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minnie

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Question
she has not been in a fight,but she has a bald spot on her neck.she seems to be acting fine,but i am worried about her,beacause this has never happend before.

Answer
The only thing I can think of is if it was from a fight or something sharp in the cage.  She may have gotten the scratch in the last fight and you weren't able to see it until the hair fell out.  Like I said, try putting some antibiotic ointment on her and see if that clears it up.  You should see hair growing back in 1-2 weeks.  If it starts to spread, she could have mange but you'll see lots of scabby yellow places appear all over her body and she'll scratch A LOT.

~Lauren