Dematting my cat? - How?

BargainAholic_2

I was going to call this thread "Shaving my Pu$$y" but thought best not

Anyway my long haired moggy "Steel" has got some matts in his fur but they are in places he wont let me near.. like inbetween his back legs & on his belly.

I do brush him everyday but everytime I go near the matts he gets nasty & tries to scratch me & he cries like a girl.

I called the vets yesterday & they want to charge me £90 per 1/2 an hour to get him dematted!! :eek: Which I think is a ridiculous price. Yes I know they will have to knock him out which is the expensive part but I was wondering if anyone else had this problem & how they managed to get over it?

Thanks for any advice

BA

tishywish

You can get cat groomers who are experienced at this sort of thing - basically they'd shave the matted area(s), a friend of mine has his cat done every 6 months and she's so used to it she doesn't need sedation.

If you took him to the vet and had him sedated and everything cut off, you could then keep him matt free after that - expensive for a one off but as you say, it's the sedation that's the expensive bit.

Or you could be brave and get a second person to hold him while you tackle the matts - a very small amount at a time though. I find it best to groom what you can, and try to tease out anything really bad with your fingers. Stubborn knots can be cut off if you're extremely careful not to cut the cat, but I cut through the middle of the knotted bit so I can get the rest clear with fingers or comb.

Mine is long haired too and I try to groom out the worst bits, but why is it a cat can go outside perfectly groomed and come back in 10 minutes later looking like he's been dragged through a hedge backwards?!?

Good luck.......

ka7e

I usually creep up on mine when he's asleep and snip the knots out without him waking. I use a tiny pair of nail scissors to get in under the knots, but sometimes it can take 2 or 3 sessions to snip out a big one!
At the moment he's moulting and getting chunks of loose fur on his flanks. These will comb out but he's giving me the evil eye every time he sees the comb in my hand.

jess1974

My vet charged me £30 to de-matt my cat, i can now do it myself with the tiny scissors in my hubbys swiss army knife....

badmumof1

i bought some bachs calming drops off ebay ( recomended for cats when travelling etc) and i shaved my cat because she was really matted badly.
She is 19 and really could not cope when her winter fur came in thick and fast.
i didnt bald her i just shaved out the large knots and her street cred did go down a bit
the fur has grown back and is beautiful and glossy, she even flicks her tail up as she walks down the garden path.