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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rabbits / January 2005moult
Bob is moulting like nothing on earth. I reckon there's enough fluff coming out of him to make a whole new bunny. He's shedding it in a nice even coat all over his body. I keep trying to pluck bits of it out but he gets shirty at me, storms off and gives me a hard stare whenever I go near him. He's grunted a few times and boxed me when I touched his back leg. (Obviously an area I'm not to go near!!) I shall ask one of the boys to hold him tonight and see if I can comb a bit out as I'm somewhat worried about the quantity he must be swallowing. When I stroke him he's surrounded by a cloud of fluff and it gets into my eyes! He doesn't have any evidence of mites, he has just completed a course of treatment for them, so it must be just a moult. I don't recollect a big moult like this before. My carpet keeps changing colour and my vacuum cleaner cant keep up!! Clare 'n Bob in a very messy house Dave Vacuums his rabbit.... Worth a try! > Bob is moulting like nothing on earth. I reckon there's enough fluff coming out of him to make a whole new bunny. He's > shedding it in a nice even coat all over his body. I keep trying to pluck bits of it out but he gets shirty at me, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Clare 'n Bob in a very messy house  Signature8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump > Dave Vacuums his rabbit.... Worth a try! I haven't managed to convince Nibbler to agree to that - he bites the vacuum and chases it away. He doesn't mind when i go over him w/ a lint roller, though, and that pulls out all his lose hair. I think the best thing, though is a rubber curry brush, like a zoom groom or similar - picks up gobs of hair and doesn't hurt his skin! Signature-Baerana http://www.baerana.com/ ICQ# - 73330878 AIM - Baerana MSN IM - msn@baerana.com jabber - baerana@jabber.org Poor Jumpy bunny. :( He's a long hair, and nothing works except a wire brush. I tried a zoom groom. It did NOTHING! :( Jump hates the brush. :( His hair tangles and knots and has to be brushed out. Merlin's not a problem. >> Dave Vacuums his rabbit.... Worth a try! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > thing, though is a rubber curry brush, like a zoom groom or similar - > picks up gobs of hair and doesn't hurt his skin! Signature8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump I've found a shedding blade is perfect for bunny moult. The teeth are tiny so it doesn't get near the skin and it does a great job of pulling out all the loose hair. Toni & Flapr > Poor Jumpy bunny. :( He's a long hair, and nothing works except a wire > brush. I tried a zoom groom. It did NOTHING! :( Jump hates the brush. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> thing, though is a rubber curry brush, like a zoom groom or similar - >> picks up gobs of hair and doesn't hurt his skin! Tried that! It doesn't reach the knots. :( > I've found a shedding blade is perfect for bunny moult. The teeth are tiny > so it doesn't get near the skin and it does a great job of pulling out all [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >>:( His hair tangles and knots and has to be brushed out. Merlin's not a >>problem. Signature8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump Too Bad. I know what it's like to have knots in the hair and they are no fun. I didn't realize bunnies got knots. My Old English Sheepdogs used to matt something awful. There were times all I could do was shear them. I also have a de-matting blade. I don't know what a bunny would think of having that thing run through his hair though. I'm out of options. Toni & Flapr > Tried that! It doesn't reach the knots. :( > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >>>:( His hair tangles and knots and has to be brushed out. Merlin's not a >>>problem. Thanks! > Too Bad. I know what it's like to have knots in the hair and they are no > fun. I didn't realize bunnies got knots. My Old English Sheepdogs used to > matt something awful. There were times all I could do was shear them. I > also have a de-matting blade. I don't know what a bunny would think of > having that thing run through his hair though. I'm out of options. Signature8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump Quark's skin gets sensitive during a shed. I have a small rubber curry brush for him, too. He tolerates it better than he does the other brushes. Sometimes he lets me pluck him. Other times he acts like it irritates him. I think his skin is more sensitive than Jessie's is. Jessie will let me pluck her and comb her with anything. Anita, Jessie, and Quark ... I think the best >thing, though is a rubber curry brush, like a zoom groom or similar - >picks up gobs of hair and doesn't hurt his skin! I cant imagine Bob allowing me anywhere near him with a vacuum cleaner, he doesnt like it, its noisy and very powerful. He'd probably get hurt by it anyway. Perhaps I should get a small hand held one for this purpose. My Grandmother used to have a cat called Micky who loved the vacuum cleaners. He'd lift his legs up so we could vacuum under them with the hose and would sit on the big vacuum cleaner whilst we cleaned the carpet. (a favourite past time when me and my siblings were at Nannys!!). I think Nanny trained Micky to do this so we'd to her cleaning for her!! Clare 'n Bob Dave Vacuums his rabbit.... Worth a try! Clare Valentine wrote: > Bob is moulting like nothing on earth. I reckon there's enough fluff coming out of him to make a whole new bunny. He's > shedding it in a nice even coat all over his body. I keep trying to pluck bits of it out but he gets shirty at me, [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Clare 'n Bob in a very messy house Signature8-) Professor :-P Merlin & ;-) The Jump > I cant imagine Bob allowing me anywhere near him with a vacuum cleaner, he doesnt like it, its noisy and very powerful. > He'd probably get hurt by it anyway. Perhaps I should get a small hand held one for this purpose. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Clare 'n Bob I vacuum both of mine with the dyson. LOL! Works great! But then I have rabbits that refuse to even move out of the way when I vacuum. They just lay there and ignore you, even if you let the cleaner touch them. ha SignatureCarrie, Twilight and Venus See our pictures at; http://community.webshots.com/user/carriephlyons I feel your pain. Jessie has been shedding for a long time. Quark is now losing all of his hair, too. Our house looks like the inside of someone's house slippers. Anita, Jessie, and Quark >Bob is moulting like nothing on earth... Look at it this way ... It may be somewhat expensive to keep bunnies, but you get Angora rugs out of it ;-) SignatureDori ... Beeb, Cissy and Monkey/Munk-ette ??? -------------------------------------------------- >I feel your pain. Jessie has been shedding for a long time. Quark is > now losing all of his hair, too. Our house looks like the inside of [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >>Bob is moulting like nothing on earth... lol! Look at it this way ... It may be somewhat expensive to keep bunnies, but you get Angora rugs out of it ;-) SignatureDori ... Beeb, Cissy and Monkey/Munk-ette ??? -------------------------------------------------- >I feel your pain. Jessie has been shedding for a long time. Quark is > now losing all of his hair, too. Our house looks like the inside of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >>Bob is moulting like nothing on earth... |
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