help,cat's matted hair and also .....

carebear18

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my cat is also been pulling his hair out and it is under his chin and it was matted and i am wondering how to stop this from happening and also my mom thinks he is older now and wondering if he takes good care of himself.
If there is anything that i need to do and also she is talking about giving him a bath maybe because he has litter in his fur. My cat nick is 6 years old and he is a orange cat and I love him so much, He is a loving and laid back cat and very nice cat also.
The furr is not off it is just hanging off him and it is a bunch of hair.
 

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Is he a long hair or short haired cat? I'm having a hard time picturing exactly what you're cats doing. Is the loose but tangeled up so that if it weren't tangeled it would have fallen off? Or is it still attached and needs to be brushed through? Alo what is he doing to pull out his hair? If he has a good amount of litter in his fur then he may need a bath. Some cats tolerate this better than others. I bathed my cats pretty often when they were kittens because they had diareha problems and they tolerate it a lot better than most will. 6 years old isn't very old to not be taking care of himself. I have a long haired cat and I usually have to trim her from time to time because she gets horrible hairballs and brushing doesn't seem to help. You may just need to cut the fur that's matted, it will always grow back. If you can cut the fur that has litter in it that may be an alternative to bathing him too.
 
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