Cat with matted fur.
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Our Cat Ralf is getting matted hair around his rear end, he has a very thick coat and keeps himself
clean but it's got so bad that we can't comb it out.
He lost his tail in an accident and I think this has something to do with not being able to clean himself, you never see him curled up like other cats and I think it might be painful for him after having his tail off.
Is there anything we can get to treat it, or do we need to cut it out and try to keep him clean in future?
clean but it's got so bad that we can't comb it out.
He lost his tail in an accident and I think this has something to do with not being able to clean himself, you never see him curled up like other cats and I think it might be painful for him after having his tail off.
Is there anything we can get to treat it, or do we need to cut it out and try to keep him clean in future?
Our cats (Persians) suffered a bit because from kittenhood they hated being groomed so some parts would get knotted up especially the back end with one of them.
Rather than torture her and try and tackle it ourselves, we would take her to a groomer who somehow was able to groom her, tease out the knots and sometimes have to shave out a few. She wouldnt budge, didnt cry or complain. How he did it I'll never know!
Rather than torture her and try and tackle it ourselves, we would take her to a groomer who somehow was able to groom her, tease out the knots and sometimes have to shave out a few. She wouldnt budge, didnt cry or complain. How he did it I'll never know!
bexVN said:
How old is he? How did his accident happen and how long ago?
We don't know too much as the cat turned up in our garden with half his tail broken off and in a real mess and we rescued him. This was just over a year ago and the vet reckoned he was about a year old then. The vet said he could have been hit by a car or in a fight.He is fine apart from this.
PinkRinse said:
Our cats (Persians) suffered a bit because from kittenhood they hated being groomed so some parts would get knotted up especially the back end with one of them.
Rather than torture her and try and tackle it ourselves, we would take her to a groomer who somehow was able to groom her, tease out the knots and sometimes have to shave out a few. She wouldnt budge, didnt cry or complain. How he did it I'll never know!
Ours doesn't mind being groomed, he just has the thickest coat ever and I think we need to comb him a lot more than our other cats.Rather than torture her and try and tackle it ourselves, we would take her to a groomer who somehow was able to groom her, tease out the knots and sometimes have to shave out a few. She wouldnt budge, didnt cry or complain. How he did it I'll never know!
MarshPhantom said:
bexVN said:
How old is he? How did his accident happen and how long ago?
We don't know too much as the cat turned up in our garden with half his tail broken off and in a real mess and we rescued him. This was just over a year ago and the vet reckoned he was about a year old then. The vet said he could have been hit by a car or in a fight.He is fine apart from this.
Although he is younger than I thought he may be his stiffness may still be significant. There maybe arthritic changes due to the trauma suffered making it hard to flex around and groom out the dead hair himself as he would normally. You may need to get him vet ck'd to assess this. They may be able to comb out the dead hair for him and under sedation this time if it is an uncomfortable thing for him to go through. Then you could give the area a quick comb every day to prevent it building up again.
There is a comb called the Furminator which is great at removing dead hair but not great if he is tender in that area due to old injuries.
Heay even need pain relief to reduce discomfort.
If he hasn't been recently I do think a vet check would be a good idea.
bexVN said:
Ok, there were reasons for all the questions!
Although he is younger than I thought he may be his stiffness may still be significant. There maybe arthritic changes due to the trauma suffered making it hard to flex around and groom out the dead hair himself as he would normally. You may need to get him vet ck'd to assess this. They may be able to comb out the dead hair for him and under sedation this time if it is an uncomfortable thing for him to go through. Then you could give the area a quick comb every day to prevent it building up again.
There is a comb called the Furminator which is great at removing dead hair but not great if he is tender in that area due to old injuries.
Heay even need pain relief to reduce discomfort.
If he hasn't been recently I do think a vet check would be a good idea.
Thanks for the reply.Although he is younger than I thought he may be his stiffness may still be significant. There maybe arthritic changes due to the trauma suffered making it hard to flex around and groom out the dead hair himself as he would normally. You may need to get him vet ck'd to assess this. They may be able to comb out the dead hair for him and under sedation this time if it is an uncomfortable thing for him to go through. Then you could give the area a quick comb every day to prevent it building up again.
There is a comb called the Furminator which is great at removing dead hair but not great if he is tender in that area due to old injuries.
Heay even need pain relief to reduce discomfort.
If he hasn't been recently I do think a vet check would be a good idea.
We haven't been back to the vets since we had his tail done. I don't think he's in pain as he runs and jumps about fine. It's worth getting him checked out though.
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