https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/14647/overgrooming-licking-rabbit Hi, I have seen a case today: 3 y.o male rabbit, weight 2 kg, eating less than usual, passed diarrhoea faeces yesterday, all normal today, some spurs on lower and upper arcade present, owner did notice some blood around the mouth and feet that rabbiten-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/84874?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:06:18 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:35f65051-852c-40cf-afb3-bd9027c243fcJames Laidlaw<p>Cystitis? It&#39;s not urine wetting the ventrum?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/84871?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 19 Mar 2013 09:03:42 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:6af4633c-8c8c-44a2-9c8c-1e6e1f8d268eCatherineThomas<p>I&#39;d take some x-rays while he&#39;s in for the dental. I treated a rabbit that kept chewing it&#39;s skin and causing wounds on it&#39;s flanks. X-rays showed spondylosis and once the pain was better controlled we managed to stop the chewing. I&#39;d guess that your rabbit is painful, either due to the teeth or something else.</p> <p>I&#39;d also take bloods if finances alllow. </p> <p>And make sure you give it plenty of pain relief. If a rabbit is already painful with reduced appetite and then you GA it you&#39;re likely to have more difficulty getting it to eat again afterwards. So be prepared to have to keep it in overnight for syringe feeding.</p> <p>The blood could be coming from the mouth, I find that it&#39;s not always possible to see the erosions in a conscious rabbit using an otoscope. But hopefully you find the source when you do the dental.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>