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Wow, this has been a busy day!
I got caught up in doing other chores so was late cleaning bunny habitats. After I got Fiver done, I began Pip’s pen and suddenly there were clouds of ‘hare’ everywhere! So I spent about an hour just pulling fluff off Pip. Now she’s a vigorous shedder usually, but it’s like the whole coat decided to come out today. I literally filled her litter box with her own fur.
She still has a little ‘skirt’ around her rear haunces and up her sides, but most of her fur has come down to just next to velvet. And of course, her royal mane is still with us.
She is not too happy with me at the moment.
Mimzy wound up having to wait hours for his pen to be cleaned.
He looked like that when I got to him. Fiver has been in a state of shed for over a month or two now. It just won’t stop coming. And he’s all patchy looking.
He is SO nasty when it comes to grooming, too. He still attacks the love glove the minute it shows up. I still have the scar on my arm from where he bit me two weeks ago.
Would it ever become necessary for a bunny to have some kind of professional grooming or shave? I’m especially concerned about how much of this stuff Fiver is swallowing.
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Well it was Fiver’s turn to get ‘gloved’ today. Need I say, he was not too happy.
I’ve never been boxed, snapped at, grunted at so much by any of the bunnies as by him. And of course when that doesn’t work he plays the sympathy card and whines at me to make me stop. It just breaks my heart.
I know RabbitPam has dealt with rex sheds. And I am jealous of how lovely LizzieKnittyBun’s Remy has such a gorgeous coat…like satin and velvet. I wonder if either he or Spockie ever had a motley pelt that looked like he fell asleep on the lawn while it was being mowed? I want Fiver to look like Remy, but his fur just won’t cooperate and I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong with how I’m grooming or feeding him that would cause him to have such a ragged look?
Now neither he nor Pip will pose for pictures. (Pip is not about to have me spread her shame all over the internet.) But if I can manage to get one or two, I’ll post them so you all can see what I mean. Their fur has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous!
Fortunately Mimzy doesn’t seem to be prone to the same shed currently…but I know it’s just waiting there like a bomb ready to go off. 0_o -
Thanks Pam.
Hm…well it looks like a nice comb, but…it isn’t too toothy for a rex’s fur? 0_o *gently pokes comb teeth* They look awfully sharp?
And I assume the one I would be looking to buy would be the shorthair one. I think even on Pip’s longer locks, I wouldn’t want one heavier duty than this.
Oh, and I do try to get a swipe off him any chance I get. But he’s no dummy. He sees that hand coming and, if it doesn’t have a cookie in it, it’s time for a grunt, lunge or warning nip. lolz.
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