If you’re looking for one that’s helpful during shedding, I recommend one with close together metal bristles. It works really great, even though they’re supposed to be for dogs.

Slicker brushes are great, and I also use a Zoom Groom brush.. its a rubber brush thing that the hair sticks to. Works great!

This is the zoom groom cat brush..t he dog brush is too stiff.

I’m a huge fan of the HairBuster comb

That was one session at the beginning of her spring shed a couple of years ago

I also agree with the Hairbuster- it is by far my favorite comb!  And it does snag and hang onto the hair until you pull it off- which helps to make a little less mess inside the house.  I use it on my shorthair cats also and it works GREAT!  I have only ever seen it able to be ordered online- I have never seen it in a local store (unless  you are lucky enough to live close to a bunny rescue that sells it).

The Furminator removes undercoat- but the bunnies do not seem to like it as much and it makes a HUGE mess- the tiny metal teeth do not hang onto the hair that is groomed out.  And it is possible to “over-furminate” a spot, remove too much undercoat and leave a semi-bald spot.

The Zoom Groom works well also- but you have to keep it out of reach of the bunnies because they are attratched to chew and bite it like they are remote buttons!

Wow Wendy, that’s alot of fur. Do you have an Angora?

Nopes – just a 6.5 lb minilop mix!  Her fluff is on the long side of average but nowhere near an angora or a fuzzy lop.

for scale – that’s a 6″ dessert plate

Where do you get one of those brushes?
I use a slicker, combs, and a brush i paid $50 for! (Works best for the dog though). I find useing my hands during shedding time to pinch the clumps loose and a small comb work best for me, but that takes sooo.. long. The critters don’t care much for the slickers (wired ones) so i try not to use them much.

I use a shedding blade. makes a mess but gets all the loose hair.

Posted By Andi on 03/31/2010 04:44 PM
Where do you get one of those brushes? 

hairbuster.com or bunnygear.com   I would like to know from those that have these combs, which one is best suited to what type of fur.  There’s a few different ones with that red insert like the one in Wendy’s picture.   Also, someone mentioned one time how you use them. You comb from base of coat upwards – correct?
 

The comb i use is a TINY little comb that comes with a slicker brush to clean out the brush lol. it has a little hook on the end either is great to help pull apart fur that’s stating to mat. The tangs (is that what they are called?) are really close together, i thin that’s what helps the most, i have a ton of other combs they are no use, unless i need to comb my own hair :p

Ohhhh. She’s adorable.

Haha Zip they just love nubby stuff don’t they! XD

WOW, lotsa shedding bunnies, eh?!

I like the small bristle one that is meant for dogs. It is great on my bunny.

With the hairbuster comb, the technique varies.  IN general I comb with the hair at first, and then come up from underneath if it seems there is a patch or clump that is coming loose.  I also work up from underneath in the butt area where Pepper gets those skirt-y tufts of shed fur that she can’t quite groom off.

The rubber sort of grabs on to the hair and gets it loose and out, and it’s gentle enough because if the hair isn’t loose in the first place it won’t come out. 

Thanks Wendy.