usawan
Well-Known Member
Location - japan
Description - fuzzy lop, normal weight
Age - 9/10 months
Sex - female, unspayed
Concise Summary of the Rabbit's Condition:
today while brushing down one of my buns i noticed that at the corners of her mouth on both sides there was some hair loss, and the skin and hair had an almost waxy feel, with a flaky yellow substance stuck to the skin at the base of the fur. (the waxy feeling could be from her sweating, however, as it is quite warm here) she doesn't appear to be in pain, and allowed me to examine the area and scrape a bit of the yellow flakes off without a fuss. the fur was also slightly yellowed, and i'm pondering if the substance is crystallized urine. she eats the hay that falls into her litterbox, and so i am wondering if the urine that gets on the hay is the culprit. she also sits in her litterbox quite a lot. her skin is naturally a very bright pink, and so i cannot tell if the area is red, but it doesn't appear to be inflamed or broken, just slightly flaky (i presume from the hair loss, so the top layer of the dermis is dry) i have no idea how long she has had this condition, however her behavior has been unchanged, and she still eats and drinks normally so i had no reason to be alerted to anything. this condition is also not present anywhere else on her body, hence why i decided to link it to the hay, as if it were urine scald it would show up on her feet.
my phone camera is the only camera available to me, so i apologize if the image quality is lacking, but you can still somewhat see :
the loss is only at the top portion of the picture, the pink skin visible at the bottom is normal skin that has been exposed because i'm pushing her fur around.
i will start cleaning out her litterbox of hay and see if the condition doesn't improve, however beyond that i am rather stumped on how to remedy this beyond letting it heal on its own. it's difficult for me to see a vet here, so please keep this in mind.
thanks in advance for any advice that people might have
-BAS
Description - fuzzy lop, normal weight
Age - 9/10 months
Sex - female, unspayed
Concise Summary of the Rabbit's Condition:
today while brushing down one of my buns i noticed that at the corners of her mouth on both sides there was some hair loss, and the skin and hair had an almost waxy feel, with a flaky yellow substance stuck to the skin at the base of the fur. (the waxy feeling could be from her sweating, however, as it is quite warm here) she doesn't appear to be in pain, and allowed me to examine the area and scrape a bit of the yellow flakes off without a fuss. the fur was also slightly yellowed, and i'm pondering if the substance is crystallized urine. she eats the hay that falls into her litterbox, and so i am wondering if the urine that gets on the hay is the culprit. she also sits in her litterbox quite a lot. her skin is naturally a very bright pink, and so i cannot tell if the area is red, but it doesn't appear to be inflamed or broken, just slightly flaky (i presume from the hair loss, so the top layer of the dermis is dry) i have no idea how long she has had this condition, however her behavior has been unchanged, and she still eats and drinks normally so i had no reason to be alerted to anything. this condition is also not present anywhere else on her body, hence why i decided to link it to the hay, as if it were urine scald it would show up on her feet.
my phone camera is the only camera available to me, so i apologize if the image quality is lacking, but you can still somewhat see :
the loss is only at the top portion of the picture, the pink skin visible at the bottom is normal skin that has been exposed because i'm pushing her fur around.
i will start cleaning out her litterbox of hay and see if the condition doesn't improve, however beyond that i am rather stumped on how to remedy this beyond letting it heal on its own. it's difficult for me to see a vet here, so please keep this in mind.
thanks in advance for any advice that people might have
-BAS