Just wondering.........

[Dreamerz]

They are sheared right now and look hilarious with their ear furnishings and bare tails and bodies

Like the poor naked baby in your pic :lol:

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Angoras look so pittiful when they are clipped down.

 

[Piper]

I am holding off on angoras. My male lop (year old around Easter) testicles have desended. I thought they stayed as easy to manage , 1/2 dollar sized bumps. They have gotten larger, some squirrels are not so well endowed. When it first started getting hot (a few weeks ago), I brought him in the house and put him on straw, in a flat bottomed cage. He managed to get urine burns on tender parts of his undercarriage. :blush:
He is just now starting to groom his nether regions again, but the area is still yechy. [Think old type bow legged cowboy, walking down street]
I have been trimming (with scissors) the (matted, pilled) hair in that area, a bit at a time, to keep from accidentally neutering him. :doc:
He does appreciate it and shows me by being wanting head rubs, once he is back in his cage. The problem is that when he is on his back being trimmed, he is not an happy camper and does not let me do it for long. I feel like the shark -> :sharkisland:
Hope to be able to see a (male!) angora being trimmed, before I make the jump. Angoras seem to be used to electric clippers, in utube videos that just seem to :meditate: which could have made a problem like this, easier to take care of.

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

I have clippers but don't use them on mine, I pluck by hand. Less chance of nicking the bunny and mine seem to love it. No accidental neutering involved!

 

[AnnClaire]

They are sheared right now and look hilarious with their ear furnishings and bare tails and bodies

Like the poor naked baby in your pic :lol:

Sorry, I couldn't help myself. Angoras look so pittiful when they are clipped down.

Hey, watch it buster, that is my very handsome, very sweet herd buck! LOL He is such a gentleman and really likes to be sheared in the summer months But they do look funny, just don't laugh in their face <br /><br />__________ Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:03 pm __________<br /><br />Piper,

I hear you about dealing with the bun in hand before taking on something like an angora

As for the urine scald, clipping is good, cool enviromnent is good too. You can also use a diaper rash creme to help out ... will give some relief to the prickles.

But, most of all, housing in a wire cage would be best. If you have to put a dropping tray underneath, adding some shredded paper (or other material) to keep the urine from splashing back up would probably be the best preventative measure you can take. Also, how close to the does is the bucks cage positioned? If the does are playing up to the buck, they could have him urinating excessively ... and have you noticed his water intake increasing?

 

[Piper]

housing in a wire cage would be best.

Found out the hard way, that flat bottomed cages, even for a short time are yech. I had straw in it and he pushed it all into a pile to sleeping on the plastic. By about 50 hours, he had yellow front feet and when I took him out, he stank. After I gave him a head to tail inspection, his rear was genteelly bathed and dried. I had bought 5 (2nd hand Wings)
http://www.kwcages.com/wingzcatalog/index.html wire cages but had problems using the j-clips. Went out, threw one of the cages together with zip ties and put him in.
Wire all the way, from now on!!!

 

[AnnClaire]

Piper, when I put my first cage together, I didn't have j-clip pliers so I used a small regular plier. I would take the straight end of the j-clip and grab about 1/2 of the j-clip and gently bend it against the countertop until it was in a "C". Then I put the clip around the cage wires and gently use the middle of the pliers to close the j-clip. Once you get the hang of it, IMHO, it is easier than using the j-clip pliers in some spots

 

[Piper]

so I used a small regular plier. I would take the straight end of the j-clip and grab about 1/2 of the j-clip and gently bend it against the countertop until it was in a "C". Then I put the clip around the cage wires and gently use the middle of the pliers to close the j-clip. Once you get the hang of it, IMHO, it is easier than using the j-clip pliers in some spots

Will give it a try, when it is daylight. {while crossing fingers}