70 days

70 days ago our teenage pregnancy accident baby bunnies were born. Today 2 of 7 had BigAdventure. The girls -Pernilla and Sleipnir- were put in the cat carrier bag. Without the cat of course.

Angora rabbits' first shearing happens at the age of 70 days and after that in 90 days. It is not so necessary to do it exactly after these days but it is more than recommended if you are new to this or are not sure. Today we cut only 2 of 7 because Pernilla was really in the need of it. For a week she has needed daily grooming. Today morning she was very doleful and heavy-hearted. At first I thought she was sick but then I remembered it was the D A Y.

I took also Sleipnir because they live in the same box and are good friends. Sleipnir is very barave, adventurous and always hungry for love. She does anything if she just can be like this; loved and pampered. During the grooming and shearing she didn't want to be on the table. She did everything to be able to be in our arms, laps, mouths, noses, ears...

This is Sleipnir's wool before the shearing.

And here she is afterwards. As you can see I didn't cut much. Simply because her wool doesn't bother her, doesn't bother me by getting messed up and she is just tiny angora baby who needs her wool to stay warm in our -7 Celcius degrees BunnyHotel.

 Then it was Pernilla's turn. Pernilla was as suspicius about the operation as OurCuteLittleCat.

But it didn't need a long time to make her to understand it is for her very own best and eases her being as angora rabbit. Her poor wool was messy. It was nothing a proper grooming could not solve out. But her hair type is much different than Sleipnir's at this point. That is why I needed to cut bit more and all around. But it was just 1-2cm I cut off. She too needs her wool over the winter. They are from accident winter litter. Our job is to make sure they will do just fine. No matter will we waste their wool or not. I collected all the wool I could and saved for felting. These short fibres do just fine in felting but for spinning they are useless.

Pernilla did so fine that she got many kisses and a lot of love after the shearing operation. As you can see she still has her wool to warm her up. Now she feels so much better. And I can tell you AuntLulu was very happy to get these two cuties back after two hours.