Wool Harvesting

On the "AngoraRabbitList" recently, Franco and a new Angora owner have been exchanging posts concerning how, when and what to use to take wool from the rabbit.

Betty has some photos of wool harvesting in her albums. Here are photos of Chu's Tianna being clipped.

Betty uses small scissors to clip, no fancy clipper needed. The scissors, however, need to be pointed and very sharp.

The first photo shows Tianna's last day in her virgin show coat.

In the second photo, her wool is parted in the middle of the back and a small piece is cut, this is the starting point.

The third picture shows more wool being cut from all sides.

The fourth picture shows the wool is mostly off Tianna but still hanging. Afterwards, pull the wool off the rabbit's body gently and store in a plastic bag or roll it between large sheets of tissue papers.

The rabbit is then turned on her back to cut the sides and tummy. There isn't any picture taken as Betty is the wool harvester as well as the photographer. She could not do both at the same time. The wool from the tummy is shorter, Betty usually stores it in a different plastic bag.

The fifth picture shows Tianna totally naked.

The last picture shows Tianna in an Angora sweater to protect her from being chilled at night. The sweater is taken off during the day and put back on during the night for about three days.