rex shed

[alicat]

 Hi– My mini rex is having her first real shed (I’ve been lucky until now!).  There is fur everywhere!!  What is the best way to groom her during a shed?  Most brushes don’t do anything for her, is there a certain kind of brush that anyone has had good results with on their rex?

Thanks all!

ali

[Beka27]

I use a very soft bristle, wire slicker brush on both the buns. For my lop it removes a ton of fur. For my mini rex, it removes a good amount. It is a bit tougher with rex fur b/c it is so fine and short, it’s harder to get a lot out. I brush her very, very gently for about 5 minutes. Fortunately, she considers this a good thing b/c she gets attention. She will sit pretty patiently as I brush her. After I brush, I wipe her down with a damp paper towel to get up the loose fur. Others have mentioned using the sticky paper lint rollers to “roll” their bunny, they say it works well, I have not tried this myself.

[LittlePuffyTail]

I use a Furminator on my Mini-Rex during a shed. It must be used VERY carefully, though, because it’s quite rough but when used correctly works wonders. I slightly dampen his fur with wet hands before and after using the tool.

[MimzMum]

lolz…I’ve tried the lint roller on Fiver, Beka…I am lucky to still have my arms attached to my body. ^_^

Not to say that it can’t work, alicat, every bunny is different. But I think the only bun on this site that puts up with the lint roller is Boston.

I really like the damp hand or towel trick. Still not Fiver’s favorite way to be groomed (let’s face it, he doesn’t HAVE a favorite way) but it sure takes the stuff off. They do shed tremendously for such little bunnies, don’t they? 0_o I don’t know where it all comes from. I must’ve taken at least forty bunnies off him in his last shed. Where are they keeping it all??

The main thing to remember is that they have even more delicate skin than most bunnies. You just don’t want to pull too much fluff off at once and you want to be very gentle on that skin. But balance that with you don’t want your bunny ingesting loose hair either, so you can avoid gut block.

[alicat]

 Thanks everyone… I guess I’ll run down and pick up a little brush and try the damp towel.  Oh– and what is a Furminator anyway?  

[LittlePuffyTail]

It’s a new brush made for cats and dogs. It has metal teeth that almost work like a blade. The cat size will run about $30.00 bucks but it’s worth it in my opinion. Especially since I use it on the buns and the cats too. I also find it works well to get fur off the couch.

[LizzieKnittyBun]

Well, I’m happy to say I have the second bun who tolerates the lint roller.  I used it for the first time yesterday and was going to check out people’s thoughts about it, so it’s sort of serendipitous that I came upon this thread.  Remy (mini rex) is started to molt now, and is floofing hair all over the couch.  Brushing hasn’t really been successful in the past (he doesn’t like it, and it doesn’t remove much hair), so I went to get the lint roller and lint-rolled him! 

At first, he wasn’t sure about it.  He didn’t run away, but he gave me a look like ‘whaaaaaaaaaaaaat is that?’ 

Then I put my hands on his head and rubbed his cheeks while I lint-rolled him – up and down his back, and around the sides.  Once he realize it was not a terrifying tool of bunny destruction, he even let me do his forehead and ears.  I was amazed at how much loose fluff came off!  I am definitely going to continue this until his molt is finished, since I really don’t want him ingesting too much loose fur.

Is there any other information I should know about molting? 

I have learned so much from this site 

 

[Sarita]

Make sure he eats plenty of hay and drinks plenty of water during his molt too.

[LizzieKnittyBun]

I will

[kralspace]

I was glad to see this thread, I noticed this weekend that my white mini (ha) rex, Lola is getting ready to molt. She just suddenly looks a size larger, like one of those fluffy flowers you blow on. Be nice if we could blow their coat off too

[TARM]

I just pluck Digger. It’s way easier than de-furing a brush.

[flippersmom]

I had never thought to try the lint brush on the bunnies!!! I have been known to use it on the cats and it does work fabulously!!!!! Thanks!!!

[bunnytowne]

yeah blow their coat off or vacuum it off… sure would be nice….  both mine are shedding I just pet them and a cloud of hair appears.  no more using the furminator though…  just the hairbuster and the slicker….   plus a wide spaced comb to get tangles out of Ruby first.

[TARM]

I tackled all of my bunnies with a shedding blade last night. Digger (my mini-rex) LOVED it, I guess he felt like he was getting his back scratched. He doesn’t usually like to be held but last night not only did he sit in my lap and allow me to brush him for 30 minutes…he closed his eyes and looked like he was taking a nap!

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