Rabbit's coat has gone all fluffy

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- 02/15/2018 at 12:35 PM
  JR
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  Would appreciate opinions on whether this is an issue. I have 2 rabbits. Both have this fluffy appearance on their back end. It seems to have happened just over the last couple of months. I don’t, therefore, think it’s moulting that’s causing it.
  
  I have seen the vet and he says it’s nothing to worry about, but it seems very odd to me.
  
  They’re 18 months old and it’s never happened before.
- 02/15/2018 at 5:46 PM
  Mikey
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  What happens when you tug lightly on it? What happens when you brush it? Are both bunnies from the same litter?
- 02/16/2018 at 4:34 AM
  Sirius&Luna
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  It looks sort of like Lionhead fluff to me – could they be part lionhead? It’s strange that it would grow in at 18 months though. My lionhead mix bunnies have those sort of light tufty bits near their bums.
- 02/16/2018 at 5:03 AM
  JR
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  Both bunnies are from the same litter. It doesn’t come loose if I pull it. It feels a little bit brittle so I was worried when it first appeared that it might just be from the damp weather, but it’s not that. They are mini-lop ears so I don’t think there’s any lionhead in there.
- 02/16/2018 at 5:11 AM
  Sirius&Luna
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  Mine are mini-lop lionhead crosses, and look totally like mini lops, apart from some tufts like that around their bums, and one has lots of long hair around her ears too.
  
  Have a look at my old bunny (you can see it more clearly on him)
  https://www.instagram.com/p/BM6B5wmDnDN/?taken-by=sirius_the_bunny
- 02/16/2018 at 10:07 AM
  JR
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  I see what you mean. Interesting.
  
  Maybe that’s what it is. I have the original breeder’s details so I may get in touch to confirm.
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