Cats differ in cleanliness and constantly look after own fur coat. But it does not mean that they do not need the help of the owner. That the cat did not swallow excess wool, and its skin looked ideally, the alumna should be combed out. Both long-haired, and short-haired cats need this procedure though the last are combed out much less often.
It is required to you
- - hairbrushes and brushes;
- - facecloths;
- - scissors;
- - big towel.
Instruction
1. In advance prepare all necessary. Long-haired cats need metal hairbrushes with the convenient handle and the rare, rounded-off on the ends teeth. Short-haired frequent combs will be useful. Do not use plastic hairbrushes, they electrify wool. Also brushes from a natural bristle and soft terry or suede napkins will be required.
2. The Persian, Angora and other long-haired cats are combed out daily or every other day. Their thin gentle wool sputyvatsya quickly, forming ugly koltuna. Short-haired cats it is possible to scratch time in one-two weeks. In the period of a molt the number of procedures can be increased. That wool did not scatter about the room, spread a big towel. It is convenient to comb out a cat on the balcony, an open verandah or in the bathroom.
3. Before combing out a cat, make sure that at her claws are cut. It is the best of all to look after animal hair after a meal when the pet is in good mood. Begin with the head and move ahead to a tail. Usually cats quietly transfer touch to the head, a breast and a back, but at comb-out of a stomach and tail they can be nervous. Process wool on the course of its growth, watching that the hairbrush did not scratch skin of an animal.
4. Combing wool, touch it fingers. If you found koltun, try to comb it a crest. It is better to cut off especially dense sites scissors. Carefully process a collar, "trousers" and "skirt" about a tail. Pay attention to sites behind ears and from the inside of paws where wool often falls down.
5. Attentively examine an animal skin, especially if it has free access on the street. Having found fleas, process wool special powder or wash up a cat antiflea shampoo. Having noticed a tick, accurately remove him with tweezers.
6. Comb out short-haired cats a dense crest. Before the procedure it is better to moisten wool. It is possible to take away the hairs which are dropping out during a molt a rubber brush, wet towel wipes or wet hands. With a force "iron" a cat, constantly removing remote wool from hands or a napkin. Usually pets perceive this procedure with pleasure.
7. During the summer period of long-haired cats it is possible to cut. Hairstyles "under a lion" with a collar around a neck and a brush on a tail are very popular. Such hairstyle will save you from daily comb-out, will be to wipe an animal with wet towel wipes or a suede rag enough.