rabbit moulting

[what..the?]

I have had my mini/dwarf lop - short smooth coated rabbit since november last year since I have had her she moults-loses fur / fluff contantly so if i pick her up I am covered instantly from head to toe.

I have to change my clothes if I handle her and brush myself off or use one of those lint rollers. When I put her in her indoor run the carpet all the way round gets covered in her expelled fluff. My father cannot visit becuse off his poor breathing and the fluff in the air.

Is this normal - to moult all year round? Is there anything / product that may help my situation. I try to take her outside and brush her once a and week or more but the brush does not seem to do anything - only small amount of access fluff is removed??

[summersoon]

Heya i dont really know the answer to your question.

But when i had a rabbit i read that unlike cats and dogs when rabbits get hair balls they cannot cough them up and this can be dangerous, so id say keep on brushing him, perhaps another ABer can suggest ways of reducing the amount of moulting.

This is a very good website for all rabbit owners:

http://www.rabbit.org/care/index.html

hope this helps, xx

[orange-gnome]

Do you keep her inside or out or both?
Rabbits are used to living outside and have not yet evolved to fit into the recent 'fashion' (for want of a better word) of keeping them indoors. If she is kept inside permenantly she will be moulting constantly to try and shed all that fur that would be keeping her warm outside but is unnecessary inside with central heating etc.
If she spends lots of time both inside and outside this would also mess up her natural moulting.
If she was kept outside all the time.... she would more than likely not have this problem at all, she would moult naturally along with the seasons.