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Yes, all rabbits molt. They will initially molt their baby fur into an adult coat. After that, they'll typically molt in the spring and fall -- get rid of the summer coat, grow the winter coat, get rid of the winter coat, grow the summer coat. Some rabbits will molt when stressed, or when given too much rich food (like BOSS - black oil sunflower seeds). It seems to be a common practice for rabbits to wait to molt until the day before a show. :lol:
Some rabbits blow their coats in giant clods of fur, even leaving bald spots (this is the favorite way among show rabbits, because it leaves the owner with a rabbit that looks like it just got a haircut with blunt hedge trimmers wielded by a maniac). Others just generally lose individual hairs all over their bodies, which makes it difficult to tell that they are molting -- except that there's more and more fur around, hanging like clouds from the cage and such.
Hay is a good thing to keep available during molting, as it will help carry ingested fur through the body. Some will feed papaya tablets as a preventive measure, as the enzyme helps break down the fur and help it pass.
During molting, a rabbit may eat less. It is important to watch and make sure the rabbit does continue to eat and drink, and that it continues to poop normally. If you start seeing lots of bunny berries dangling from the floor of the cage, you might want to go ahead and start that papaya, or feed fresh papaya or pineapple to try to break up the fur that has built up in the stomach. If the rabbit completely stops eating, it is an emergency. You can search for back threads on wool block to help you be prepared.
Some rabbits blow their coats in giant clods of fur, even leaving bald spots (this is the favorite way among show rabbits, because it leaves the owner with a rabbit that looks like it just got a haircut with blunt hedge trimmers wielded by a maniac). Others just generally lose individual hairs all over their bodies, which makes it difficult to tell that they are molting -- except that there's more and more fur around, hanging like clouds from the cage and such.
Hay is a good thing to keep available during molting, as it will help carry ingested fur through the body. Some will feed papaya tablets as a preventive measure, as the enzyme helps break down the fur and help it pass.
During molting, a rabbit may eat less. It is important to watch and make sure the rabbit does continue to eat and drink, and that it continues to poop normally. If you start seeing lots of bunny berries dangling from the floor of the cage, you might want to go ahead and start that papaya, or feed fresh papaya or pineapple to try to break up the fur that has built up in the stomach. If the rabbit completely stops eating, it is an emergency. You can search for back threads on wool block to help you be prepared.