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I used medication time, once done, to deal with lots of big and small mats on Andy’s chest and in his ruff. He made some progress taking them off, but the ones I worked on were ones too hard for him to get to.
Now…convince him these mats wouldn’t happen if he’d let me brush out the undercoat hair that makes these mats tough to deal with.
Cat saliva must be a bit like hair conditioner is for a human. 🙂
I think of what it would be if it were like hair fel instead! LOL
Poor Mr Andy! I know how we struggle with Beba’s mats, and Andy’s seem to be much worse.
I’ve managed to keep up with most of them, though I discover new ones all the time. I’m at a point where I am going to get him to take brushing like a big kitty! It’s the undercoat that mats up, and that’s the hair that fills the brush.
We should probably do the same. We used to, when she was little, but then stopped when she seemed to take care of it herself.
It looks like its time for a haircut, Andy! ❤️😊😻
He’s getting to go natural because none of the available pet groomers live in town. The closest one lives 19 miles away, though I think one lives in a small settlement 9 miles away. When you are used to a groomer with a mobile van practice who comes to your door to get your little darling, having to truck him several miles and either wait till he’s done or make two trips totalling 38 miles, for example, you’ve tied up a morning at least and upset a kitty that isn’t too thrilled travellings for a long time in a carrier.
That’s unfortunate that there isn’t another groomer much closer to, Doug.
He sure likes to be clean, and works hard at it.
That long hair adds a lot to his chore. I help with the mats, but he would be very upset with me if I gave him a sink bath like I had to do when he was a kitten with diarrhea. It was no fun for me, either!
My Mum used to spit on a handkerchief to wipe my little face. Yuck.
Yuck indeed, Derrick 😧
My precise thought about it, but my mother did it, too!
That’s how it was done in my day, too. 🙂
My mother, did, too! Worse get, my mother told me that before baby food was available, mothers would prechew adult food to “make” food babies could handle. Now that is yucky!
This one above was supposed to go under Derrick’s comment….
I’ll bet it still goes on
The self grooming of cats really is a bit of a mystery!
Yes, though it seems to be a skill some have developed more than others. I suppose mother cats have varying success teaching kitty skills to iffspring.
spit is a magic potion… you can try it too ;o)
I know it worked for my mother when she needed to neaten me up as a child!