california-rex mix rabbit

Question
my daughter got me this rabbit for christmas my 3 daughters and i love him very much .mut yesterday while my seven yr old was holding him he jumped out of her arms n back into the cage but on the way back into the cage a tiny patch of fur was scraped off his face in between his eye n nose it didnt bleed much n seems to only be a bald spot for now.my daughter feels awful she is a wonderful animal lover she feeds the wild bunnies outside all the time.my question is will his hair grow back n is there anything i can do to make sure his wound doesnt become infected?please help me i really want my daughter to feel better n let my bunny know we love him.

Answer
Hi,

personally ifit was my rabbit, here is exactly what I would do.

1. If (IF) I had just regular neosporin (NOT neosporin plus) in the house, I would coat the wound with a light layer of regular neosporin.

2. I would go to my good regular rabbit vet to have him examined to make sure it doesn't appear any infection is present or appears to be forming.  You don't want infections around the nose/sinuses/eyes/brain/ears.  All of those structures are very close to each other and infections will travel between them.  The worry is the infection is in the skin, and then moves into the muscles and bone and into other areas.

If you need to find a good rabbit vet around you (not all are), start here:

www.rabbit.org/vets/vets.html

to find a House Rabbit Society recommended vet near you.

He should have a general checkup exam every year anyway, at a minimum.  If he hasn't had one in awhile it's good to get him in to make sure there's nothing else going on and you can know he either has a problem or (except for the nose scrape) has a clean bill of health.