Fur and biting problems

Hi everyone,

Hope someone can advise please! My two buns have a room to themselves downstairs and plenty of space. Arthur in particular sheds a lot of fluffy fur and I have to hoover every day, Gwen is a shorter fur but she has started looking so scruffy! I feel like a terrible bunny mummy! They both hate being brushed and run away, but Arthur tolerates a little bit if you catch him while he's eating. Should they be shedding so much fur? I don't know what breed they are - Arthur is semi-long fur while Gwen has much shorter fur...

The other problem I've noticed is that there are clumps of fur sticking out of Gwen, and I think Arthur is doing it?! They are both neutered, an have been living together for a year now and I never see them fight but he must be nipping the fur and pulling it out. She looks terrible! My husband and I had to make a grab for her last night (plenty of scrams) so that I could hold her and he brushed loads of fur out. She looked much better but this morning agin she looks like a headgehog!! Why is he doing it?

They have both been eating overweight rabbit pellets for a month as they got a little chubby from having to stay at my mums when we had work done to the house; it would have scared them. I'm going to weigh them this weekend, but would losing too much weight cause the fur issue? Or is it just natural? They weren't like it last year

Thanks so much for any help xxx

I suspect they're just both moulting. One of my bunnies currently looks like she's been dragged through a hedge backwards and has bits of fur sticking up all over her rear-end. Once the moult has finished, I'm sure they'll look like normal again. As for brushing - mine hate it. I tend to put Pod on my lap and then just hand-strip the fur out for as long as she'll tolerate it (which isn't long).

Mackers said:

I suspect they're just both moulting. One of my bunnies currently looks like she's been dragged through a hedge backwards and has bits of fur sticking up all over her rear-end. Once the moult has finished, I'm sure they'll look like normal again. As for brushing - mine hate it. I tend to put Pod on my lap and then just hand-strip the fur out for as long as she'll tolerate it (which isn't long).

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Thanks so much for your reply! I'm glad it's not just my bunnies looking like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards! Neither likes to be picked up or held, Arthur likes snuggles on the floor so I'll just keep brushing as much as I can xx

Yes, when they are moulting it can come out in clumps. I find the easiest thing with heavy moult like that is just to pluck it out with your fingers whilst stroking them - obviously only the lose bits but if you pluck gently the lose stuff comes out and it doesn't tug the rest.

It's amazing how much fluff comes out of a small rabbit!

Tamsin said:

Yes, when they are moulting it can come out in clumps. I find the easiest thing with heavy moult like that is just to pluck it out with your fingers whilst stroking them - obviously only the lose bits but if you pluck gently the lose stuff comes out and it doesn't tug the rest.

It's amazing how much fluff comes out of a small rabbit!

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The floor is covered in fluff again already!!! More hoovering for the morning Gwen is just so nervous and runs away all the time