No hair on her belly?

[funnybunnymummy]

Pepper has no hair on her belly. I thought maybe it was from being shaved for her spay, but the rescue said she's been spayed for several months. So the hair should be growing back by now. Is this maybe overgrooming? Or something else?

Sorry if the pic is a bit blurry! I took it with my phone.

Thanks!

Rue

 

[Watermelons]

Some critters can take awhile for hair to grow back when shaved.
And looking at how that bald patch looks, especially along the sides, that's what I would say that is. My guys took a fair while. My dog took 6mts - a year for her belly fur to grow back, and shes got super short hair.

 

[funnybunnymummy]

Okay, thanks. That's what I first thought, but it just seemed it would grow back faster. When Gus had his butt shaved two years ago (to prevent urine scald), it grew back in about six weeks. Mind you, he's also the Amazing Moulting Rabbit. So he's probably the exception!

Thanks!

Rue

 

[funnybunnymummy]

And now Pepper is never going to forgive me for posting her bald belly on RO.

Rue

 

[Watermelons]

Yeah most grow back fairly quickly, some critters just take FOREVER!

She can share her bald belly shame with Lily How about that?

 

[middlemuse]

I've been meaning to ask about this same thing! Aria got spayed last April and her tummy hair still hasn't grown long, even though she went through a full molt and everything. Nice to know that's a thing that happens.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Some of ours grew back pretty fast and other took a couple of molts to fill in the blanks. Beth kept grooming and took an exceptionally long time. The funniest was our bull mastiff--her hair is so thick it looked like a trap door.