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Grooming should be done on a daily basis for proper care of your cat. Brushing, combing, clipping nails, and cleaning ears are all types of grooming that need to be done. By doing basic grooming on a regular basis, it will help prevent scratched furniture and hairballs.
Hairballs can be managed using different products. (Do not confuse this for a substitute for grooming.) Learn more about these products at your favorite pet store or internet site.
When training your cat for grooming, one of the first things you will want done is to have the cat to be able to relax in your lap. Pet your cat gently on the head and then you will want to pet him down the back and continue until you see that your cat is comfortable with you petting him in the areas that you will be grooming. Next, you will want to press gently on the paw pads to look at the nails. You will want to work on checking the ears. When you have achieved all these things, this is the time to introduce the brush. Let him check the brush out. Carefully start to brush him until you see your cat being comfortable with the brush. Remember a cat’s skin is sensitive and you will want to take gentle precaution when grooming.
Be gentle, cats' hair is easily matted, and skin is sensitive. Brushing a cat’s hair is very important, also with long hair cats combing needs to be done. With combing it helps get out the loose hair and will make a nice looking fur.
If you have never clipped your cat’s nails, please talk to a veterinarian, a local groomer, search articles about it, read books, and be very careful when you are cutting them. One thing to practice is having someone with you to help with this, so if the cat tries to move you have reinforcements. When cutting a cat’s nail, toward the paw is a pink area that you do not want to clip. This will be very painful for the cat and may warrant a visit to the vet. Make sure when doing this that the cat is very comfortable with you touching its paws. Talk to him when cutting the nails to reassure it is fine and soon will be done. If your cat seems annoyed with cutting their nails, stop, and try later. If you are unable to do this, cat groomers trained to cut nails can do this for you and most time very inexpensive, a lot less then a vet bill.
Cleaning your cat’s ears is another basic grooming process, as in the first part of the article, make sure the cat is comfortable with the touching of their ears. Once you know that you are able to touch your cat’s ears, now is the time to clean.
Use soft tip q-tips for this part, gently at first rub the q-tip around the out side of the ear working your way to the inside to be able to clean the ear. If at any time the cat resist, stop redirect the cat and then continue until you can successfully clean the ears.
Grooming your cat is also caring for your pet; just like feeding your cat is caring. Grooming is also a great way to interact with your pet for healthy relationships.
Search out more information on training your pet, tools to help with the training and caring for your pet. Check out books, pet stores, search on the internet there are great articles, ideas, and suggestions on training your pet. One way of training may not work but some one else may have different approach. Not all cats train the same, just as we do not teach the same.
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