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Hi! I too just joined. Specifically to find out more info on grooming cats. I'm trying to figure out what tool is best to use. I ran across the furminator but then read that some people felt it cut the hair and was too rough. My previous cat we did not groom very much because of his short hair and didn't have problem with shedding. One of my new cats is short haired but super thick and just rolls off him when we pet them. What other combs or brushes have you had good luck with.
jenny
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Hi and welcome to TCS! Wow, seven kitties! We love pictures here (hint, hint). Would love to see your babies.
Hi Jenny, welcome! it would be great if you would introduce yourself and your cats in your own New Cats on the Block thread and ask your questions there. I really like the slicker type brush for short-haired cats.
I use a fuminator in conjunction with a regular comb on the Red Thing. My experience is he mats the worst when he has loose undercoat hairs stuck among his other hair. These loose hairs turn into the core of a soft mat, and the soft mat turns into a hard mat. I start by running a regular steel comb through his fur. If the comb moves as easily through his hair as it would through my own hair, that means his coat is in good shape. No need for a furminator that day. If I feel resistance, that means soft mats are starting. I switch to the furminator and work on getting the loose hair out. I test the spot I'm grooming periodically with the regular comb to make sure we're not overdoing it. As soon as I stop feeling resistance with the regular comb I move onto a different spot.
Hi, Jenny and welcome!
My advice would be to steer clear of the Furminator. We had a very bad outcome with it. It does, indeed, "cut" the fur and is extremely hard on the coat. I used one on my female cat two years ago and it stripped her lovely dark back coat down to the pale undercoat in just a couple of strokes. It has yet to return to it's former deep chocolate glory. In sunlight, you can actually see where there is significant change in color and texture and the lines are still discernible. I want to cry every time I look at her. Threw the @#$@ thing in the trash!
My advice would be to steer clear of the Furminator. We had a very bad outcome with it. It does, indeed, "cut" the fur and is extremely hard on the coat. I used one on my female cat two years ago and it stripped her lovely dark back coat down to the pale undercoat in just a couple of strokes. It has yet to return to it's former deep chocolate glory. In sunlight, you can actually see where there is significant change in color and texture and the lines are still discernible. I want to cry every time I look at her. Threw the @#$@ thing in the trash!
Hi there--I use a Furminator on a couple of my longhair cats and I love it. It helps get a lot of the loose undercoat hair and the kitties don't mind it at all. It does seem it could be too sharp or rough for the short hair cats so I don't use it on them. Of course they don't have the problem with excess or matting hair like the other ones do. :-)
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Hi Heatherh, welcome to the site. Just seen your thread and very pleased to see a photo in. Well done for figuring out how to post the pic' so quickly. Mr Brown's a honey, his fur looks really soft.- now waiting to see the rest of them!
I've currently got a short hair who likes to keep his fur to himself (good boy
) but used to have 2 short hair tabby cats that filled the air with so much fur I was amazed they weren't bald. The second of them crossed the RB 3 years ago and I swear I still find more of her fur than I do of my current cat's. I used to brush them pretty much every other day with a wire slicker brush to lift out loose undercoat and then stroked with a damp hand to lift off the loose top coat. It would come of in clumps every day. The worst offender could fill a slicker brush 3 times over every other day, it was crazy.When they were younger they groomed each other and her sister constantly suffered with hairballs! They both enjoyed the brush grooming thankfully. Can't say the same for Mouse so I'm very relieved he doesn't need anything more than a regular stroking session.
If you're looking for more grooming and care advice you can try posting in the Care and Grooming section of the forum. And it would be really lovely to see Cat Pages for your kitties, with photos of course! I'm with vball91 on the pictures thing. Fluffy long hair, slick short hair, or just plain scruffy, pictures of kitties looking cute gets a smile out of me any time.
I've currently got a short hair who likes to keep his fur to himself (good boy
If you're looking for more grooming and care advice you can try posting in the Care and Grooming section of the forum. And it would be really lovely to see Cat Pages for your kitties, with photos of course! I'm with vball91 on the pictures thing. Fluffy long hair, slick short hair, or just plain scruffy, pictures of kitties looking cute gets a smile out of me any time.
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