Everything, of course know that cats should be combed - it is useful for health and appearance of a cat and also in the apartment there is less wool. But how to comb a cat if she runs away or rushes on you at once how will see a hairbrush?!
It is required to you
- - hairbrush
- - dry feed or any delicacy
- - old gloves
Instruction
1. It is necessary to accustom a cat to combing, of course, as soon as possible. The adult cat should be accustomed most likely longer, but anyway everything depends on character of a cat. It is important to be configured to the procedure and to be in good mood - cats feel everything!
2. For a start it is necessary to choose the convenient location. Most convenient on a windowsill - good lighting, a cat it is limited in the movement, and it is convenient to you, it is not necessary to bend down. It is also convenient to comb on a table, in the light of a desk lamp, and in the bathroom. Before combing it is necessary to accustom a cat to this place - to seat her and to iron, talk to her.
3. Now we will talk about hairbrushes. Good Furminator will reduce combing time several times, but not each owner is ready to buy it. At first it is enough to use a usual massage brush or a mitten. The most important - the hairbrush should not injure skin of an animal! Massage hairbrushes with metal teeth have for this purpose a special covering, and it is important to change a hairbrush at coating damage. In advance put a hairbrush back where you plan to comb an animal.
4. The main secret - combination with feeding! The cat has to be rather hungry, and food has to be her darling. It is the most convenient to use a dry feed or delicacies.
5. If the cat is afraid, carry her to the place of combing, stroke a couple of minutes and put a bowl with food. After that begin to comb slowly from the top until the end of a back. If after the first combing the cat runs away, entice her from the shelter food and at once begin to comb when she eats. Let's not to allow a cat escape and constantly palm off food.
6. If the cat bites and scratched, for the first time it is better to put on unnecessary leather or rag gloves for skin preservation. It is a little easier to cope with aggressive cats, them to distract the most important! It is also possible to distract feeding or to try a favourite toy. For this purpose it is necessary that one person played with a cat, and costing the second behind began to comb.
7. You do not seek to comb out all cat for 1 time. Combine feeding and combing of 1 - 2 time a week, every time increasing combing time, and gradually the cat will get used, will associate a hairbrush with food and will cease are afraid and to bite. After combing always give delicacy and you praise a cat.