Yes its Shmoo. I lost count how many times he has been in short GI slowdowns (10+ probably). But paraffin always “jump started” him within an hour. Its just that combination of too much fluffly angora genes with a bunny that eats half as much as he should (but for some reason he is not loosing weight). He always has a fresh supply of 3 different hay types which are top quality, I try to do everything I can to keep him healthy but..meh it just breaks my heart because he is such a nice bunny…always want’s to cuddle :s.

But this is different…the mass is still in his stomach but lucky he still does not have gas buildup at this time. I know oil can potentially make it worse…but you can’t exactly use drugs that help with hydration as they are effective in the intestine.

Edit: It seems that the obstruction has moved out of his stomach and is no longer causing a bloat. He ate two willow leafs and drank some water. There is considerable gas left in his GIt but that’s something I can deal with. With any luck the obstruction should pass without a problem because it should be slippery. Pulled so much loose fur off him in the past 14h I could make a small pillow the stress accelerated fur loss I think. Just wish someone invented a brush that could do a better job then doing it by hand.

It took him a good day or so to start eating eating normally since the first signs of improvement but he has been great the last two days and is now eating normally. The bloat lasted around 16 hours but it is a very good thing it wasn’t large enough to be lethal.

I generally use my hand to gently pluck out the loose rough fur. Find it to be very efficient and both of my rabbits enjoy it even if it might be bit on the rough side. The two brushes I have really don’t do anything.

Now the thing with Shmoo…I think he has 3-4 layers of fur…the rough fur will be gone quickly and then you end up with extremely soft and thin wool (sides and underbelly#. This is a nightmare to remove the loose because unlike an undercoat which goes away in little patches it still keeps sheading all over the place but is very dense and fine. I can get the Furminator here but is it any good with such thin wool…it is quite big as well ?

The rough coat will explode one area at the time and the wool will go more or less at a slower pace for months…I think I only get a two month break every year :#.

I just wish he would eat more then it would be more managable.My Pika #holland lop) eats 3x as much and her poop size is very healthy #almost too large), doesn’t groom herself as much. But Shmoo is borderline, constantly grooming and can quickly result to a problem if he consumes too much of his fur.