VintagePunk
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Question for people who have ever had long haired cats: How do you, um, keep them clean...down there?
This is gross, but I noticed the other day when Jack walked by me that he smelled bad. I took a closer look at him, and saw that he had a fairly large piece of feces stuck in the fur below his behind. I put on rubber gloves and tried to get it out, but it was matted in. So, I put him in the empty bathtub, kept putting treats down, and was able to cut the worst of it out. I was by myself at the time, and even with the treats he was still squirmy and clearly averse to what I was doing, so I wasn't able to do a perfect job, but I got pretty much all of it out. Then I got some damp paper towels, and wiped the area as well as I could (and as much as he would let me). I was thinking of trying to bathe him - him and my other tux boy both seem to not mind water, they love to sit in the sink while the tap is trickling, and don't seem to mind the water getting on them - but all I could think of was his long fur ending up all wet and matted, so I didn't.
Is this common for long haired cats? Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to deal with this if it happens in the future?
This is gross, but I noticed the other day when Jack walked by me that he smelled bad. I took a closer look at him, and saw that he had a fairly large piece of feces stuck in the fur below his behind. I put on rubber gloves and tried to get it out, but it was matted in. So, I put him in the empty bathtub, kept putting treats down, and was able to cut the worst of it out. I was by myself at the time, and even with the treats he was still squirmy and clearly averse to what I was doing, so I wasn't able to do a perfect job, but I got pretty much all of it out. Then I got some damp paper towels, and wiped the area as well as I could (and as much as he would let me). I was thinking of trying to bathe him - him and my other tux boy both seem to not mind water, they love to sit in the sink while the tap is trickling, and don't seem to mind the water getting on them - but all I could think of was his long fur ending up all wet and matted, so I didn't.
Is this common for long haired cats? Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to deal with this if it happens in the future?