hi I'm Rita Peterson with everything
homemade and owner and operator of
Kitty's home away from home near Grand
Prairie Alberta I'm going to dedicate
part of my youtube channel to cat
grooming how to take care of your cat so
what to do with a pregnant cat kittens
basically cat health with my personal
experience now if you have any problems
with your cat
please seek veterinarian advice so this
is just what I do here at Kitty's home
away from home so if there is an issue
please see veterinarian advice now we
have Beaulieu here I was trying to eat
my brushes and we have Leo here and Leo
is probably a Maine Coon cross and as
you can see he sheds a lot of hair so
I'm going to teach you today how to
groom a long-haired cat so Leo loves
being loved now there's different kind
of brushes this is a slicker brush this
is a pin brush and this is a greyhound
Cole now in my years of grooming I used
to be a groomer before I got married and
I groomed a lot of dogs professionally
and we did a lot of cats one of my
favorites is this metal comb right here
called a greyhound Cole found at the
most pet stores so what happens is hey
Leo you ready for this oh you love it
what happens when you groom if you want
to get close up heroship when you grew a
long haired cat you want to reach the
skin what happens with brushes like this
you not necessarily get right down to
the skin especially if it's a heavy
coated cat sometimes you're just
grooming the surface and then you wonder
why your cats all matted with a comb I
can go around the ears I can just gently
hold him and I can split apart his hair
so I know I'm getting everything right
down to the skin and it doesn't hurt him
at all
but what you want to do is you always
groom around the around the ears because
that's a high spot to get matted is
right around the ears
under the chin now you want to just hold
up the chin and groom underneath oh
you're such looking such a good boy leo
and just keep on going kind of work with
your cat if your cat likes it over here
or over here leo has been here for about
two weeks now he's going home soon but
we want to make him nice and spiffy for
his owner so his owners can have a cat
that's all been well groomed and you can
see I'm just kind of pulling the hair as
I go and making sure that I get
everywhere the other part that is
usually matted is their bub area so I'm
just gonna work my way take some of this
hair out and work my way oh yeah don't
blame your hair I know it becomes toys
doesn't it and kind of work with your
cat so if your cat is stretching out all
get his tail over here oh he's moving
over a bit trying to eat his helm hair
don't do that Leo that's not a toy okay
now I'm gonna get a side Oh does that
feel good you feel good Leo and so with
cats it's a little bit different than
grooming a dog because the dog you can
lift up a little better but if cats I
find just working with them if they're
stretched out get their bum area because
he's too busy looking at my and my
brushes get yeah did you get me and and
when they're done they're done don't
force it because you don't want them to
hate grooming yeah good boy Leo oh yeah
and so he's sticking out his bum here so
now I'm just gonna get his bum area oh
yeah hey are you heading to the food
dishes oh I think he's hungry so he's
hungry right now so again take the
opportunity he's willing to eat some
food finish your grooming make it a
positive
time for him I don't think he knows
exactly what he wants besides that he is
just burnt like crazy oh you want that
brush okay and again here's the belly
you don't like your belly getting too
bad so he doesn't like his belly so I'm
just gonna rub his belly because I think
he's kind of getting into a frisky mode
I heard you leo
and so and he also was trying to bite so
that tells me nope we're not gonna get
to his belly today and I'm not going to
stress him out at all and we don't want
to do that so we got a pretty good
brushing and he's also in a little bit
of a play mode today he's got his tail
going he wants to play with onyx over
here but basically the biggest part is
get around those ears get around his
neck I think you're done Elia make sure
you get around his bum underneath his
legs where his armpits are and and do
that with a lawn care cat and this has
got to be the best tool it costs you
about $9 Canadian I find it at most pets
pet stores and look at the hair we got
out just with that simple grooming so
it's pretty easy as long as you got a
cooperative cat to groom it so it
doesn't become matted and so you don't
have to take it to a vet or to a groomer
to be completely shaved now if you do
have a mad at cat it hurts
those mats pull at that skin okay but
it's just like having this ball of fur
and if I wind it up and wind it and wind
it it becomes tight and that's what a
Mac does so if this is connected let's
say this is the cat skin if this is
connected to the skin it's going to get
tighter and tighter where it's just
gonna pull at the skin it gets red it
gets um it can cause a rash it can also
cause a burn underneath where it just
it's really painful so if I take my comb
and I
under that really tight math and I pull
it I start can rip at their skin and I
can cause a lot of damage plus a lot of
pain so please it's important if your
cat is completely matted take it to a
groomer where they can take a clipper go
right underneath that mat pop it right
off and start again so it's not so
painful for your cat and then keep up
with the brushing because that is really
important how to do that now if the mats
are if you're able to get underneath
with a greyhound comb greyhound combs
are awesome you are not going to deem at
a cat with these take this if you can
get underneath that mat and kind of work
at it a little bit and the cat lets you
it's not causing a lot of pain then you
can get that mat out and I will
demonstrate getting a mat out if I see a
mass on a calf here at qts home away
from home I always take them out for the
owner especially if they are light mats
I make sure I can take them out because
I know how to do it properly and if once
I get a mad at cat with a little bit of
mats here there and a cooperative cat -
I will show you how to take those mats
out where it doesn't hurt the cat and
you can save yourself a trip to the
groomer and the bill if you have any
questions comment that's how you do a
long-haired cat
you
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