Best De-shedding Tool

[Elrohwen]

This weekend I tried a new grooming tool for my shedding bunnies and it was so successful that I wanted to share it with other BB folks. The brush is a fine toothed stripping knife. Here is the one I own, though there are similar varieties made by other manufacturers (some cheaper): http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Products-Royal-Select-Stripping/dp/B00DQS3ELA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1381156197&sr=8-1&keywords=fine+stripping+knife

 I have a coarse bladed one for my dog (used to pull out undercoat), but the teeth are too wide to work on bunny fur. Recently I got a fine bladed one to use on the dog’s head, and discovered that it’s fantastic for the bunnies. It works like a furminator, but it’s more gentle and much cheaper.

They are specific to left or right hand use. To use, brush the bunny’s fur with the blade parallel to their body, dragging it back through the coat. Since the teeth are parallel to the skin, it doesn’t seem to irritate them like the furminator, which seems to scrape along their skin. Use one hand to brush, while holding the skin tight with the other hand – it will get a better grip on the fur if you kind of hold their skin taught in the area you are brushing (which is true of most brushes). I can explain it better or provide a video if that’s confusing.

 It was especially great at getting the fur that forms a “skirt” near the tail which I always have a hard time getting out.

[bunnluff]

I got a Shed Ender years ago from Bed Bath and Beyond and it works really well at getting the undercoat fur. You do have to pull it through the fur pretty good, but you will get a lot of fur out. Before this I just used one of those wirey grooming brushes and it just doesn’t work as well.

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