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This topic has 11sd replies, 7 voices, and was last updated 12 years, 3 months ago by Elrohwen.

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- 01/07/2012 at 4:43 PM
  Pandorachik
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  My bun has been itching…alot. I checked for parasites…NONE. Could this be an icky case of dried skin??
- 01/07/2012 at 5:00 PM
  SirThumpsey
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  ear mites maybe? they aren’t able to be seen with the naked eye….
- 01/07/2012 at 5:59 PM
  Pandorachik
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  Posted By SirThumpsey on 01/07/2012 05:00 PM
  ear mites maybe? they aren’t able to be seen with the naked eye….
  
  Oh no! How do I make sure? When I said ALOT I meant about 5 itches a day.I sorta over aggaderated ( IDK how to spell that. lol)
- 01/07/2012 at 7:34 PM
  SirThumpsey
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  bunny savvy vet….theyll take a sample and look at it under the microscope….
  
  but only 5x a day or something like that he might be grooming himself….my Bud will do that
  Anyway, if your bun isnt constantly itching, he is probably okay…
- 01/07/2012 at 7:35 PM
  SirThumpsey
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  With ear mites they tend to shake their head alot….
  if it was ringworm or mange you could see a noticable change in their fur
- 01/07/2012 at 9:22 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  exaggerated
  
  5 probably isn’t that bad, is there hair loss or anything?
- 01/08/2012 at 4:06 AM
  Michelle&Lolli
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  It could just be that she has dry skin due to the change in temperature. 5 times a day is not really a lot. Lolli grooming routine seems to involve a good ear scratching and she grooms herself a lot. lol However, if you’re in doubt, there’s nothing with getting your bun checked out by a vet.
  
  You could try running a humidifier where your bunny is. I used to do that for mine. Well, for all 3 of us. LOL I’d run it at night. I don’t know how much it helped, but it seemed to.
- 01/08/2012 at 9:19 AM
  mindy10
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  blossom itches too. I have never found anything on her. I dont think its mites because she doesnt shake her head. She tends to do it after I pat her. She is probably trying to get my smell off her LOL!!
- 01/08/2012 at 9:24 AM
  Monkeybun
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  there are otehr kinds of mites besides ear mites. there are fur mites, which wouldn’t cause the head shaking.
- 01/11/2012 at 6:41 PM
  Pandorachik
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  Posted By Sam and Lady’s Human on 01/07/2012 09:22 PM
  exaggerated
  
  5 probably isn’t that bad, is there hair loss or anything?
  
  VERY exaggerated!! (BTW- Thx for teaching me how to spell that correctly!!! lol!)
  
  Nope. No hair loss. He barely ever sheds. No bad skin or anything
  
  Only once I saw 2 or 3 little white specks on his black fur… I checked them out, and last time he was at the vet he had a little pacth of dried skin. It is fine now. But I figure the white things are crusties. (I hope!!) But I scanned every part of fur for parasites- none. An today there werent white things! ( I know, I freak out about EVVERYTHING!! I know!! LOL)
- 01/11/2012 at 6:44 PM
  Pandorachik
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  Posted By Michelle&Lolli on 01/08/2012 04:06 AM
  It could just be that she has dry skin due to the change in temperature. 5 times a day is not really a lot. Lolli grooming routine seems to involve a good ear scratching and she grooms herself a lot. lol However, if you’re in doubt, there’s nothing with getting your bun checked out by a vet.
  
  You could try running a humidifier where your bunny is. I used to do that for mine. Well, for all 3 of us. LOL I’d run it at night. I don’t know how much it helped, but it seemed to.
  
  So you think a humidifier would do it? Maybe. Hmmm.. I will try. I actually have a spare one!
  
  He actually did have icky itchy skin about 2 weeks ago. But now its goneeeeee BTW- Thanks for your help
- 01/13/2012 at 7:28 AM
  Elrohwen
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  5 itches a day sounds completely normal.
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