Bad moult?

Having never had indoor bunnies before, it's not something I've ever had to deal with as my outdoor'sies used to moult fairly quickly.

Autumn has been 'molting' for several weeks now (come to think of it, a couple of months it's been going on), as you can see from the pics recently. I'm beginning to worry something may be up, or am I being over anxious? I do groom her, and the hairs come away in singles (my outdoor buns it came away very easily when you stroked/groomed them - in small clumps at times) but whilst it's coming away in small amounts with her, it doesn't seem to be ending. If we have her on our lap there's always quite a lot of stray hair and when you stroke her you get fly aways etc. She has a line going throughout her body (almost like a horse that's been clipped if that makes sense).

Her appetite, weight and behaviour is entirely normal. She's her active, happy wee self and her poo's are normal. It's literally just the molting. I have checked her fur as she suffered from mites when we first got her (quickly treated) and it looks fine. She's not scratching or over grooming. Is this normal for indoor buns?

We did have the weather turn rather badly about 6 weeks ago iirc - we had a bad cold snap and suddenly started getting icy etc. So we were putting the heating on a lot more. Then it warmed up and has been fairly comfortable since. Could the weather being up and down be the cause? Hopefully you can see what I mean about the 'line' from the pic. Thanks in advance.xx

Hi Jessbun :wave:

All my bunnies have been house bunnies and they've always seemed to have long moults. I think it might be, as you say, the heating going up and down depending on the weather. I think the main thing is regular grooming to remove the loose fur, as you've been doing, so they don't ingest it.

Mine have never seemed particularly bothered by the long drawn out moult, in fact I think it bothers me more because the fur can really imbed itself in the rugs and furniture and I'm constantly using a whole arsenal of hoovers and rubber brooms to bring it out :lol:

Yes, some House Rabbits can have spectacular moults.............







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Scrappy's Little Helper said:

Hi Jessbun :wave:

All my bunnies have been house bunnies and they've always seemed to have long moults. I think it might be, as you say, the heating going up and down depending on the weather. I think the main thing is regular grooming to remove the loose fur, as you've been doing, so they don't ingest it.

Mine have never seemed particularly bothered by the long drawn out moult, in fact I think it bothers me more because the fur can really imbed itself in the rugs and furniture and I'm constantly using a whole arsenal of hoovers and rubber brooms to bring it out :lol:

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Mine have been the same as Scrappy's Always house buns with long moults. They also seem to moult at different times from one another, so there's always hair around and the vacuum cleaner out :lol:

Benjie - house bun moults most of the time. but does a really big moult in Autumn.
Grooming is important so they don't swallow a lot of fur
The only thing to notice - not worry about - is if bunny starts to moult & then stops before it's completed so they get a "moult line".