Regular weekly brushing is especially important during a moulting period. Brushing will remove a large amount of the fur that your rabbit would otherwise injest during her self-grooming. Rabbits are VERY clean animals, and they wash and groom themselves repeatedly throughout the day. Note that bunnies with long hair, such as the Jersey Wooly or the Angora, will require daily brushing to keep the hair from matting and tangling. I have tried several types of brushes over the years... but the most effective one I have found is shown below, and can be purchased at your local Pet Smart. The third and fouth pictures show you the amount of fur that I brushed and gently tugged off of Jacub during an approximate 20 minute brushing session. The bulk of all this fur would otherwise be injested as he grooms himself... so it is a terrific preventative measure against fur-block. However, you should not panic if your rabbit is too flighty to sit still for brushing, so long as he/she has long grass hays available to them at all times. If your rabbit is nervous and skittish, I would encourage you to work with him/her every day so they become comfortable with being touched, petted and brushed. My own rabbits accept petting, but are not keen on brushing, so I put them on a tabletop surface, and brush them there. This way they are to nervous about falling off the table, and will not struggle much against my brushing them.

I should mention also, that since rabbits are such insatiable cleaners, they do not require baths. In fact, to give your rabbit a bath is to put her under a great deal of stress, which could lead to her becoming ill. The only times when rabbits do require a bath are when they are suffering from dihharea, or if you are combating yellow, urine-stained fur. However, even under these conditions, I would recommend that, where possible, you blot out the stain with water and a wash cloth and avoid the bath.