Kit losing fur- not mites

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I swear I had posted this already but cannot find it. So I’m posting again. Sorry if I posted already. But I did post about her on BYC and came here to see if anyone here knew anything more. Or what this could be.

BB is a four week old mix baby of a litter of 8. It was the second accident litter of a brother and sister. She started out as just the runt with a gunky eye and ended up losing all of her fur. This is her at 3 weeks
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This is her now
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She has seen the vet and the vet said there’s no sign of mites. She is healthy and her eye has cleared up. The vet said it didn’t look like she was doing this to herself either. She’s inside and we give her kitten milk replacer with her pellets. I think she has a bit of peach fuzz now but otherwise she’s bald. The hair fell out. While I was holding her when we first brought her inside the fur would fall out on my sweater. Without any pulling or digging from her. Has anyone ever seen anything like this before?
 

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Wow.... uh... crazy.... and no idea....

Is it possible that it is a nutritional issue? Maybe an old or bad batch of pellets?????
 

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Wow.... uh... crazy.... and no idea....

Is it possible that it is a nutritional issue? Maybe an old or bad batch of pellets?????
The pellets are new. We just bought the bag from TSC. If it was nutritional would the other kits have it as well?

Astrex genes?

This is interesting. I’m not sure of the genes at all. We bought the rabbits from someone who breeds them for meat and pets. But he bred random rabbits. He didn’t really know the breed either. Would the vet know about this or would I have to get blood work?

Here’s a picture of the parents and BB’s litter mates. The all black one is the male.
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This is a repost and I found my original post about this. Thank you both for replying.
 

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The pellets are new. We just bought the bag from TSC. If it was nutritional would the other kits have it as well?
You would think so..... but... I have found that some individuals process food more inefficiently than others... so will show nutritional issues earlier than the rest of a group.
 

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You would think so..... but... I have found that some individuals process food more inefficiently than others... so will show nutritional issues earlier than the rest of a group.
That could be it then. Since BB seems healthy otherwise. I’ll ask the vet about it when I talk with her again. I guess she’s consulting a dermatologist about BB to see if they can figure out what it might be.
 
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