Hello Cearbhaill, Sunshine and Zissou,
Yes, prevention is the best medicine and Petromalt is pretty benign.
I can tell I should have been more specific in my details so I'll start again with definitions (my own, but there may be "official" definitions):
Hair mat: What you get when a 4 year...
Well I doubt hair falling out would be a problem as the instructions on Petromalt include putting it on their paws so they can lick it off. I think they'd get in a lot of trouble if there were a bunch of kitties running about with hairless paws.
BTW Petromalt is a hairball remedy. Comes in a...
I think I have some really incredible news! I need others to test this to find out if I just got lucky or it really works. Bottom line, here's how I got rid of my cats dreadlocks (very bad case):
Short answer "I left her with my brother".
My cat Spatz has had very badly matted hair on her...