Does rabbit shed fur madly eats a little bit less than normal?

My buns used to shed fur in Feb., but this Feb. they never did. In the past 2 weeks, my senior bun is shedding a huge amt. of fur. So I use the exotic rabbit fur trimmer to trim her fur twice.

I notice there is a little bit of pellet and a little bit of blackberry left over today. And in the past week, she eat 1/2 a coin of banana instead of 2 coin size of banana.

Just this evening, I took her outside and brush quiet a bit more fur off her body, thank God for for a moderate amt. of wind.

So w/ all these fur shedding, do they eat a little bit less?

Happy Hopping said:

My buns used to shed fur in Feb., but this Feb. they never did. In the past 2 weeks, my senior bun is shedding a huge amt. of fur. So I use the exotic rabbit fur trimmer to trim her fur twice.

I notice there is a little bit of pellet and a little bit of blackberry left over today. And in the past week, she eat 1/2 a coin of banana instead of 2 coin size of banana.

Just this evening, I took her outside and brush quiet a bit more fur off her body, thank God for for a moderate amt. of wind.

So w/ all these fur shedding, do they eat a little bit less?

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Rabbits who's gut motility is slowing down for whatever reason will eat less and their poo output eventually reduces in size/quantity too. Monitoring poo output gives a better idea of how well the GI tract is working than only noting what the Rabbit is eating.

What is their poo output like ?

I'd try to increase their fluid intake by encouraging them to drink as much water as possible. Rabbits tend to drink more from a bowl than from a sipper bottle. I'd feed any veg wet from being rinsed. Hay/Grass is also important to promote good gut motility, as is lots of exercise .

Her poos is very good. It has that golden yellow color, the size and quantity is pretty much the same.

She likes the green more than the pellet and the blackberry, but that has always been the case. So I'll put the same green out but wet it more so w/ water.

The only other strange behaviour is he explores the bathroom for the first few times this week. She chew on the baseboard in the bathroom and I saw her near the toilet bowl. But that could be because she's separate from my new bun Fudgie and doesn't have the mean to explore downstair.

The snow in my backyard is mostly gone. I need to wait the sun to shine in for 2 weeks at my backyard before I can let them out and start the bonding

I would go with what Jane suggested, and fully groom them to remove any loose fur at least twice a week. If they are ingesting the fur, it will affect their gut.

Happy Hopping said:

My buns used to shed fur in Feb., but this Feb. they never did. In the past 2 weeks, my senior bun is shedding a huge amt. of fur. So I use the exotic rabbit fur trimmer to trim her fur twice.

I notice there is a little bit of pellet and a little bit of blackberry left over today. And in the past week, she eat 1/2 a coin of banana instead of 2 coin size of banana.

Just this evening, I took her outside and brush quiet a bit more fur off her body, thank God for for a moderate amt. of wind.

So w/ all these fur shedding, do they eat a little bit less?

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When a rabbit sheds, they often ingest a lot of fur which in turn can cause the gut to slow down and them to eat less.

Have a look at the poos and see whether they are still the same size. Keeping a rabbit well hydrated and also with lots of hay and fresh grass is essential.

I also groom my rabbits every day when they are moulting, to avert any possible stasis

I wonder for those who groom them w/ a brush, how many brush full do you do a day? Because no wonder how many times I brush it, the brush got full, I wet th brush, pull the fur out of the brush, and the cycle repeats. I can easily do 10 brushes full, and there is still more to do. So each time this happens, I'm tempted to use my exotic pet trimmer to trim her again

I use a metal toothed dog comb on my rabbits as I find it does a better job than a brush. If she is moulting heavily, give her a good groom daily until the amount of loose fur starts to decrease. There will always be some more that will come out, no matter how thorough you are. If you keep going for too long, the rabbit will get fed up as well - so a regular, short but thorough going over is what I would recommend.

Trimming the fur won't stop the moult - it just makes each hair shorter - although it may help to reduce the amount ingested.

Happy Hopping said:

I wonder for those who groom them w/ a brush, how many brush full do you do a day? Because no wonder how many times I brush it, the brush got full, I wet th brush, pull the fur out of the brush, and the cycle repeats. I can easily do 10 brushes full, and there is still more to do. So each time this happens, I'm tempted to use my exotic pet trimmer to trim her again

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I use a comb like this one:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosewood-P...pID=41uS-kF135L&preST=_SX342_QL70_&dpSrc=srch


I also groom a couple of times daily - more if moulting really excessively!

that's all I care about, is by trimming, it reduces the amt. of fur that she may lick in to her belly