Excessive hairloss: Combing my girls (shocking pics!)

[catmandu]

I HOPE OUR FRIEND JEN LUCKENBACH SEES THIS, AS SHES A PROFESSIONAL GROOMER AND CAN GIVE YOU SOME TIPS , KIRSTEN.
I REMEMBER MR SCRAPPY LOSING A LOT OF FUR IN THE HOT MONTHS
AND ALL I COULD DO WAS TO GROOM HIM , AND PRAY FOR MILDER WEATHER.
WE ARE SENDING PRAYERS FOR DEAR LILY AND LUNA.

[Kirsten]

Hope you're right! Well, they say this was the last hot weekend of this summer, and that the fall is just around the corner. Hope that will bring some relief to my girls, and all the other pets suffering from the heat.

Kirsten

[sugarpaws]

Kirsten, our Heidi also gets dandruff on her lower back and sides, and we have to brush otherwise it gets too uncomfortable for her, it itches her badly. We also bathe her once a month with a shampoo we get from the vet- I normally am not for bathing her but she can not clean her back anymore, and the oils and dandruff make her feel very uncomfortable. She is so happy after a good brush and after bathing. I really think Luna and Lily love the clean skin feeling.
Marina

[momcat]

Groucho hates to be brushed but he will tolerate the comb. I'm amazed sometimes at how much come off. While combing him, I keep telling him how ultra handsome he's going to be and that his lovely Inka will find him irresistable.

[Catty1]

A friend of mine had a regular hairbrush with even bristles, kind of like a shoe polishing brush, only softer. She didn't know why she didn't get any hair out of her cats.

I pointed out that a human brush doesn't work...the bristles have to be able to dig into the fur. A brush with the small metal bristles works well. My guys love it - I wonder if it reminds them of their mom's sandpaper tongue? Also, there are brushes you can get that have a strap that slip over your hand - they have rubber teeth on the one side. They're also available as "grooming gloves".

It took Cole a while to get used to being groomed (he's the one with long hair, go figure!), so the grooming glove was a great ice breaker! He felt like he was being stroked and patted, and he was - with the glove!