Grooming Questions

[LoveChaCha]

Tonight, my friend held Chacha as I clipped her nails. My friend has Lionhead bunny of her own

Anyways, Chacha got a little unsteady at times, so my friend put her down on her lap and pet her to calm her down. It worked.

However, I noticed that there was hair coming off to Chacha!! Like a normal shed

I brush her once a week, and no hair comes off. I only brush her top coat, as she dislikes me having hold her. But the hair that came off as my friend held her was black. Chacha has black fur on top, and a white/tan belly.

Do I need to buy another brush? Any brush suggestions to get the excess hair off?

[BinkyBunny]

Uh Oh, sorry this post was missed! One thing to note is when a bunny is stressed, like when I hold my bunnies for nail clippings etc or when they go to the vet they shed like crazy. My vet told me it is a stress response that actually helps rabbits escape predators (because  their hair comes loose so easily during stress).  So this could be what’ s happening when your bunny is being held or on someone’s lap.

However, since rabbits molt four times per year (and many are molting right now) so you may be seeing a bit of that too. My favorite comb is from the hairbuster! http://www.hairbuster.com but you have to be gentle when you reach a section that it doesn’t want to go through otherwise it’ll pull on the hair. (like how a comb feels on our heads when it hits a little tangle – ouch)

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Mine are all blowing their coats right now-tons of hair coming off. I brush every day during a molt and it seems like they’re still little fuzzbutts. And the dog too-It was fine when I had just two bunnies-but you should see a house with five shedding animals lol

I like cat ‘slicker’ brushes, and the furminator but best is wet hands and plucking

[sophie*bun]

My bunny loves the vacuum. Every time she sees it she will nudge you until you vacuum her.
I bought a special pet brush attachment at a department store and it seems to do the job quite well.
There are different brushes available, I bought one that works well from my vet, but I think it’s meant for cats?
Also, plucking works, just not too hard.

[Balefulregards]

Yeah – I am awash in Fur right now too…Every time Istop brushing and think “That should be good until at least tomorrow” a giant cyclone of hair springs up from another corner.

Coco will not tolerate the brush – BUT she will allow me to pluck her, so I do a shortened version of the body rub, with “Pluck, Pluck, Pluck” on the edges. I get a good portion for as long as she will allow me to do it…then she gets annoyed and hops into the maze.

Jackson will allow the Cat slicker brush ( the wire ones) – He is MUCH bigger and it actually seems to work better on him as his undercoat is much finer and he sheds in a different pattern than Coco. She has a very “Start at the head first and move back” shed pattern – He is just everything at once, like a tree in fall.

[jerseygirl]

Posted By sophie*bun on 03/08/2010 12:41 PM
My bunny loves the vacuum. Every time she sees it she will nudge you until you vacuum her.
I bought a special pet brush attachment at a department store and it seems to do the job quite well.

Tehe!  I wonder if Rumball’s previous owners ever vaccuumed him? He always comes and finds me when I’m vacuuming.  I’d be too scared to do it though.

[katiep]

ok so i’m going to add this in a post i posted a little while back but I thought this might be a good place to post it too.  I just found the absolute BEST brush for mats in long haired buns and other animals!!  I have a jersey wooley who hates being brushed  but this comb actually got a whole mat out in maybe 10 minutes instead of trying to pick it out for 30!  I try to keep her grooming up but sometimes life happens and I don’t have a chance to get at them as much as I’d like but probably in 2 10minute sessions she will be mat free!!  I’m so excited!  I will post a picture of the brush in the packaging.  Hopefully someone will find it as useful as I am finding it!
 

[Monkeybun]

For Monkey and Moose, I use a slicker and a grooming tool called the Zoom Groom, the one made for cats. The dog one is to stiff… it works great at getting loose fur off of them. Monkey will even tolerate it for a few moments before zipping away.

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