Fat Cat Hair Clumps

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear this. I never knew that short haired cats could even get matted. This is one reason why my two new boys are short haired. My only slightly overweight cat is Ziggy and she hates to be brushed or combed. When I do it, I have to muzzle her because she will growl, hiss, and try to bite me. Luckily she so far she hasn't matted at all. Now both of my senior boys have decided to stop grooming themselves so are now getting kennel cuts which is shorter than a lion cut from the groomers. Sky has to take a sedative pill before he goes because he's become a real terror. I've asked the groomers what I can do to avoid the matting and they just said to use several different types of combs to help break up the mat. Now Alani is also matted a little bit on his back sides because he's lazy not overweight. I have to muzzle him and comb them out. I do have a very small scissors that I use if I have to but I always put a comb in between so I won't cut the skin. My only option if I can't take care of the matting is to take my cats to the groomers because my vet hospital doesn't do any kind of grooming. They have shaved Ziggy's butt in the past though. Good luck.

[Freedom]

I trimmed her nails this afternoon, so she is ready to go tomorrow.

[Freedom]

Crystal is now a "ventilated'' kitty, ha haaa, the groomer removed the clumps on her back. So in those 2 spots she is down to skin.

She has an appt to return in onel month, at which time she will have a bath and brush out. Due to her extreme size, she has some skin folds underneath, and one in particular is . . . in such a place that it catches all her urine and is one huge mat. She would not allow that area to be touched today. Best way to tackle this is bathe it out, then clip, then moisturize. I didn't even know this clump was there!

She is brighter and happy to be back home withOUT all those ouchies pulling at her skin. The groomer held one clump and showed it- silly cat, she tried to lick it! She is a good groomer for places she CAN reach, and now that this clump was where she could reach it, she was all set to work it out ha haaa.

[Karen]

Sounds good! Silly kitty!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm glad to hear that everything went well and that she feels much better too. I know that both Storm & Sky also felt so much better after having their mats removed. They were able to walk and run normally again. I hope that her next grooming appt. will go just as smoothly. Good luck.

[Freedom]

Thanks! LOL we were talking about the 'honeymoon period,' Crystal doesn't know this place, these people, doesn't know why she is there, so she was good. This groomer said she LOVES this period, she can get so much done on the cat, ha haaa. About visit 5 or so, that wears off and she starts to see what the cat REALLY thinks of grooming visits. Once we get this cleared up, and I start the regimen she has prescribed, she expects to see Crystal every 6 to 8 months, just to get the oils out of her coat BEFORE the mats form. I can live with that; I'd have been more wary if she had suggested seeing Crys every 2 weeks!