I have a table out on my balcony where I groom Persi. Fur flies everywhere in the neighborhood and an unbelievable amount of fur comes out. I admit I am quite rough with Persi, I brush and comb him hard but he just lays there and takes it. But there is the butt. Yesterday when I started combing his butt area, and believe me a very long haired cat especially needs to be groomed in this area, he opened his mouth wide and bared his fangs at me and looked at me with hatred. I petted him for a while and got him to calm down and started in on his butt area again. I know some people on here trim that area and Persi has extremely long and thick hair in that area so there is not way it can be clean without me combing it out each day. But Persi gets very pissed off at me when I go near this area. He does not care at all when I do the rest of him, he actually acts like he enjoys it.
So what about his butt and all that long hair around it? I just do not want to shave him. He is my first longhaired cat and I need to post a new picture because he now at 3 1/2 years old has hair that drags on the floor (He is a purebred Himalayan.) What tactics do other folks do about this area? Do your cats strongly object like mine does? What do you do about it? Please don't tell me to shave him there. I want a pure natural cat. But I also want a cat without dingleberries on his back side for people to see. As I said I comb this area out every day but Persi severely attacked me once before and he almost did yesterday as I was trying to comb out his butt area. I think I read on here once that somebody gave their cat valium. I have no desire to go this route. I know that some of our members have this very same problem and would appreciate knowing how you handle it.
So what about his butt and all that long hair around it? I just do not want to shave him. He is my first longhaired cat and I need to post a new picture because he now at 3 1/2 years old has hair that drags on the floor (He is a purebred Himalayan.) What tactics do other folks do about this area? Do your cats strongly object like mine does? What do you do about it? Please don't tell me to shave him there. I want a pure natural cat. But I also want a cat without dingleberries on his back side for people to see. As I said I comb this area out every day but Persi severely attacked me once before and he almost did yesterday as I was trying to comb out his butt area. I think I read on here once that somebody gave their cat valium. I have no desire to go this route. I know that some of our members have this very same problem and would appreciate knowing how you handle it.
