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New coat?

k.mdaniels

Alpha Buck
My little (not so little) lionhead Sammy has a very fluffy coat but a couple of weeks ago I noticed there is a small patch of smoother hair under his fluffy coat.
I just wondered do some rabbits have such a thing as a baby coat and gradually lose it?

He's about 18 weeks old and I have also noticed some darker bits of hair that werent there before.
 
Our lionhead also has a large area on his back where the fur is shorter and darker which has appeared recently, he is 5 months old. Not sure whether this is his adult coat, summer or winter coat appearing. It seees to have got no bigger and he is shedding a lot less fur. Don't know what's going on but you are not alone!
 
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