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Maine coon matted fur.
So do maine coons have.
When we think of cats with greasy fur we tend to imagine strays with matted fur and fleas.
So how do you remove matted fur from your maine coon.
I m looking into how to remove matted fur from my maine coon cat.
Some maines like leo have a medium coat and some have an extremely full and bushy coat.
I thought some one would have another way to help us out maybe other then shaving him.
How to remove your maine coon s matted fur.
In the first instance if you are lucky you may find that you ve caught the matted fur in its early stages.
However some cat breeds have more naturally occurring oils than others.
This makes greasy fur a scale of sorts.
Before we got him he had to be sedated to have his fur shaved because it had become so seriously matted.
It s gotten pretty bad on her front so i was looking into how to fix it.
Well a year or so later and it is happening again.
Just as maine coon cats can be almost any color there is much variety in the texture of their fur.
Matted fur is a serious problem in cats and needs treating as soon as possible.
My son had shaved him last year when he was like this.
I tried scissors and learned the hard way not to do that.
Each breed has their threshold for what is greasy and what is not.
Some of them seem to hurt him when we try to brush him.
We brush the rest of his fur and try to keep up with the brushing especially when he is shedding.
Well it depends on how severe the knotting is but you should be able to remove most mats yourself at home provided that you have the right equipment to hand.
We have a luvverly maine coon who came to us as a rescue cat.
Our alice on the other hand has a very very silky coat.
She likes the comb so there s that at least.
In this section i will reveal some solutions on how you can get rid of it 01.