Grooming
Rabbits are very good at grooming themselves, and the only thing that you to do is trim toenails occasionally, and groom during molt. I usually trim toenails about once a month. The best thing to use is guillotine-type dog nail trimmers. Just cut the tip off, being sure to avoid the quick of the rabbit. If you happen to cut the quick, some styptic like is used for cats or dogs, or cornstarch will stop the bleeding quickly. About twice a year, rabbit shed their coats, and it comes out in large patches. To help rabbits get over this quickly, grooming is necessary. Mist your hands with water from a spritz bottle like is used for misting plants (but be sure it is very very clean!), and gently rub your hands over the rabbit, going with the fur. Rub the fur off of your hands, and remist them, continuing until no hair comes out. Repeat this every day until the rabbit is out of moult. To help a rabbit maintain show condition, rub a rabbit's fur with the way it grows everyday with your hands. This will leave the coat slick and shining. If your rabbit happens to get dirty, clean it as soon as possible, what I have found to work is, spritz the fur down with a half and half mixture of water and white vinegar. Then work a mixture of 2 parts white cornmeal and 1 part corn starch into the fur. Allow it to dry then brush it out. It will remove most stains, although some tough urine stains may take more than one treatment. NEVER bathe a rabbit; getting a rabbit's coat completely wet will ruin it.
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