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To be completely honest, I most often recommend people who still live with their parents (and those parents are not completely on board nor knowledgeable about rabbit care) to wait until they move out and have more control to get a rabbit.

While the free roaming arrangements sound fine, there is a lot of money and trial and error needed to…[Read more]

Thinning shears have the teeth on them. They just thin out the fur. Trimming shears would be more like regular scissors. I think you could try the thinning shears and see if it causes the fur to mat. Like I said, they did not work well with wool. But lionhead mane fur is a different texture.

Yes, that’s what I meant by shears. I guess I’ll just try and see. I actually saw a video where they just trim all around similar bun with normal scissors 😯

Hmm… lionhead mane is different than wool. I wonder if thinning shears would work…

She could just be wary of that eye since it got poked… and then rinsed… and there was a lot of fuss. But I would have her seen by a vet soon if it doesn’t seem better after a couple of days. Sometimes a simple poke can cause a lot of damage, especially if a sliver of hay was left behind.

I’d like to thin out my Lionhead’s mane, basically all around face, but the sides the most important (ahhh, whiskers!). It’s much much thicker than other lionheads I’ve dealt with. I don’t think there’s guard hairs in mane. Very little gets hairbusted out; tons of fur from rest of body with hairbuster. I have other brushes too but I don’t think…[Read more]

It depends on the fur type. What are we dealing with? If it’s wool with guard hairs, then I would not recommend the thinning shears. Those seem to just make matting worse. I would use trimming shears that were basically just like regular scissors. Like I said, you need to be very careful though because there isn’t any kind of guard to prevent you…[Read more]

Yes but what kind? I heard that rabbit fur can’t necessarily use same as cats/dogs.

Also, how? I can only find info for shaving and trimming. Or does one just do it like cutting/thinning out human hair?

They sell them for dogs. But you’d need to be extremely careful with them.

There are many members here who have had buns go under anesthesia for dentals, including myself. It is definitely important to do, as unchecked dental issues can create many more problems.

Your vet sounds very competent, so I wouldn’t worry. You can do pre-anesthesia blood work to make sure she is OK for the procedure as well. Dental fillings…[Read more]

Thank you both, it feels a little better to know that I probably couldn’t have done much (other than what I tried) to save her. I just with I could get her back. Now I’m trying to decide what to do with her mom. My sister was looking for another bunny to bond with her rabbit. I should probably keep the mom, but I’m afraid I’ll lose her too. I love…[Read more]

It really does sound like there was something wrong with Judy from the start. It’s not possible to say what of course, but something that was already there when you got her.

Try to not blame yourself. We always do feel some sort of guilt though, but it doesn’t mean you have reason to. It’s normal to feel it though, but it just means you care a…[Read more]

I’m sorry you lost Judy. Honestly, I think you did your best and there was just something very wrong with her. From the sound of it, she was doing poorly from the beginning. Perhaps she didn’t get the proper nutrition as a very young bunny and her gut bacteria didn’t fully establish.