Behavior and Attitude during Molting

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- 03/18/2019 at 8:44 AM
  Lord Bonton
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  So, i have never had a long haired bun thats gone through a very heavy molt before. (previous other 2 buns were fairly short furred). Bonton is an american fuzzy lop thats been slowly shedding his undercoat for about 6 weeks now. Its getting very close to his butt, so hopefully he will be done soon. He gets groomed every night(as much as he will tolerate) to help avoid him ingesting too much fur. He still ingests some, but the string of pearls have been spaced well so i assume its moving through ok. We will get the occasional fur poop or where 2 are closer together and the rest are fine. During this time he will have stretches days at a time where hes more cage aggressive, and generally grumpy and avoids us. Is this a fairly normal occurrence? Ive also noticed that his poop size will vary as well during this time, but the volume is generally the same, maybe a bit less. Hes eating hay, drinking water, and pleased for his dinner chow and begging for food.
- 03/19/2019 at 6:34 AM
  Bunny House
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  My lop always acts extra sassy during molts, which I would if I had hair breaking through my skin and being so itchy all the time, but it’s normal for slot of buns to act grumpy!
- 03/19/2019 at 7:27 AM
  Asriel and Bombur
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  Always grumps during a molt xD
- 03/21/2019 at 1:25 AM
  kurottabun
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  I think it’s understandable that they’re grumpy during a heavy moult. When Kurotta was having a crazy moult that lasted a few months, he was always itching and scratching. Honestly to me, that looks prettttty annoying to go through!
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