As well as Cat sitting your cat while you are away, we offer a professional grooming service for your cat in the comfort and safety of their own home. We prefer to visit the cat in its own environment as this helps reduce its stress levels as most cats don’t really like to be groomed especially if they have matts or pelts.
Matting is when a cat’s fur becomes knotted and entwined. Matts can occur when the cat’s undercoat sheds (moults) and gets trapped under the top layer of fur. A build-up of dirty fur or oily skin, affecting the condition of the fur, can also result in matting. The fur bunches together if left uncombed.
Without proper and regular grooming, a cats matting can very quickly become pelted.
Most owners concentrate on the top layer of fur, when they brush their cat, leaving the undercoat without attention. This can be the start of matting. A matt or knot can sometimes be teased out with the fingers or gently combed out if held at the root. If a comb can be slid between the matt and skin, then it is safe to carefully cut the matt out using the combs teeth as a barrier so as not to cut and hurt the cat. This should not be done on a cat that is moving around. Extreme caution and the cat’s wellbeing is the number one priority when removing a small knot with scissors or by teasing out with fingers.
A pelt is a hardened matt or knotting that is tight against the skin. Pelts are formed when matting starts to join together, over a long period of time over various parts of the body. More loose fur, dirt, debris and even faeces, gets stuck in the already formed pelts making them larger. Pelts cannot be combed out and always need to be shaved.
You minimise the risk of hairballs
You stop the coat developing painful knots and matts
You can spot abnormal lumps and bumps early
You are reducing the risk of him developing a skin condition
You are boosting the essential oils in his coat, ensuring that he is at has the best protection possible against cold, rain and infections
It reduces the amount of cat hair you find on the sofa and your clothes
It is a wonderful, therapeutic experience for both you and your cat, you will find that your bond grows and strengthens.
Holistic Approach: We believe grooming should be a pleasure not a stress for your cat, so our service places the cats well being as the fore most concern. Not all cats will enjoy being groomed, we try to work in stages never trying to complete an unwilling cat in one sitting. If it takes a few sittings that is to the benefit of the cat.
With particularly aggressive cats we may have to wear some protection and work quicker than we would like, again always respecting the cat and its levels of stress.
Our aim is also to teach you to take over the grooming which will give you time to bond and enjoy your relationship with your cat.
Prices for a complete groom start at £40.
Before his summer groom (left), after (right).
Not only is it more cooler for him but it aids his own grooming regime.
