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Old June 6th 12, 08:32 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Bill Graham
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Default Matted fur: how to comb/brush out

FragSinatra wrote:
"Bill Graham" wrote in
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FragSinatra wrote:
My orange tomcat Mage, has some really stubborn tangled fur on his
haunches. I've tried using two types of brushes (one w/fine bristles
and one w/coarse bristles) and had no luck brushing them out. Would
a comb work? Or does he need a bath and shampoo to get them out?



When we got our little female, "Sara" from a farmer, she had tangles
you wouldn't believe. Brushing wouldn't get them out. So, we took a
clipper to her as soon as the Summer season set in,. and shaved all
her tangles out. She was gloriously happy, and, when the hair grew
back in, she never got another tangle! It must be the good diet she
got from us.....


I'd rather not cut out or even clip the fur mats, which are in the
short
fur of the haunches, I imagine Mage might freak out. Would a good,
warm
bath and shampoo get the mats out?


Probably, but I'm not sure how well she might take to getting wet. Some of
our cats don't mind, but the others won't have anything to do with it. We
have no cats that we raised from kittenhood ourselves. We got them all aqs
adults, so we never had the chance to introduce them to water when young.
SWara was surprisingly receptive to being clipped with n electric trimmer,
and she was v3ery happy to lose the tangles. I think it was a lot less
traumatic than washing them out, but your cat may not mind being bathed at
all.....