I live in my single room dorm with my bunny at college. I was doing a little grooming session with my 6 month old bun bc she’s been shedding a lot recently and I noticed a short “string of pearls” dropping in her litter box. By the end of the session (about 10 mins), I noticed a pretty substantial bald spot. She wasn’t at all upset about me brushing her, and hasn’t been acting irritated, in fact, she has been acting super happy, zooming a lot, eating as per usual as well as pooping regularly. She had a lot of loose fur that I combed away (I use the small pet select hair buster comb), so I’m not sure if it has been like this and just been covered by the loose fur, or if it’s my fault. I really hope I didn’t hurt my bun.
About 2 months ago, my bun had a small bald spot, but it looked different than this, it was red, a little flakey, and she wasn’t eating her hay during this. When I brought her to the vet, she said that it was likely she had gotten mites from the dogs that were in my house, but we didn’t get official testing (bc of pricing), and just went with treating with medication as a precaution, and that helped restore fur growth and appetite. My gut is telling me this is not mites though. The skin isn’t flakey nor red, but there are some red dots, but they are consistently and evenly spaced making me think that it has to do with the shedding/ fur pores and patterns, but I am no expert. Please help me, I only want my best for my bun, I hope this wasn’t my doing.
Please please help- did I do this to my bunny?!?
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