Short and Long Hair Cat Care
Short Hair Cats
There are many owners that relax brushing their cat and enjoy doing it daily, as much as the animal is of short hair or long hair.
However, a healthy cat of short hair normally does not need the brushing more than once a week. On having beautified it takes out from him the dead hair, it avoids the balls of hair and, in addition, it is less probable than the cat going to spread of hairs the carpets and the furniture.
To beautify a cat of short hair, brush him from the head to the tail and to repeat later with a brush of sows or of rubber. If the cat is placed on a newspaper or a white surface, it will be easy to see if fall nits or dirt of fleas (tiny black points) on having done it. Finish the polishing rubbing the hair with a chamois or a rag to get sheen. With the hair of Rex cats it is necessary to use a child's soft brush.
Long Hair Cats
The soft and thin hair of many cats of long hair gets entangled easily and forms an impossible tangle. In order that there are no knots, it is necessary to beautify it dayly.This is indispensable in the persian cats and his crossings. There are other breeds as the mapache of the Maine and the Balinesa - that have a glossy and floating hair with few interior cap. On having been neither so soft nor so thick as that Persian, it is much more manageable and they cannot need it more than weekly polishing.
Use a comb of separated prongs or a polish brush to pass them softly across the hair, to everything long of the body. Take care of not damaging to the cat on having stretched very much, specially in the very sensitive parts, as the abdomen and the sides. On having passed the comb, having checked the skin, to see if there are signs of discoloration, wounds, abnormal bundles or nits. The knots and snarls are in the habit of being around the head and behind the legs.
Pull them with the fingers and then pass the comb. For the tail, use a brush of sows, brushing softly both sides, and pass it also around the neck if you wanted that the cat has the visible "collarín". If it turns out difficult to pass the comb for the cap, the emollient spray can help to remove the knots and tangled parts.
Q/A. Is it possible for a cat to brush himself excessively?
Yes. There are cats that can brush themselves of obsessive form because they are nervous or have a problem of health or physically, as an infection of fleas or a skin disease. If you notice signs of beautified excessively, sores or patches, take the cat to the veterinarian.
My chinchilla cat, Sibyl, seems to have balls of hair in the stomach although I really take care of her beauty. Can I do anything else to avoid it?
Verify with his veterinarian if Sibyl has an ailment of the skin that makes him to lose too much hair. If it is not like that, he can advise you a laxative for cats, in order that the depositions should be softer, and give it to him once a week. are you sure that the comb and the brush that you are using are most adapted for this case?.
