Some rabbit breeds are pluckable and some aren’t. I am a spinner and used to have rescue angoras. If I remember correctly English, French and Some German hybrids are pluckable while the Giants and Germans are clipable.

Make sure you are feeding plenty of hay to angora rabbits to prevent woolblock, a rabbit version of a hairball. Because rabbits are physically unable to vomit woolblock can be fatal.

Try laying her on your lap (legs) with her head towards your stomach. This is a very stable position for both of you and most rabbits feel safer cradled between the legs. Try it a few times before you use it in a grooming session.

Rabbit skin is very thin so be sure to keep your fingers between her fur and the scissors. They cut easily. If you gently pull any mats apart before cutting that helps. (I had a few rescues that came to me very matted so I got good at removing them.) For pluckable breeds pulling them apart makes them easier to pluck as well.

If the lap position doesn’t work try having her on a table and gently pull the mats over to the side to work on them. Or have a helper hold her in a sitting up position while you trim her belly.

For those that want to wear their pet to work there are spinners who can make the fur into yarn. Google vip fibers for one commercial spinner who does it. (maybe adding the link was what got my previous comments booted?) Dog fur makes wonderful yarn. I am about to spin my first cat fur soon. (saved from the vet clinic cat after getting his own lion cut)

I hope the rabbit info helps. Good luck!

The problem with my foster rabbit is the matting. It’s like … I don’t know. Silly putty in a Brillo pad. I have cut her fur very short but she panics if I turn her over, so I’m having a tough time with the mats on her abdomen.

She is an old lady with very bad back legs. Yet, when my back was turned this morning, she quietly climbed the stairs to the second floor.

Good girl!