All 3 of my rabbits HATE grooming time. Stormy, my mini-rex, literally sits there shaking, totally traumatized, except for when he’s trying to bite my belly as I brush him, even though I’ve been grooming him several times a week for 4 years! Bindi and Olivia also hate it. They really make me feel like I’m totally torturing them!!! Oh, the drama…

It’s not Edson’s favorite thing either.  He’s very good and actually lies down for me.  But I can never really get his belly very well – he then shakes and I feel bad!

try brushing her somewhere she is not comfortable (but not in danger, obviously). you can put her in the bottom half of her pet carrier on a high kitchen or bathroom counter so she can’t jump off, you can reach her easily, and she’s unfamiliar with the location. never leave her unattended, even for a second, while hse is up high. gather all of your supplies beforehand. what i do with my buns to pick up the loose fur afterwards is rub a slightly damp paper towel over them.

and then i get foot flicked…

Beka ….thank you for telling us about the damp paper towel idea.    I tried it last night on my bun and it worked wonders.  My bun  is shedding now and when I finished brushing her, I stroked her gently with a  damp paper towel.      The damp towel  pulled out more hair the brush did not get.   My bun will only allow me to use a very soft brush on her which does not pull out a great deal of hair.   The paper towel picked up what the brush did not ….. and best of all …. the fine hair sticks to the damp towel … and does not float off into the air.

Also, while I was brushing her, I used another damp paper towel  to periodically clean the hairs off my brush.    The hairs came off the brush so easy and stick to the paper towel.    I then folded up the paper towel and discarded.    Again, no flying hairs or hairs sticking to my fingers.  

whats better? a slicker brush or a furminator? and is the difference in quality and use really worth the price? what do the buns tolerate better?

you’re welcome hippityhopmom… altho i got the tip from someone else on here, so i cannot take all the credit… lol!

i started doing this with my mini rex and it was perfect. mini rex fur is very short and plush and hard to really get off just by brushing, the paper towel really helps.

I have a furminator knock off I got on ebay (and compared with my parents genuine article it’s truly the same thing) it works on dogs well…Not so well on rabbits. I still prefer my slicker brush.

Is it worth the money for the fuminator-definitely not-just get a knock off (I padi 13$ as compared to fifty)

My bun HATES being groomed.  I end up just grabbing her and getting it over with, and the she runs to where the treats are kept for her bribe.

If you look in the lounge for the thread “knot your own bunny kit”, you’ll see what I got off my bun in one session withe HairBuster comb. It’s a metal comb with a rubber thingie in it that helps grab the loose undercoat.  It probably woudln’t be much help on a rex, but it works great.

It’s only $10 plus shipping and if you get it from BunnyGear the profits go to rabbit rescue in MA.

I have that too and it works GREAT!  Couldn’t find your thread though.  How far back is it?

no prob – I’ll repost the pic.

That was ONE session! I got half as much off the next day.

OMG!!! That’s a LOT of hair!!!! Just think if he ingested all that.  I get maybe 1/3 of that during the heavy shedding. You could make a pillow out of that!

OMG! I thought there was still a rabbit in there somewhere.

I work for a company that develops curriculum and textbooks and recently our teaching team asked me for some bunny hair. When a state accepts our textbooks and a school buys them, we send teachers out to “teach” the teachers the best way to present our curriculum which is very much hands-on.

One of our new lab exercises has the students looking at different types of hair under the microscope and they put out the call for human, cat, dog, horses, guinea pigs, rabbits, any they could get hold of. I got a bit from mine but while I was at the rescue the other Saturday, the ladies were brushing the sanctuary bunnies and boy did I get a good bag of fuzz!

Maybe we should offer bags to school supply companies, can’t be any worse than the guys that sell them owl vomit!

Kathy