If I ignore it, it'll go away....

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We're watching our friend's bunny for awhile. It's a Netherland Dwarf doe and the kids just adore her. She had been kept indoors, in her cage. But when she came to our place we moved her to a covered spot outside because I didn't want her spraying acidic urine onto our floors. Well, today we noticed something odd...she's got some bald patches. She'd been shedding pretty heavily since we brought her home, but this is extreme. Hubby and I tuned in to Dr. Google and we discovered her spreading baldness could be one of three things: (1) She's either going through a false pregnancy, compliments of being too close to our studly buck rabbit... or (2) She's adjusting to the change in weather. Apparently the smaller breeds of rabbit can go through an extreme "molt". or (3) She has mites or ringworm or some other nasty problem. I refuse to entertain the third option. I just can't deal with any rabbit health issues that may or may not pass to my children. So I'll just bury my head in the sand and imagine that this doe is just acclimating herself to the weather. So, what I need to hear now is that this is perfectly normal. We've had rabbits before but I've never dealt with this. Please, please, please tell me there's nothing to worry about! Somebody? Anybody!