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Fur loss in rabbits can due to:
 
Fur loss in rabbits can due to:
 
*Moulting
 
*Moulting
 
*Grooming or idiopathic overgrooming
 
*Grooming or idiopathic overgrooming
 
*Displacement activity in rabbits that can’t groom – automutilation
 
*Displacement activity in rabbits that can’t groom – automutilation
*Hair loss due to pseudo- and actual pregnancy is frequently encountered  in rabbits due to nest-building activity and obviously requires no treatment. It is self-inflicted.
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*Hair loss due to [[Pseudopregnancy - Rabbit|pseudo-]] and actual pregnancy is frequently encountered  in rabbits due to nest-building activity and obviously requires no treatment. It is self-inflicted.
 
*Alopecia in rabbits may be due to dietary causes (fibre or magnesium deficiency, or both). To correct magnesium deficiency, the addition of magnesium oxide at 0.25% to the diet may be required.
 
*Alopecia in rabbits may be due to dietary causes (fibre or magnesium deficiency, or both). To correct magnesium deficiency, the addition of magnesium oxide at 0.25% to the diet may be required.
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#reducing the light intensity (Okerman 1994).  
 
#reducing the light intensity (Okerman 1994).  
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Fur loss in Vent area is usually due to  discharges from the vent:
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Fur loss in vent area is usually due to  discharges from the vent:
 
*Urinary overflow
 
*Urinary overflow
 
*Treponema cuniculi
 
*Treponema cuniculi
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**mouth (teeth or foreign body)  
 
**mouth (teeth or foreign body)  
 
**rectum
 
**rectum
[[Category:Skin_Conditions_-_Rabbit]]
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==References==
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*Morisse, J. P. (1978) Induction of a Colibacillosis-Type Enteritis in Rabbits:  Revue Med Vet 129 625 to 632.
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*Okerman, L. (1994) Diseases of Domestic Rabbits. Blackwell Scientific Publications 2nd Edition
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[[Category:Rabbit Dermatology]]
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