Bathing?

[chinmom]

Georgie is molting REALLY badly right now. I keep brushing and brushing him, and it's doing absolutely nothing. When Stewart (my dog) starts shedding really badly, a bath always helps. Can you bathe a rabbit? If I bathe him in warm water and blow-dry him afterwards, would it be okay? Can I use shampoo or anything? Or should I just rinse and dry?

I'm totally clueless in this area, so any advice would be great!!

 

[XxMontanaxX]

You are not suppose to bathe bunnies at all unless they have something all over them. It can put them into shock and is very very stressful.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

Bathing isn't really good

Try wetting your hands a bit and rubbing him to get loose fur.

Not too wet but enough to grab the fur.

 

[chinmom]

Thanks for the quick replies!! I'll try the wet hands thing...maybe that'll help. He already molted once a few months ago, but it's worse this time. Thanks again!

 

[naturestee]

What kind of a brush are you using? Zoom Groom works great (rubber brush), and the Furminator is fabulous on some buns. Wet hands work really well too but those brushes get a lot of the loose undercoat out.

And yeah, ixnay on the athbay.

 

[chinmom]

I never thought of using the furminator on him!! That worked GREAT!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!