Hello!

So Nellie seems healthy but we rescued her at the age of 5/6 so there are some unknowns – we do know that she lived off a pellet only diet before us. She keeps getting recurring bouts of gas, maybe ever 2 months. I am usually very quick to act – depending on time of day I go straight in with tummy rubs, smithecone and loxicom and it sets her back on track.

I am unsure whats causing this, I feel its not diet related as I put more effort into Glenn and Nellies diet than I do my own. My thoughts are she is somewhat inactive, she runs around now and again but is generally a loaf. My bigger concern is hair, she has such fluffy long hair and does all the grooming for herself and Glenn, this shows in occasional misshapen and strung together poops. Weird thing is when I try and brush her barely anything comes off? Ive also never seen her shed or seen any significant amounts of her hair around… Its as if she doesn’t actually molt and instead just continously looses and grows hair in the way that humans do?

Maybe I should just shave her regularly with pet clipper as oppose to brushing her with little success? Shes also incredibly scared of people, as a lot of bunny’s are but I mean realllly anxious, after about 7 months we’ve only just managed to get her allow us to pet her while she’s eating, she wont take food off strangers etc and wont eat sometimes for a couple hours after handling- bottom line, daily brushing is off the table, she just can’t handle that stress- at least for now.

Any thoughts or suggestions on things I could try or perhaps other symptoms to look out for?