Talk:Angora rabbit

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[edit] Trelicians don't exist

There have been repeated attempts to add sneaky vandalism to this article mentioning "Trelicians," who don't exist. [1]. This article actually began as sneaky vandalism, and the bad information exists on some outdated wikipedia mirrors, so be please be wary when simply verifying through google. -- Norvy (talk) 03:34, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, what's the deal with the Trelicians anyway? I've heard fragments here and there about them in relation to Angora rabbits. "A people from the south Carpathian mountains in Turkey." Huh? Audrun 19:27, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sheared?

This site says the wool is just pulled off during their natural molting. Is this true? They aren't sheared or skinned? More details would be good. — Omegatron 23:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

People usually comb or pluck the hairs from angora rabbits. They are wool animals, so by definition they are not skinned for spinning. I have heard of people shearing the animals, but my understanding is that that does not produce as good a product of combing of plucking. You're right, it would probably be good to make sure that kind of information is covered somewhere. --Ahc 04:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

They can be sheared or plucked/combed, but plucked or combed wool generally appeals more to hand spinners.Giant and German Angoras generally do not molt, so they must be sheared. Ahc is correct, they are not skinned for their wool. :-) Audrun 18:52, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Here is a video of handplucking and spinning courtesy of Don's Angoras
http://www.angoras.co.uk/spinning.wmv Enjoy ! DM