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I just started fostering a male cat that's about 2 year's old. He was abandoned at the shelter, still under the process of vaccination and waiting to be neutered.
His coat is oily, dusty, and I can feel scab under his fur. He keeps shedding some clumps of furs with scab at the end.
I only got him since yesterday, although he's quite relaxed, never went into hiding, and tried to snuggle with me all the time and purrs.
The shelter told me that he probably got the scab from fighting with other cats, since he's not neutered yet and the previous owner left him and another un-neutered cat at the shelter.
But so far, I also noticed that he never groomed himself once. I suspect that the poor condition of his coat was caused by negligence from previous owner, poor diet, and no grooming.
I'm thinking about bathing him but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. I've never bathed my own cats (I have three) so I don't really know how to do it. Should I get those wipes to clean him up a bit? So far he enjoyed brushing, but his coat is still super dusty.
This is my first time fostering. Any suggestions will be super helpful. I hope to improve his health during fostering so he will look more handsome to be adopted soon. He deserves a nice home because he's such a sweat heart.
His coat is oily, dusty, and I can feel scab under his fur. He keeps shedding some clumps of furs with scab at the end.
I only got him since yesterday, although he's quite relaxed, never went into hiding, and tried to snuggle with me all the time and purrs.
The shelter told me that he probably got the scab from fighting with other cats, since he's not neutered yet and the previous owner left him and another un-neutered cat at the shelter.
But so far, I also noticed that he never groomed himself once. I suspect that the poor condition of his coat was caused by negligence from previous owner, poor diet, and no grooming.
I'm thinking about bathing him but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. I've never bathed my own cats (I have three) so I don't really know how to do it. Should I get those wipes to clean him up a bit? So far he enjoyed brushing, but his coat is still super dusty.
This is my first time fostering. Any suggestions will be super helpful. I hope to improve his health during fostering so he will look more handsome to be adopted soon. He deserves a nice home because he's such a sweat heart.
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