Last Saturday, we finally plucked Bennett. He had been needing it for awhile and we just didn't have time. We did it all in one session, at it went pretty quickly. He seems to be calming down more and more when we have to pluck him. Of course, now he's very bald and pink. He has one streak down his spine that is grown in a bit (about 1/2 and inch) and a very small tuft on one flank. After we pluck him, he has a tendency to lick himself all over and chap his skin, so we put him in a little bunny coat - a sweatshirt sleeve with cut outs for paws and a flap for the rump, but it didn't last very long. I took it off before he ripped it to shreds and he was getting mats in his tummy hair from the friction of the coat being wet from him grooming it and him trying to rip it off. He also has terrible behavior with the coat on - he acts out when it's on, so I just took it off and he'll have to deal with the dry skin. I'm actually kind of wondering if I could put some organic shea butter lotion that I have for my own use on him. I just don't know if shea butter is safe to consume for bunnies, because he will lick it off. We'll see. So, I took some bald bunny pictures and they are pretty cute. There is one that I absolutely adore - he was in the middle of licking his lips!
Bald boy playing with the empty Yesterday's News bag, a very favorite toy.
Wanting to know what mama's up to.
Sad dry skin.
Trying to whisker mom.
And last but certainly not least, my favorite of the whole bunch, licking lips!
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