Angoras don’t have guard hairs, just wool, so they get wet if it’s moist – that’s why they shouldn’t be kept outdoors.

I don’t know what’s the best way to handle their fur, but people that raise a small nr of angoras for their wool usually shear them 4 times/year, 3 times/year for satin angoras. They have to get hair off of them three-four times a year, so just leaving the fur isn’t an option. 

I thought plucking was painful for the angora, but I don’t know. Plucking out loose fur can be done of course, I do that with my Bam.

Please don’t feel like you’re asking too many questions or are starting too many threads. It’s what the forums are for 

I know a few people that have angora just because they love the long coats and they blow out their angora coat about twice a week to prevent mats and get rid of loose fur. Obviously when doing it that way you can’t really collect the wool to use but if you don’t plan on doing that then blowing out the coats would be easier

Plucking in the literal sense is very cruel. There are some very disturbing videos online taken at angora farms in China. Obviously we would not advise that, so it’s important to make that distinction.

I think when you see angora owners talking about plucking their rabbit, they simply mean they are pulling the already loose fur off. Angoras with guard hairs (i.e. French) typically go through a shedding cycle where they blow their coat a few times per year. I’m not sure about English angoras. Anyway, the wool will start to loosen and slide down the guard hairs. It can easily be removed by “plucking” it off or simply by grooming with a comb. This is the preferred method for people who are harvesting the wool for spinning because when you use shears, the guard hairs get mixed in with the wool.

I only know this because I have a Jersey wooly. He will shed all at once a few times per year. I can always tell when the fur is loosening because his coat actually becomes lighter in appearance. I will use a Hairbuster comb to remove the loosened wool. It’s really weird looking at it because it literally just comes off in chunks and it can reveal “bald” spots that are nothing but dark guard hairs underneath.