Behind hair of polecats regular leaving because of a large number of hypodermic sebaceous glands is necessary. Some polecats quietly postpone a procedure of washing, some with enthusiasm, some categorically against. But anyway, washing - the procedure which needs to be mastered.
It is required to you
- Warm water, special polecats shampoo, terry towel, hair dryer, deodorant.
Instruction
1. If the polecat still absolutely a puppy (up to 2.5-3 months) also has decent appearance, then you should not wash it. However if it strongly smells also very dirty, it is possible and it is even necessary to expiate it. If at a polecat pads, buttocks or a tummy were slightly soiled, then it is possible just to wipe them with a damp rag. It is not recommended to wash a polecat more often than once a month. If to abuse washing with use of detergents, the functionality of glands will be broken, the smell proceeding from a polecat will repeatedly amplify, skin will begin to be shelled, fur will not be dense and brilliant.
2. To a question of where to wash a polecat, it is necessary to approach individually. Someone quietly perceives washing under a shower, and someone is given in hands only in a basin with water. It is possible to find out it only experimentally. Water for bathing has to be warm near 36-38os.
3. For washing use specialized means. Polecats shampoo can be bought in pet-shop. If you bought the concentrated shampoo, study the instruction for application. The concentrated shampoos need to be diluted with water in certain proportions. If specialized means for washing of polecats at you did not appear near at hand, and it is necessary to wash a polecat, it is possible to use children's shampoo which does not pinch an eye. Wet hair of a polecat warm water. Drip a small amount of shampoo to yourself on a palm, slightly pound hands shampoo and apply on wool from the head to a tail, paying special attention to paws, a bottom and a tummy. Avoid water ingress and shampoo in a nose and ears of an animal.
4. After you well soap a polecat, carefully wash away from him shampoo. It is possible to blot fur of a polecat with a terry towel. Put a towel on a floor and let out a polecat, he about it will be wiped. It is also possible to dry up a polecat the hair dryer, but it needs to be done accurately, gradually accustoming a polecat to drying not to frighten an animal. After the polecat is washed and dried up, it is possible to use a special deodorant, it will give to fur a fresh and pleasant smell. Besides, many deodorants have the additional conditioning effect that positively affects appearance of fur of a polecat.