Matted foot tufts?

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- 06/08/2015 at 11:19 PM
  JackRabbit
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  Anyone with fluffy bunnies ever had the tufts of fur on the sides of their feet get matted? Marlee and Moshi have always had a tuft of fur sticking out on the outer sides of their back feet, but now the tufts are matted. Marlee’s is about 3/4 of an inch long and as big around as my little finger! The mats are tight. Suggestions?
- 06/08/2015 at 11:32 PM
  Bam
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  Bam has those. I’ve read somewhere that you must never ever trim fur on bunny feet, because they don’t have pads like dogs and cats etc. So I don’t mess with Bam’s fuzzy feet (but I feel an urge to sometimes).
  
  This is just my approach, I’m not sure it’s the right one.
- 06/09/2015 at 6:13 AM
  JackRabbit
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  Thats kindof what I thought but they’re hard and Marlee flinched a littke when I pinched one of hers so I’m wondering if they’re so tight that they’re pulling.
- 06/09/2015 at 6:31 AM
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  I’m pleased bam replied to you before me……
  I would have said ‘cut it off’! LOL!
  
  I’m such a bad bunny mum! Hahahaha……
- 06/09/2015 at 8:10 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Bindi gets mega foot mats. He always did but they are worse now that he can’t wash as well. I don’t pull the ones on the bottom of his foot but if the ones on the side are really big, I take some manicure scissors and carefully cut a chunk of it off, then the rest works out easily in my fingers. I’m always super careful I don’t remove too much fur, though, because that could cause sore hocks.
- 06/09/2015 at 8:23 PM
  JackRabbit
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  LPT — I might have to try that. I was watching her this afternoon and they are starting to stick upward at about a 45 degree angle. I could kick myself for not noticing before we went to the vet on Monday. I’ve been focusing so much on Moshi’s eyes for the last month that I didn’t notice her fluffy foot mats!
- 06/10/2015 at 2:52 PM
  Tessie
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  Theodore gets bit of fluff sticking out the side of his feet – At first I tried pulling it off (sorry Teddy!) and it didn’t work (oops!) so now I just leave them
- 06/10/2015 at 3:23 PM
  JackRabbit
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  Tessie — we did the same thing! I didn’t worry when the tufts looked like pluckable fur, wasn’t until I noticed that they had turned into hard tubular finger-like things that I messed with them. BTW, I’m suddenly seeing all kinds of things about your bunny’s famous daddy — he’s insured for a million! Teddy’s practically a royal baby!
- 06/11/2015 at 2:30 AM
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  Excuse me JR! That is MY bunny Teddy that you are referring tooooo! I don’t know why you are talking to Tessie???
  
  LOL!
- 06/11/2015 at 2:03 PM
  tobyluv
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  I had an American Fuzzy Lop several years ago, who was matted all over when we adopted him. He also got those matted foot tufts. I did the same thing as LittlePuffyTail, carefully clipping them with small scissors, making sure not to get too close to his foot.
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