sucks!!! Im a rabbit breeder, and when they start losing their fur, it means they have MANGE, which can be very deadly for small animals. Dogs can also die, but rarely. A bug called Cheyletiella a.k.a. "walking dandruff" get on animals, mainly infesting them, so the animals ich and itch, therefore losing fur. The bug overinfests them, they die beacause they eat away at the skin.

Hope this helps you understand what happened, so you can prevent it next time.

Answer 6

There is a good web site for bunny lovers. I hope they can answer your questions and ease your mind some. I'm very sorry for your loss.