Hair Loss Question

[janeway20]

:bunnyhop:

I am new. I love the forum!
I have 3 Dwarf Lion head rabbits, 2 females,
1 male. The females are bonded and kept separately from
The male. I started noticing one little girl has been loosing fur on both sides of her spine. See picture. I Have Had Bunnies For Over A year, And NEVER Seen This before. Any ideas what might be wrong? It is not mites. Thanks sooooo much.

 

[Schipperkesue]

Perhaps the other bun is nibbling on her? Can't see your pic!

 

[janeway20]

No wound, slightly dry skin maybe.

 

[Schipperkesue]

Poor ting!

I have had rabbits pull fur from each other. They don't do it out of meanness, more often familiarity. Sometimes cleaning each other goes a little to far!<br /><br />__________ Mon Dec 23, 2013 8:30 am __________<br /><br />Oh...you can buy a product from the pet store called bitter apple. It prevents dogs from chewing. I wonder if it would work with rabbits?

 

[Peach]

Oops! Looks like her sister is probably showing dominance over her. Usually when rabbits breed/hormonal/dominance they yank out hair from the neck/back/sides area. Be careful, because your doe could get really tired of being mounted and decide to do some serous damage to the other. Usually I don't recommend bonding pairs because rabbits can and do turn at times on their bonded pair and rip chunks on of ears,guts,and genitals

I had one of my herd bucks get NAILED on his penis by a doe and that was only after a few minutes of trying to cage breed. He got lucky I pulled him out at the right time, and immediately started tending to the wound. If I wasn't supervising, I'm sure I would of been buckless for a while.

( just giving you a heads up they would just be Lionheads unless out crossed and that created Lionhead x ND cross. Outcrossing creates F1s (first generation)...and so on. People give poor breed information and I always get questions like if I have Dwarf Hollands/Mini Hollanda/Dwarf Mini Lops. Lol just so if you plan to breed, you get the right info out there! )

 

[janeway20]

Actually, I tried the bitter apple the other day, and I almost think they loved it. They both went immediately to grooming her fur.
Her fur is extremely soft and fragile anyway. The other bunny has a courser coat. (They were rescues I got labor day weekend.) No signs of
any issues until this. They have about 8-10 hours out of the cage every day, and they love to chase each other. I have never seen them biting at
each others coat, but that doesn't mean they don't. I have actually wondered if she has a little 'angora' mixed in, because her fur is getting really long and
you can hardly even feel it because it is sooooo soft.

 

[Schipperkesue]

Separate them and if the fur grows back you will know...

 

[CochinBrahmaLover]

I have a bonded pair of intact females, so I can understand wanting to keep them together. If I were you, I'd separate them but make sure they can see each other. If your fine with them breaking the bond, then you can separate them completely, but I find having a bonded pair is beneficial, less space and such. Do you plan on breeding these girls?