I recently tanned a jack rabbit with Krowtann 2000, followed all directions according to the bobcat and fox tanning directions and had bad hair slippage. I know the hide was not bad because I shot the rabbit myself and was frozen right away after caping. I also followed the directions for nuetralizing and I dont see how I would have over nuetralized the hide. Does anybody have any idea what might have gone wrong. Thanks for your help.
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I found out the hard way, THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO WHEN YOU SKIN SOMETHING IS SALT IT, SALT IT, SALT IT. Let it dry right out and this will almost certainly ensure that you wont have hair slippage. Salting locks the hair right down. then rehydrate in cool water with a handful of salt in it then rinse it and tan it.
You probably over-fleshed the skin, the skin had unprime or injured areas, or when you were skinning the animal, you pulled too hard on the hairs. Your freezer may have gone bad for a short time, you may have tried salting then freezing (a strict no-no), or you may have rolled the skin in to a ball after caping.
It's common to slip a rabbit or chinchilla this way and it has nothing to do with salt.
Specific to animals who are shot, they can get "bullet burn" and the hairs surrounding all areas may slip.
Try another jackrabbit, if you get good results, you'll confirm it was just that animal.