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This is what I use on Kimi… she doesn’t attack the brush when we use it on her back (though she does with the belly) and she would attack any brush before that. It also seems to remove alot of dead hair, I liked it alot… it is a tad ‘spensive though.
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2751969
You can also look for furminator deshedding tool at Petsmart.com if the link doesn’t work.
It doesn’t get alot of hair out with Kimi though, although that might be due to her severe lack of an undercoat.
But if she’s (he?) that violent with grooming then maybe you should consider getting her put under then shaved. However you get all the nasty side effects of the anesthesia though – drunken like stupor, for one. That and some cats know when you are laughing at them… Kimi knows… a friend of mine, his cat hid for a month after being shaved for the summer (my friend wasn’t told in advance the cat was getting shaved and laughed). So… whichever you feel more comfortable with. If you want to brush him though, may I recommend a good pair of thick leather work gloves?
i know this may sound silly but try a “flowbee” they have an attachment with a brush on the end for animals , if nothing else it sure is fun chasing an animal around the house with a vacuum 😈
Barrdwing wrote:If she’s never groomed herself, then she should have been matted all along. If this is the first time she’s had mats, then I’d assume that something is stopping her from grooming herself. The likeliest suspects are either mouth pain (dental disease, a tumor, inflamed lesions) or orthopedic pain (such as back pain, which is certainly possible with a cat who was hit by a car). If she hasn’t been checked over in the last month, I’d have her checked again. If she’s a fire-breathing dragon, the vet may even ask to sedate her to check her mouth. He or she may also ask about running bloodwork. I’d say it’s definitely worth doing.
Generally, for a cat who normally grooms herself to suddenly stop indicates that something nasty is going on. Please have her checked as soon as you can. 🙁
I think I am going to schedule her an appointment and just let them sedate her. To make sure there isn’t something else wrong.
when you pet her…does she have really bad breath? I know there’s the normal cat breath…but one of my kitties has mouth ulcers which she needs antibiotics for..and it can keep her from grooming if her mouth is hurting badly enough. When her mouth ulcers are flaring up…Lydi’s breath STINKS! Waaay beyond normal cat breath. the vet is a good idea, I hope they help.
I’m with Barrdwing and Purplecat on this one. If she hadn’t been grooming all along, you’d have noticed.
Does she still have the little teeth in front between her incisors? Loss of those would make it difficult for her to groom, since they kind of use those teeth as a comb when self grooming. One of my Maine Coon boys is missing 2 of the little teeth, and he needs help with his grooming a couple times a year when he’s shedding more.
Another thought is are there maybe some kind of body chemistry changes that are causing her fur to be rougher or more oily than it was? Or how about her skin under the fur; does she seem to have more dander than she used to?
I think the trip to the vet is a good idea, too.I had a long haired cat that hated to be brushed when she had to be brushed we put on long sleeve jackets and gloves to protect ourselves. The neighbors alwasys new when Panther was being brushed beccause she screamed like a banchee and you could hear her all ovrer the neighborhood. When she got to bad we took her to the vet who gave her an anesthestic and while she was out gave her a bath and a good brushing. You might have to do that.
a friend of mine had a cat that was too fat to wash herself….she needed to go on a diet… 😯 That cat was HUGE, like a basketball…and filthy, even though she was short haired.
She eats well, her breath is fine, but she has a missing right front canine from the car accident. Her fur is normal, she always has had a “frumpy” look,just never mats before.
I have a large black male with that gingivostomatitis complex and he has mouth problems, he has had almost all of his teeth removed. I finally took him to a vet that specializes in dental procedures. He is doing great.
I may take her to the same vet and have her check where the tooth is missing.
I am brushing her daily, despite her grumpiness..and I put claw caps on her front claws and clipped the back ones.
Here is a picture:
She looks like our Abby-cat, except with a tail! Abby was a manx-kitty hence, her name: Abby-solutely-no-tail; Abby for short (and your hedgie is a cutey too!)
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Aw! She is so cute. And your hedgie too. I love your kitty’s blue toenails. It looks like you had them painted. I think I’ll do that with my next cat (caps, not painting them). 😀
purplecat wrote:a friend of mine had a cat that was too fat to wash herself….she needed to go on a diet… 😯 That cat was HUGE, like a basketball…and filthy, even though she was short haired.
My cousin has one of those cats too, he is so fat he cant clean himself, she shaves him, an he looks like he has boobs because ofhis rolls between his front legs. She tried the diet thing, he attacked the dogs because he was going to eat their food when his dish was empty, and they are mal and husky mixes 😯 .
Phoenix wrote:Kittens that are taken from their mom too early have this issue as the mom doesn’t get a chance to ingrain the grooming idea.
I got our cats when they were 3-4 weeks old. They rarely groom themselves. They have short hair, so not really much of an issue.Time to shave her! 😯
NOT always!! My first one was found under a bush at about 4 days old and she has ALWAYS Loved to groom herself. My 4 now groom themselves and eachotherDragon Master wrote:Phoenix wrote:Kittens that are taken from their mom too early have this issue as the mom doesn’t get a chance to ingrain the grooming idea.
I got our cats when they were 3-4 weeks old. They rarely groom themselves. They have short hair, so not really much of an issue.Time to shave her! 😯
NOT always!! My first one was found under a bush at about 4 days old and she has ALWAYS Loved to groom herself. My 4 now groom themselves and eachotherIs anything ever an always? People like to see in black and white, but the world is just a million shades of grey.
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