I think my Moe Moe is molting! Suddenly last week he started shedding like mad, and now every time I pet him, great floofy tufts of fur come off and drift on the air. I used to brush him weekly but now I'm doing it daily. First we tried the FURminator that all my cat-owning friends rave about (it's an undercoat rake) but I found it a little too sharp and unwieldy. Instead, we like the rubber Zoom Groom tool that they sell in the dog grooming section of Petsmart; it doesn't look like much but it's very effective and the bunny seems to enjoy the feel of it. I can really get in there and rough up his coat every which way and pull out whole hamsters' worth of hair, all while he's lying down with his contented little chin on the floor. The trouble with this grooming position is that it limits me to reaching his head and back and bum and sometimes a paw or two, and he won't let me get to his underside. I'm making sure he gets lots of hay, to keep his system going if he does ingest more fur than usual. For me, I have a lint roller and a carpet scraper.
The Internets tell me that this happens a couple of times a year, and can take anywhere from a couple days to several weeks, depending on the bunny. Poor booboo, I hope he's almost done. He's like a dandelion gone to seed. Poof! When I got up the other morning I could tell exactly where he had been sleeping the night before, and in what position, because on my dark-colored rug there was a thick layer of pale fawn fur in a perfect lying-down-bunny shape.
I don't have any specific questions, just wanted to hear your stories of/ experiences with bunny-molt.