This fur follicle came off of my bunny

[HarperBun]

Is this normal? It's a pretty big follicle.View attachment ImageUploadedByRabbit Forum1420327942.868288.jpg

 

[Watermelons]

looks like a scab

 

[bilko]

My rabbit gets something similar, I thought it was dry skin flakes like dandruff.

I would also like to know whether its a bad sign or not.

 

[JBun]

They are normal 'fur plugs'. They can be from a scab that heals and the fur comes away with the loosened scab. Rabbits also commonly get these 'plugs' in the cheek area, but these are not from scabs. One explanation that I read, is that it is a type of rabbit acne, where pustules can sometimes develop at the whisker base. Then these dry up and form the little clump of fur. Then when the rabbit goes through a molt these fur plugs are shed as well.

 

[HarperBun]

Yes! Okay! She is mulling like crazy right now.

 

[edwinf8936]

Every rabbit I have had has had at least a few of them.