my cat has some matted hair on his back-how do I help him
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Get a good pair of sharp hair cutting scissors. Cut the mats by using vertical cuts with the scissors into the mat. This means to point the tips of the scissors towards the skin when cutting the mats. Be careful! Make several cuts into each mat. Then comb with a medium tooth comb. If there is any resistance, then make more cuts into the mat until the comb goes through the cats coat smoothly, without pulling. Cutting the hair in this way helps the cut hair blend better with the uncut hair. If you cut the hair horizontally, then the shorter hair will be much more noticable where the hair was cut.
Then, brush some corn starch into your cats coat. This helps the brush to glide through his coat, as well as remove any debree. For your cats coat maintenance, brush/comb him daily.
Best to you and your cat.
Well it depends on HOW matted it is, you can try brushing it (gently) or if it's really severe wait until the summer and shave him.
He might just be getting matted because he's depressed over the cold weather, my cat gets that way every single winter, there really isnt much you can do about it.
Is it an indoor or outdoor cat?
The fastest and less painful way that seems to work best for my cat is to shave down the matted area. The only drawback is the fact that it may be noisy and may startle the cat.
You can try a detangler (sold in the shampoo isle at the grocery store) that is used for girls long hair, although most cats hate getting wet. However, if you can get enough on him, then you can brush most of that out. Unfortunately, if the matted hair is too much, you might have to shave that part of his back.don't worry, it grows back pretty quick (I'm speaking from experience).
Good Luck!
Take him to pet smart or another groomer and have the matts shaved off. If you have a long haired cat, you need to brush him daily or he will matt again.
For a cat, the only thing you can do for matted hair is to trim it out as gently as possible. Regular grooming will be necessary to avoid this in the future.
I have the same problem. The best thing to do is to cut it off. Its the least painful. You can try and brush it out but it will hurt a lot. Just make sure you brush him frequently to keep his fur mat free.
Shave it or carefully cut it out if you can. If your cat is very squirmy I highly suggest taking him to a vet or a groomer to have it done. They can safely restrain him and remove the matted hair. Take care of it sooner rather than latter because the matted hair tugs on their skin and can be irritating to them and uncomfortable.
Just cut the matted hair off it will come back in a few weeks an bathe time brush him an that will help alot.
The easiest way to help him (and the least painful to you) is to take a small pair of sicissors and snip the mats out near the base. It might take a little time, but believe me, it's safer than trying to use an electric clipper (ouch!) lol My cat freaks anytime I turn the clipper on and she's in the same room.
If you try to wait for warmer weather, the mats will get worse and more painful for the cat. My poor cat gets matted in the fall, no matter how much brushing she gets, it's just her fate I guess. I try to clip her mats before it snows so she has a chance to grow that underlayer back before it's really cold out.
Hope this helps!!
My cat, Mysti, get really bad matted hair. I did everything I could think of brushing, combing, shaving, etc. Mysti hated having me touching her with brush, comb, scissor or grooming tools. It is because that the matted hair is so close to her skin that it hurt her. The only best to have it done is take to the Vet - NOT animal groomer. They will shave your cat while they put him to sleep. You might want to have the Vet check his teeth too. Normally the Vet check cat's teeth and if they need to be clean, they need to put cat to sleep to do it. If you have them do both teeth cleaning and shaving at same time, you will save money and to keep them going under so much.
Cut it off if it is not too matted, if it is then shave it down. That is the best way.
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