Around here, we like to let the bunnies stay a bit hairy until it warms up good. During the summer we trim a little more often, but late in the fall, we stop and let them keep their wool for warmth. They get groomed, but still they end up a little messy, especially the boys for some reason. But it’s just a few little icky spots and we get them all nice and clean in a jiffy. Yes, Corneilus is INDEED a big boy! He is not that much smaller than Ratchet is! Saffron, the carmel bunny is a little better at keeping his hair nice. 
Once I start trimming, Saffron is white underneath! He has a beautiful fiber and I can’t wait to spin from his pretty top locks. This picture above show him half trimmed!
Bunnies are so weird. When you gently lay them on their back, most will go to sleep. I do wonder if it’s just a weird response and they think life is over, I’m going to die and they fake death or something. But Cornelious really likes to do so, and he just seems so relaxed. I may have to look into this further. I know it really helps when it comes to trimming up his belly and legs! They all do it and seem to like it.
Two trimmed up boys! We use scissors because electric trimmers for Angoras are really expensive. Maybe some day… but my little collection of scissors does the job well enough. I just go very calmly and carefully to avoid any nicks.
Lilly is very unsure of the giant kitties… I’m pretty sure she has no clue what they are. Everytime they come in the house for grooming or to visit, she just is so perplexed! This is a picture of Saffron relaxing on his back.
Tora is pretty good about grooming and all, as well, and she produced some lovely gray fiber for us. She looks a little wild in that picture! I think it’s just the texture of her fleece and the lighting or something. She was really pretty good about her haircut.
I didn’t get any pictures of Momo… she was the only pistol of the group and was a bit mad at us. Twice she stomped her foot, and put her ears back! It was kind of funny to watch her little temper tantrum. I think she would prefer to do her own hairdos, thank you very much. But in the end, I won and she was trimmed too. I do think they like it though, afterwards they are always very active and run about, rub and scratch. Then they stretch out for a little snooze. I would love to let them have free range of the house, but they are definitely not litter trained. Guess they will have to settle for grooming visits. Soon, they will be able to go out in their little grazing pen! They like that a lot. We would love to build something big and more permanent for them, just not totally sure what and how. There are so many good ideas on line, but it’s hard to figure out what might work well for us and our bunnies! We will keep looking around.
I did, however, manage to put together my very basic turntable, Lazy Susan-Bunny groomer! I just duct taped a piece of old carpet on it for footing. It’s a lazy Susan that I got at the Goodwill for a couple bucks. It really did make a huge difference! So much easier to move the bunny around for good angles with trimming! Really neat!
Spring must be here… bunny trimming means lovely weather!!!
Pin It