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Major moulting!!!

Sammyp

Young Bun
Hi everyone,

I'm a bit concerned about my young female, Poppy.

She is around 10 months old and was rescued from our animal shelter. She was well handled as a baby, but has always been very nervous!!

Anyway, I had her spayed in March in the hope that her aggressive behaviour and nesting behaviour would stop and also in the hope she might come out of her shell a bit.

When she's out of her hutch she allows me to touch her, but in her hutch she backs away as if terrified I'm going to hurt her :cry:

Her hutch is covered in fur.... Constantly! She is moulting a fair but though, but I can't get close enough to groom her!!
I'm not sure if this amount of fur loss is normal as non of my other 3 have ever been this bad!- or if she is still pulling her fur out (ie nesting)??

I don't know what to do to, she an indoor bunny and the house gets insanely furry! I don't mind but I'm getting worried this amount of fur isn't normal?? :(
She's a lop cross and her head and top half is lovely and tidy but her rear is really fuzzy!!:shock:

Any advice would be great!
 
she might still be abit hormonal if only recently spayed, can take a month or so to calm down , if it looks like she is plucking fur out and nesting? mine are going through a mad moult to, but luckily they let me groom them daily
 
I go in with a hair roller (for clothes) and roll my girls over. They normally back away from stroking, but they liked the roller. I think they appreciated that it was thinning out the loose hair! Might be worth a try and might feel less 'hand is going to grab me'?
 
I use a lint roller too but only use it on really loose bits. My 2 hate being brushed !!

They can lose quite a bit , looks so much you would think they would be bald!!!!

Fee x
 
Thank you everyone! I was just a bit worried! My others aren't like her and I was worried she was pulling it out but I've never seen her do it so she must just be moulting!

At least I know she's not the only one! :D xxx
 
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