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- 01/26/2017 at 1:42 AM
  Tr33hu993r
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  So recently we adopted a rescue bunny, Bun Diesel, to bond with our female, Luna. According to the shelter he had been found outside. I’m assuming from his time outdoors he developed some matting. Most of it was just scattered small knots on his back which the shelter informed me of and I have been able to carefully cut out most of them so far with no issue. Still have a few more but he got a little annoyed with me after messing with him for awhile so I let him be. While getting rid of those I noticed he also has quite a few small knots on the top of his hind feet. He will not let me touch them whatsoever. What can I do in this situation? It isn’t horrible matting but I worry if left alone they will only get worse. He had been at the shelter since mid December so I figure if he was able to groom them out himself he would have been able to do so by now. Thanks in advance for your help!
- 01/26/2017 at 2:28 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  For my wooly-ish lop who gets matted, I find the best way to de-mat is to use a small pet trimmer (you can get battery powered ones at Walmart in the dog section for like $10). Safer than scissors as it’s very easy to nick the skin. As for the feet, most buns hate having their feet touched. You could try wrapping him in a towel (bunny burrito) with his back foot sticking out.
- 01/26/2017 at 3:19 PM
  Tr33hu993r
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  Great thank you for the suggestions! Will definitely see if I can find one of those trimmers at Walmart. He is short haired so hopefully will still work on him. He’s a really good boy and will stay still, no problems even picking him up. I went very slow and careful doing the first de-matting because I know that can be iffy to do. Most of them are under his fur so if you look at him or even pet him quickly you might not even realize the knots are there but there were a bunch of little ones and if you pet him for a bit you start feeling little lumps.
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