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Forum DIET & CARE Drowing in hair!!!

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    • Nicolene
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        Ok, but in all seriousness, we have a serious bunny hair problem around here! We adopted an albino New Zealander in May, and when he first came home we thought he must be going through a major shed, since his shedding was explosive! But it’s been a few months and we’re still eating hair. I’m very clean, and I’m home every other day and I do the regular household chores on those days. We don’t have kids and the other 3 days a week no one is home. Part of our problem, I think, is that we don’t have a lot of carpet. Our house is mostly hardwood. The hair has nothing to stick to, so it just aimlessly float around the house, and collects in corners. Then someone opens a door and a breeze blows through and suddenly you have hair clouds dancing around the room looking for a place to land. I’ve learned to wipe surfaces with damp cloths instead of dusters and brooms, as they just send stuff flying.

        I’ve tried everything. I comb him often, with the comb that has rubber in it and the hair comes out in a never ending fashion, I could comb him forever. I will also sometimes wipe him with a wet face cloth to catch even more hair,  but he still sheds like crazy.

        Is this just the breed?

        Right now I also fostering 2 of his brothers.. 2 more albino new zealanders, so it’s a hairy situation over here to say the least!

        Also, his face is dirty, he has crusty chin hairs from green juices and his forehead is just always dirty. I don’t think he can reach and his wifey is of no use (she prefers to be groomed, not groom).

        Any tricks of the hair catching trade you want to share? I used to judge people with pet hair on their clothes, just a little. And now I AM that person! Haha!


      • Nicolene
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          Shoot, I meant DROWNING.


        • Sarita
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            It does always seem like the white fur is much more noticeable and the New Zealand’s seem to have a more coarse type fur. I’ve never noticed when I’ve had white rabbits that they actually shed more, it just seems like because it’s white, I notice it more.

            He sounds like one messy eater that’s for sure. I would just leave it and it should eventually go away. I’ve never had success in cleaning up my rabbit’s dirty fur.


          • Amys Animals
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              Between my just TWO bunnies I am dealing with a lot of fur. My rescued new Zealand bun doesn’t shed as much as my mixed bunny. Boy he is going through a big shed right now. I need to pluck him tonight. I also need to vacuum since I was sweeping and noticed fur flying everywhere. I can’t see the fur on the tile because the tile is WHITE and my buns are white. Lol so it’s hard to see.

              Valentine, my New Zealand bun did have a messy face at one point but it went away.


            • TH004
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                I highly recommend the furiminator brush. It is expensive, but it really does help reduce shedding. http://www.furminator.com/deshedding-tools/small-animals/small-animal-deshedding-tool

                Does your buns have a cage he sleeps in or hangs out at? My first buns was white and had a lot of random floating hair. I put a soft blanket over her cage and the static of it along with the cage being covered helped keep a lot of the hair in. I also moved her into rooms to contain the hair. In one place she was in my laundry room. When I lived in a studio apartment, she lived in a walk-in closet (it was huge– I had it as my bedroom before I moved her into it!). I put black curtains in the closet’s doorway, to also catch hair. Try to keep a few rooms completely rabbit-free, so that you won’t always feel like you are swimming in hair.

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