My wife and I are at the end of our tether. We have 2 cats, one of whom is very long haired, but no matter how often we groom her (which is every day) she always seems to get matts of fur either side of her body near the base of her tail.
We have 3 items we use.
1 - A rubber massage brush with big blobby bits on the end. We use this to "space her out". A couple of minutes with this and you can do pretty much anything with her.
2 - A narrow toothed (double sided) comb/brush. (See below). This is great as it gets out lots of hair and goes through her coat quite well. However she'll only tolerate this for a little while before she starts getting fractious.
3 - A comb. This is just to tidy her legs and rear end area.
The other thing we have noticed is that her coat sems to be quite oily at the base of her back near her tail. The fur "feels" different - somewhat coarser and not as soft. Do cats suffer like humans with "greasy hair"?
She is such a pretty thing and quite tolerant when we groom her, but she just seems to get so many matts - almost on a daily basis. We can brush them out but she squeals a little and obviously hates it.
Can someone offer any advice here please?
We have 3 items we use.
1 - A rubber massage brush with big blobby bits on the end. We use this to "space her out". A couple of minutes with this and you can do pretty much anything with her.
2 - A narrow toothed (double sided) comb/brush. (See below). This is great as it gets out lots of hair and goes through her coat quite well. However she'll only tolerate this for a little while before she starts getting fractious.
3 - A comb. This is just to tidy her legs and rear end area.
The other thing we have noticed is that her coat sems to be quite oily at the base of her back near her tail. The fur "feels" different - somewhat coarser and not as soft. Do cats suffer like humans with "greasy hair"?
She is such a pretty thing and quite tolerant when we groom her, but she just seems to get so many matts - almost on a daily basis. We can brush them out but she squeals a little and obviously hates it.
Can someone offer any advice here please?