grooming Lionheads

[prince dorian the bun]

So I don’t regularly groom Dorian, only when he molts about 4 times a year (well around a couple weeks to a month 4xs). But new bun Lillian Miu is a Lionhead mix (other part lop) and she’s got a lot more fluff, it also seems to get tangled and get stuff stuck in it. I have sort of just used my hands for now as she’s still getting used to us, but the comb I use on Dorian seems a bit more than I need since she’s not actually molting and I could see it just pulling her fur and make the whole thing more unpleasant. If you have a lionhead what do you use? & how often do you do it?

[Bam]

I had a teddy-lionhead (named Vilde, a beautiful boy). I used a small slicker brush on him. It was the only thing I could make work. The fur I brushed off I saved, and some it came in handy when he developped sore hocks after a prolonged period of illness.

 

[prince dorian the bun]

Thanks Bam! I managed to get some of her tangles, but she’s got a piece paper matted in her butt floof that I am just not able to get at. Is it OK to trim that area a little?  I  won’t until she’s more settled, but it picks up everything.

I don’t know how people manage Angoras!

[LBJ10]

There is nothing wrong with shaving or trimming the rear area. Just be careful not to cut too close to the skin. You wouldn’t want to accidentally cut her. French angoras are actually surprisingly easy to maintain because they have guard hairs. The fur doesn’t mat as easily. I had a Jersey wooly, which is a same fur type. I used a hair buster comb.

English angoras are typically shaved. It’s difficult to comb or brush through their fur. I can’t imagine lionhead fur is as bad as that, but it probably isn’t as easy to comb through as French angora wool. I did have a technique though. I would lift the fur up and comb underneath first. Then I would work up and out.

[BZOO]

I got the comb off this website, works well.  But neither Walter or Boo really have any matting issues…so far anyhow!

[prince dorian the bun]

Thanks everyone.  I  would just trim it a bit so it doesn’t drag across the floor. Her furs just not as silky as Dorian’s so it seems to tangle super easy. She was bopping about with a piece of paper on her butt for days as I just couldn’t get it off. Looked so silly. Finally got it, but noticed a couple matts. Lunch usually means some greens stuck on her, at least she usually gets those herself or let’s me get them. Maybe she’s just a bit of a messy bun though.  No judgment from me!

[ParsleyBun]

I use a baby comb for my Lionhead and Jersey Wooly and just cut out mats. 😛

[prince dorian the bun]

Oh baby comb may be an idea!

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