Angora Rabbit Spinning

Hand Plucking and spinning Angora Fibre.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Angora
• Rabbit
• Spinning

[DonAngoras]

Plucking the Angora is undertaken when the coat is in moult. In fact if you didn't Pluck or clip the Angora at that stage it would free from the skin and cause the rabbit to matt and felt. The actually seem to enjoy the plucking, sort of like being groomed by a giant rabbit :)

[junbh2]

It would hurt a lot if the rabbit wasn't shedding at the time... but if you do it at the right time, the fur isn't really attached anymore; it's basically staying on the rabbit because it's so cottony it's held by the surrounding hair. In any case it needs to be done as if you don't they'll either get terribly matted or get very sick from swallowing too much hair when they clean themselves. Angoras were basically bred to have more fur than a rabbit can handle without human help.

[LilyISay]

woolgathering;-) I see how the term is associated with daydreaming.

[Byrd968]

great video, thank you for including the plucking. I raise french (and german), and often people don't understand the harvesting method. please post more about your harvesting methods, it helps newcomers understand how to pluck at the molting cycle.

[chainsawlicker]

They definitely enjoy it. If it were painful, the rabbit would be kicking the crap out of you. They like it for the same reason dogs like being brushed when they moult--it gets itchy and hot and irritating, and if it mattes, it actually hurts because it pulls on their skin.

[Boboua]

I'm surprised that doesn't hurt! If it was my dog then she'd be screaming. I guess Rabbits are quite different.

[perkidanman]

it's like picking fur-fruit from a tiny tree XD

[soph7133]

i think its so weird how you can pluck their fur! my bun had some mats under his chin and i'm able to pull them right out without him being in any pain!