Tonnes of fluff! 8D!!!

[Kyle@theWintertime]

So today I pulled my little Tort French Angora out to brush him out, and handfuls of wool started coming out! :bouncy: I gently plucked a fair amount of wool, though I didn't want to spend too long at it since he's young. It won't hurt him to break up plucking sessions over the next few days, will it???

Anyways, I'm totally enamored of this little puff ball's wool!!! He is so good, just sprawls on my lap for grooming.

I'm still so very, very new to Angoras, I won't be able to pluck too much, will I? I mean, it won't come out in my fingers easily if it isn't ready to come out, right????

So excited also because today I pick up a nice lovely doe from the same breeder. :mrgreen: I'm already daydreaming about spinning those lovely fluffballs into stuff!!!!!!!

Sorry, I'm just totally geeked about these little guys.

 

[3mina]

I'm thinking what comes out easily is ready to so you won't damage anything or make him sore, like de-shedding a double coated dog. You'll most likely get way more than you thought possible

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

I'm amazed at how much came out!!! Maybe ten to fifteen minutes and I've got a couple of dense handfuls out already!!!

 

[-HRanchito]

Ahhhh I wanna see your naked tort! Pictures!

 

[LindseysWoolies]

When they are ready it comes out easily! You will see the undercoat, it is much shorter maybe 1/2-1" if you pluck all the old coat out they look like a short haired rabbit for a couple weeks! Just watch out around the butt/legs/skirt area sometimes this area takes longer to be ready to pluck and you will pluck that spot bald. lol

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

My doe doesn't look like the same animal I picked up from the breeder...she was so MASSIVE looking and now she's almost as smooth as my Champagnes! :shock: The buck is acting so happy now that he's got a lot less fur...it just comes off like it isn't attached!!! Lordy if all dogs could have the undercoat stripped as easily as this...that'd be a dream come true. :mrgreen:

 

[LindseysWoolies]

Yes I love plucking my bunnies, it is so relaxing although if I do it too long it hurts my hand. I only have one rabbit that hates being groomed and he may end up being re-homed...I don't want that trait passed on to his offspring. He is a beautiful boy though and has a good temperament otherwise. I heard his father was the same way so that really worried me.

 

[3mina]

Lordy if all dogs could have the undercoat stripped as easily as this...that'd be a dream come true. :mrgreen:

Keep dreaming Kyle So will I
Just to make you a little jealous, I groomed a Saint Bernard on Saturday that the undercoat just melted away when I blew him out, the only place I touched a brush to on this dog was his tail and the backs of his ears. He had a ton of undercoat as well.
For the non groomers, this cuts the work down by an hour at least and does not usually happen. Usually a Saint takes three hours plus to groom, this guy took just under two.

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

Oh goodness, the hours of my life I've spent trying to dislodge impacted undercoat...! Though holy crap, that IS pretty dang fast!!!!

What gets me is how many people wait until the undercoat is almost matted solid before they get the dern dog groomed. :roll: Makes me crazy!!! But when they get 'em done regularly wow, you can see and FEEL the difference!!!!

 

[3mina]

I will confess, he'd been in 3 months earlier but for the amount of undercoat I thought it'd been longer. I love my Zoom Groom & my Grandaddy dryer.

 

[skysthelimit]

Do you all use blowers on the rabbits? The blower I have for the shepherds would probably be too powerful for the Rexes, I'm thinking it would hurt there ears maybe, but it would be nice to blow all of their old coat out during molting season.

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

I will be trying to use my dog dryer on a very low setting for my Angoras but haven't actually tried it yet.

Oh man, LOVE the Zoom!!! I used to sell so many of them to clients who bought the Furminator and didn't realize that you can really hurt a dog with a shedding blade if you don't know what you are doing. The Zoom Groom works AWESOME and I've yet to see someone make a dog bleed from using it.

 

[skysthelimit]

I will be trying to use my dog dryer on a very low setting for my Angoras but haven't actually tried it yet.

Oh man, LOVE the Zoom!!! I used to sell so many of them to clients who bought the Furminator and didn't realize that you can really hurt a dog with a shedding blade if you don't know what you are doing. The Zoom Groom works AWESOME and I've yet to see someone make a dog bleed from using it.

I used to use a shedding blade until I realized how it made the coat look afterwards. I could see myself with an angora up on the dog grooming table, blowing fur everywhere

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

LOL, people keep telling me I should trade my glasses for contacts, right? Yeah well, wait til there's a hairy, shedding dog on my table...I'm glad of the inadvertent eye protection!

 

[LindseysWoolies]

Yes use your dog blower on them! I have one and it works great to get out the loose hair, detangle, and get rid of the dandruff flakes. I can tell they feel great afterwards too.

 

[3mina]

I need goggles for the really hairy ones, I've got a bad habit of getting too close to the dryer & the hair gets wrapped around my nose pads on my glasses, from there into the eyes

 

[AnnClaire]

For blowing, I do it OUTSIDE and my lawn can look like a bunny exploded all over it when it is getting close to shedding time

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Hubs had the great idea to try a small spiral curry comb on our rabbits and man, does it ever work! Great for molting rabbits!

 

[Miss M]

Hubs had the great idea to try a small spiral curry comb on our rabbits and man, does it ever work! Great for molting rabbits!

Better than the slicker brush I've been using?

 

[OneAcreFarm]

Hubs had the great idea to try a small spiral curry comb on our rabbits and man, does it ever work! Great for molting rabbits!

Better than the slicker brush I've been using?

Girl, it is like a rabbit exploded in your lap! :lol: I end up covered, the ground around me is covered...etc.