Weird skin on nose?

[AshAndMaple]

Hi, so this is probably me being ridiculous and paranoid - but please bare in mind that it's only been 6 weeks since Maple passed away unexpectedly, and Bluebell is due to be spayed in less than two weeks, so rabbit-related stress levels are high

I found this weird patch of white skin on Ash's nose this morning - it looks like the tiniest little grains of rice and I've never seen flystrike so automatically that's where my brain has gone but he has had a couple of flakes of old-scab-looking skin come off around his nose and I did wonder if maybe he's caught it with a toenail at some point, so maybe it's just dry/damaged skin? I do treat him with Xeno450 once a month as a preventative anyway.

So, I'm probably being daft because I'm stressed about Bluebell, but does anyone have thoughts about what this looks like? It was really hard to get a photo so I know it's not very clear

 

[JBun]

To me, that doesn't look like fly eggs. He may have just got something stuck in his fur. I would clean it off. If you have to use water, make sure to dry it off as much as possible. Then if it returns and/or worsens, probably best to have your vet take a look at it.

But if you suspect it actually is fly eggs, contact your vet immediately as flystrike is a potential emergency, and they may want you to bring your bun in.

This is what fly eggs in the fur looks like. If in doubt contact your vet.

Flystrike in Rabbits

Creating better tomorrows for all pet rabbits Flystrike in Rabbits What is “Flystrike”? Flystrike is also called ‘myiasis’. It happens when flies lay their eggs on your rabbit, and those eggs hatch out into maggots. Maggots from blowflies: bluebottles and green bottles, are the most dangerous...

rabbitwelfare.co.uk

 

[AshAndMaple]

To me, that doesn't look like fly eggs. He may have just got something stuck in his fur. I would clean it off. If you have to use water, make sure to dry it off as much as possible. Then if it returns and/or worsens, probably best to have your vet take a look at it.

But if you suspect it actually is fly eggs, contact your vet immediately as flystrike is a potential emergency, and they may want you to bring your bun in.

This is what fly eggs in the fur looks like. If in doubt contact your vet.

Flystrike in Rabbits

Creating better tomorrows for all pet rabbits Flystrike in Rabbits What is “Flystrike”? Flystrike is also called ‘myiasis’. It happens when flies lay their eggs on your rabbit, and those eggs hatch out into maggots. Maggots from blowflies: bluebottles and green bottles, are the most dangerous...

rabbitwelfare.co.uk

Thank you for the information! It won't clean off and it seems attached, so I think it must be a bit of dry skin. I'll keep an eye on it and hopefully it'll heal soon.

 

[Preitler]

Looks like a scab from an insect bite to me. Their nose is pretty vulnarable to those.

 

[AshAndMaple]

Looks like a scab from an insect bite to me. Their nose is pretty vulnarable to those.

Hmm... They are indoor bunnies, but there are always little flies and spiders flying/wandering about and I'm a dog groomer so I'm always worried about fleas