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Snowy my free-ad bun now has reeaalllyyy long fur. When he came to me 5 weeks ago his fur was short as the previous owner had given him a good hair cut.

He is quite a nervous bun and I have not been able to handle him very much. I've noticed that some of his fur is getting a bit matted. I've tried grooming him but am only able to do his back. The fur around his back-end is very long too and I have not been able to check his bum. He is off to the vets on Tuesday so am going to ask the vet to cut out the matted fur.

Would the vet give him a good haircut and would they do it regularly or do vets not do that sort of thing?
 
im sure they would if you asked them. Is he an angora? Looks just like a dwarf lop in your sig so cant figure out what he is.. or is he a lionlop??
I use cat flea combs and another cat comb with alternative short and long teeth. I lay them on their backs to do their bottoms and around their tail as that area often matts. Also need to check under their front legs. I hope you can get him sorted.
 
Why don't you cut out the mats and afterwards keep him tangle-free? Or is he that jumpy that you can sit him still?

The vet might do that. Not sure...

--Kiya--
 
I'm not sure what he is... someone suggested that he mite be a lionlop.

This is what he looks like now:

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To be honest.. it's probably a lack of experience and confidence on my part and he's soooo jumpy I am unable to get hold of him, he gets so stressed that I give up trying to. I will see what the vet says tomorrow.
 
I had an angora cross (Lily) who was a rescue bun. I used to groom her every day. They don't like it much, but eventually sort of get used to it. I used to find the best thing was to keep her fur clipped back and just brush it through every day.

You will need some proper scissors that are round at the end and they are slightly bent around so that when you cut they go away from the rabbit (hope that makes sense!). You have to be extremely careful when cutting bunnies fur as they have such thin delicate skin it's easy to cut them open. I had a couple of accidents with Lily and it's so upsetting for both them and you.

Your vet should be able to help in this instance, my vet had to help me out a couple of times with Lily and they are usually quite willing to help. Also, because their fur is a different sort of texture they tend to be more prone to getting a mucky bum so keep an eye out for that.

Hope this helps a bit.
 
me again.... i just found this on the internet. the scissors I was on about are the second ones down, the curved grooming scissors...

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=8941&cm_mmc=Shopping%20Portal-_-ShoppingDotCom-_-Dogs-_-Curved%20Grooming%20Scissors%20(5-3/4%20long)&ref=3554&subref=AA&GCID=C12188x006&ctt=64
 
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