Mane Type and the Grooming Ledger
Open the file with source, sex, colour, and whether your lionhead carries a lighter single mane or a fuller double mane with wool along the flanks — then set the grooming rhythm to match and write it down. Log each brushing session, where mats were forming (behind the ears, under the chin, along the skirt), and whether any wool had to be teased or trimmed out. A lionhead whose mane mats quickly in damp weather or during a moult needs that pattern recorded, not rediscovered every season.
Add photos after grooming and again when the coat looks at its worst. If a boarder or sitter will be caring for your rabbit, those pictures show what 'normal for this lionhead' actually looks like far better than the word 'fluffy,' and they prevent a matted patch from being mistaken for a lump or the reverse.
Wool, Droppings and Gut Movement
Keep droppings notes with a lionhead-specific eye: strings of droppings linked by ingested fur, smaller output during a heavy moult, or a sudden drop in volume. Record moulting periods in the diary, because extra grooming and closer droppings checks belong in those weeks. Note hay eating just as carefully — hay is the engine that keeps swallowed wool moving through, so a lionhead eating less hay during a moult deserves prompt attention.
A rabbit that stops eating, produces little or nothing, sits hunched and grinding its teeth, or develops a tense, swollen belly needs a vet immediately. Write down when you last saw normal droppings before the episode; that timing is one of the first things an emergency vet will ask, and owners rarely remember it accurately under stress unless it is in the record.
Teeth, Weight and the Rest of the Rabbit
Weigh regularly and log body condition by feel, since a deep mane can disguise a thinning frame underneath. Note dental clues separately: drooling, a damp chin hidden in mane fur, hay dropped mid-chew, or choosing soft greens over fibrous food. Check under the chin during grooming, because moisture and matting there can be the first visible trace of a mouth problem in a lionhead.
Record nail trims, hock condition, litter habits, and any uneaten caecotrophs found in the enclosure. Repeated uneaten caecotrophs stuck in mane wool are worth flagging to a vet along with diet notes, and your log of pellets, greens and treats gives them the full picture to work from.
Vet Visits, Shows of Stress and Handoffs
File every appointment with findings, dental comments, advice and recheck dates, plus the prevention your vet recommends. Note stress responses honestly — how this rabbit handles travel, whether appetite dips after a journey, and how long recovery takes — so future trips can be planned around real behaviour rather than hope.
For a sitter, spell out the brushing schedule, the hay-first feeding rule, and the emergency signs in plain language. When the mane ledger, moult diary and vet pages live in KinsLe inside a Pet Passport, your lionhead's next groomer, sitter or vet inherits the coat routine and the health history together, exactly as you have actually kept them.