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Forum DIET & CARE Tips for Brushing Your Bun?

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    • Frankie and Cash
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        Any tips for brushing (and removing the fur) from a bunny that doesn’t like to be groomed? One of our rabbits, Frankie, is about 7.5 lbs, is an alpha bunny, and hates to be brushed. We used to be about to distract her by giving her oat hay and brushing her while she ate, but she’s caught onto that trick and won’t let us near her with a comb. The other only method I can think of would be to have my wife restrain Frankie while I brushed her. Thoughts? 


      • MoxieMeadows
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          Hmm, Do you have any sort of bond with her?
          It really helps if she already trusts you. I have an angora, which you might know have LOTS of fur and need to be groomed regularly. She’s 8 pounds, so not much bigger than your bun. I would try starting short grooming sessions everyday that are rewarding for the bun (yummy treats like banana or pineapple). And make sure the sessions end on a good note. The thought I’m thinking about restraining Frankie, is that that would be very unpleasent for her, and she would learn to dislike it even more.


        • Frankie and Cash
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            Well, we adopted Frankie when she was about six months old from the local animal shelter and from the paperwork we received, it sounds like the previous owner was not abusive, but kind of dropped Frankie in with some guinea pigs and didn’t properly socialize her with other animals/people. Since being in our home, Frankie learned to trust us somewhat. She will us pet her and sometimes even play with her. But she hates to be picked up/handled, but the reps from the local chapter of HRS strongly suggested that we being picking Frankie up more so she’ll become accustomed to it. But since we’ve started picking her up more, the less trusting she’s become of us.

            In the instances we do have to restrain Frankie, let when we clip her nails, we do try and end the session with a treat and a petting session, but typically she’s so angry she just runs away.


          • MoxieMeadows
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              When I got my bun, (she was a baby, only 8 weeks old) she was actually very aggressive. She had never been handled and wasn’t really used to people. To top it off, her mother was not really the sweetest flower in the patch to say the least. My bun HATED being groomed, and it was horrible. She would bite to draw blood, and run away and hide. It took us many months before she would let us groom her with little to no problems. I found out taking it slow and following her pace and what she’s comftorable with worked great. It’s not the fastest route, but It worked okay for me. My bun is now 1 year and almost 5 months old, and she loves people now and doesn’t mind being brushed. (although she still hates her nails being done).

              How long have you had her?


            • Frankie and Cash
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                We’ve got Frankie earlier this year in March.


              • Little Lion Head
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                  Frankie and Cash we struggle with this as well. We finally ended up setting a towel on the counter and I held Pumpkin while the hubby combed her out. She certainly didn’t like it, but she had no where to go, so we didn’t have to restrain so hard. We still held on in case she tried to jump though. We followed up with a pumpkin cookie and she got over it in about a half an hour.


                • LBJ10
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                    I generally just corral Wooly on my lap and comb/brush him as long as he will tolerate it. He’s generally angry with me afterwards, but he always looks for his treat before running off and flicking his feet.


                  • JackRabbit
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                      We just brush ours every evening during salad time. No picking up involved. It took a few days for them to accept the idea, and Moshi occasionally rebels a little but they know the drill now and are super easy to brush . . . until their salad is all gone!


                    • Kokaneeandkahlua
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                        Brush brush treat, brush brush treat-session over for now Just do a few strokes, follow with a treat or feeding (if it’s pellet time) and call it quits. Do it several times a day until they like it or tolerate it Then keep brushing a few days a week for short periods of time to maintain.
                        Trying to brush all the loose fur out in one or two sessions will just seriously annoy most animals


                      • Frodo Baggins
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                          Frodo only tolerates brushing for a little while. I actually just finished with a groom session tonight since he is molting. While he will take treats while being brushed/comb, to make any headway I tend to just put him on his side and use the fulminator/hair buster till I get a good amount of hair and switch it up and do the opposite side. He generally tolerates this well.

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