rabbit problems?

Question

my freinds rabbit is loosing its hair very badly, its a house rabbit with a no children household, could this be stress our mites ? any ideas

Answer 1

Take it to a vet immediately !!!

Answer 2

It could be fur mange or just possibly molting. If you see a bunch of while flaky stuff along with the fur, you probably have fur mange.

Many rabbit breeders use Ivomectin to treat fur mange. Just make sure to use the low concentration medicine instead of the high concentration medicine.

If it is just molting then lightly wet your hands with water and brush the rabbit's fur out with your wet hands. The loose fur will stick to your hands then you can rub your hands together over a trash can to get rid of the loose fur. Do this for about 2-3 minutes a day. After about 2 weeks the fur should be much better. You don't want to use a brush unless you have a wool breed. A brush will break the hair follicles and it will also rip non-loose hairs out.

Answer 3

could be too hot in the house 4 the rabbit. but if its a female go and check its bed. u'll more than likely find most of the 'missing' hair in there. shes nesting, she's either expecting a littler or having a fantom preganancy. mine does it all the time, its perfectly harmless, just get some rabbit shaped soft toys and get ready for some very cute loving from the rabbit to the toy. also...don't take the toy away *looks at bite scar on hand* its amazing how hard a rabbit is 2 get off ur hand....

Answer 4

The most obvious reason would be, as you mention, that your rabbit is just shedding. Rabbits shed their coat every three months, and a light shedding is followed by a heavy shedding, then again a light shedding, heavy shedding, and so on. There seem to be significant differences in the way rabbits shed. Some rabbits may shed completely in a week, with others it will take two weeks or even several weeks to complete a shedding. Also, some rabbits will get some bald spots here and there while shedding, others can get even almost completely bald when they moult, and still others will show no bald spots at all.

During the periods your bunny is shedding, it is vital that you brush your bunny frequently (personally I always suggest daily brushing during the moult, unless you have an angora rabbit who needs to be brushed twice a day during the moult). I always advise to use a slicker brush for rabbits, since rabbit skin is fairly fragile.

This frequent brushing is necessary to prevent that your bunny ingests too much hair which can cause a blockage in the digestive system (no, not ''hairballs'') when in addition with a higher than usual ingestion of hair food passes too slowly through the digestive tract. The combination of these two factors can cause GI stasis, where the combination of slow moving food with ingested hair forms a blockage in the digestive system. To prevent food from passing too slowly, make sure your rabbit is fed a high-fiber diet of unlimited hay and water (alfalfa hay for rabbits up to six months, timothy hay for your babies) A rabbit should get unlimited hay and water year-round, but during the moult this is even more important, since she's likely to ingest a bit more hair than usual then so she will be more prone to GI stasis during these

Answer 5

Like stated before, it is most likely that the animal is moulting, or shedding. Rabbits usually shed twice a year, once to loose their winter coat for a lighter spring coat, and once more to shed their spring coat and grow the more dense winter coat. A rabbit's moulting patterns can be affected by many things. if the animal is living indoors all the time, then any fluxuations in the heating of the home can throw a rabbit into a moult. I know a lot of rabbit breeders here in the Pacific NW have been having problems with their rabbits shedding year round because of the funky weather we have had this year. If you want more information on rabbits, go visit the American Rabbit Breeders Association webiste. there you will find a ton of information. it is www.arba.net hope this helps!

Answer 6

Hi if the rabbits a female and is not spayed it could be making a nest. I am going through that with my 10 month old mini lop. She has over the last few months puled out fur and created a bald spot on her belly. Get her fixed if she is not already and clean out any hair from her cage so she dose not eat it. If she is spayed then she/he could be board and or shedding. Watch that the rabbit dose not eat a lot of fur and get hairballs. Good Luck

Answer 7

depending on how old the rabbit is, but to me it sounds like mites, check inside the ears and see if you can find some blacksand looking "crums" wich indicates mites, take it to a vet to get it treated.

Answer 8

my rabbit was lossing it fur and they vet told me its a mit and gave me some treatment u put on the back of his neck u got to get treatment soon because the rabbit will make itself blood through bittin and scratching

Answer 9

it may be to hot if your friend has had the heating on all winter, don't forget it has a fur coat on all the time, we can take ours off, other wise take it to the vets

Answer 10

Ask da pet store!