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Question
I have a female Holland lop rabbit who is loosing hair on her ears and a little on her back. I also have a male holland lop rabbit who looks normal. They both live outside. I brought them to the vet over a week ago because I thought my female rabbit might have mites. The vet didn't find any bugs on her but she gave her a shot of Ivermectin just incase. They arn't spayed/nuetered and I have never bred them so the vet thought that maybe my female rabbit was scratching/rubbing her hair off because she wanted to breed with my male rabbit so the vet told me to keep them away from each other so they won't smell/see eachother.
It's been over a week since I brought them to the vet and I have kept them away from each other. My female rabbit still has hair missing and it doesn't look any better. She still scratches herself. My male rabbit looks like he might be loosing some hair on his ears but I can't tell. I have fair this week and I don't know what to do. It is soo expensive to go to the vet so I don't think I will be going back. Any advice? Do you think they have mites/a bug?

Any advice would be great, thanks!

Answer
hi Kylie from what you say i would guess they have mites -buy some mite powder from the pet store and rub in it should soon clear up and give there cages a good wash out.
and i cannot see why they are not together in my opinion what the vet said about her wanting to mate is a load of rubbish.
Dave.