Can a rabbit just show signs on the lip with crusts for vent but have a clear vent? I have a doe I got from another well known breeder and she has crusts only on one side of her lip, just that spot and it seems to be getting worse but her vent is clean, eyes don't have any of the same crusts. The buck I bred her to is fine, the does he bred to are fine and so are this rabbit's two kits and a kit she fostered is fine. This doe doesn't seem a robust as well so not sure if she's just of poor health from breeding? If not vent, what else can cause scabs?
Here is a picture of her with the scabs on:
Here is after I removed the scabs, skin red underneath and some of her fur came out. No indents or deep wounds, just surface:
I should mention that since I received the doe in April, she has not traveled anywhere else. She was bred to my main buck but again he is fine and he has since been bred to others and they seem fine. He was last bred to this doe 2 months ago and at the same time I bred him to two other does and they are fine. If it was vent, wouldn't others start showing signs by now? The other thing I thought it might be is fur mites? I discovered really flaky skin just on her lower hips, never seen so much flaky skin on a rabbit. Can fur mites effect the face to? She has some scratched on both her ears as well so maybe she's itchy? I will give her a treatment of Ivermectin.
Here is a picture of her with the scabs on:
Here is after I removed the scabs, skin red underneath and some of her fur came out. No indents or deep wounds, just surface:
I should mention that since I received the doe in April, she has not traveled anywhere else. She was bred to my main buck but again he is fine and he has since been bred to others and they seem fine. He was last bred to this doe 2 months ago and at the same time I bred him to two other does and they are fine. If it was vent, wouldn't others start showing signs by now? The other thing I thought it might be is fur mites? I discovered really flaky skin just on her lower hips, never seen so much flaky skin on a rabbit. Can fur mites effect the face to? She has some scratched on both her ears as well so maybe she's itchy? I will give her a treatment of Ivermectin.