Scabs on under side of neck

minirexmolly · Jul 16, 2015

The new owners of two of my old rabbits contacted me to ask about one of the rabbit having scabs around the under side of his neck. He's a mini Rex and the scabs are small and black and they can be easily picked off with tufts of hair attached. After they are picked off there is sometimes a very small dark dot, but not always. There is no obvious dandruff. The current owners claim he has had these scabs for months, and they have never spread to any other areas or to their other rabbit. Can someone help figure out what these scabs are? I initially thought mites but there is no dander and they've never spread....

minirexmolly · Jul 16, 2015

View attachment ImageUploadedByRabbit Forum1437101119.276359.jpg here's a picture of them. He has dozens on each side of his neck/lower jaw

majorv · Jul 17, 2015

Is he fixed or not? If not, I'm wondering if he got them rubbing his chin on things. Bucks have a habit of doing this.

minirexmolly · Jul 17, 2015

Nope, not neutered. That was one of my thoughts too. Either itching himself or rubbing on things to leave his scent.

Pandorly · Jul 21, 2015

Could it be that the other rabbit is biting him there and leaving a mark?

MiniLopMad · Jul 22, 2015

Is it possible that he has long nails and is accidentally scratching himself when he itches? That's all I could think of that hasn't already been mentioned

Hope all goes well.