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BINKYBUNNY FORUMS

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- 04/21/2018 at 8:33 AM
  blossomisabun
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  First question: FLEA TREATMENT
  
  I know it is not safe to use any Frontline product for fleas on my rabbits. However, Revolution is no longer effective on my cats, nor is Advantage, so I am switching to Frontline Plus this time around — on the cats only, not the rabbits.
  
  My question is, even though I am not using the Frontline Plus ON the rabbits, will it be okay to use it on the other animals? My mind jumps to all kinds of things like a flea from one of the treated cats jumps onto one of the rabbits… could there be any kind of dire consequences?
  
  Second question: THE NEVERENDING STORY OF MATS
  
  My overly fluffy puffball Jersey Wooly, Blossom, has mats again. Bad mats. I groom him several times a week, which is traumatic for both of us. He was partially shaved earlier this year when he went to the vet for GI stasis treatment. It has all grown back, I have used scissors to trim where I can, but it’s such a horror story and it makes searching for fleas even more difficult. My search for local bunny groomers has turned up nothing. I have an electric trimmer with different length blade guards used for human hair. Can this also be used on the rabbit? If so, what should I know, other than using a blade guard, if I try it? Has anyone here successfully kept the mats at bay this way?
  
  Thanks!
- 04/21/2018 at 10:53 AM
  simbabunny
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  When I got my bunny, he had really bad mats too. How long has your bun had mats? I trimmed them with scissors VERY carefully. But over a couple months of him shedding after the winter season, they went away. I’m not sure if you can use an electric trimmer or not. Good Luck!
- 04/21/2018 at 8:57 PM
  blossomisabun
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  He has had mats repeatedly since his fur grew out fluffy like it is now. He came from a litter of nethies and he was *supposed* to be one, too, but it grew fluffy within a few months. He was born in December 2016 and by April he was already matting for the first time. We theorize someone in his lineage was a Jersey Wooly. His fur is insanely thick, fluffy, and super fine. There are no guard hairs and it’s always a huge mess. I’ve managed to cut most of the mats on his side and back off in the past, but I can’t get to those on his chest, jaw/neck, or tail area.
  
  It got tamed for a bit when he was shaved for neuter surgery and when he was treated for GI stasis in early January. But it grows back quickly and mats badly with dander and junk right at his skin, so they hurt a lot when I try to break them apart with a rake and scissors. I’ve bought every single recommended comb or mat splitter/rake from every shop around and some online. Nothing so far makes it any easier on either of us, and I can’t afford frequent professional grooming, if I could even find anyone other than a vet to do it (there’s no actual groomer there.)
  
  I just want to be able to control the mats myself and not have this bad matting so frequently.
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