my nephew cut my cats hair on the top of his back, now its full of knots.?

Question

how do i get rid of the knots.

Answer 1

Grooming your cat regularly with a brush or comb will reduce the occurrence of mats in the fur. Unfortunately, many cats wind up with matted fur because they hate to be groomed. Here's how to deal with the problem, which occurs most often in longhairs.


Steps:
1. Attempt to remove the fur mat after the cat has eaten. Cats tend to be more relaxed after meals.

2. Adopt a calm and soothing demeanor as you approach the cat. Have your manicure scissors hidden in your pocket as you pet the cat.

3. Once the cat is relaxed, try to work out the fur mat with your fingers. Pull out the scissors if that doesn't work.

4. Snip down the middle of the fur mat, far from the skin. It's quite easy to snip the skin accidentally on longhaired cats, so work carefully.

5. Slowly work apart the fur mat with your fingers. Snip away a little more if necessary. Reassure the cat in a soothing voice as you snip. If she becomes upset, stop and come back to the task later.

6. Once you've worked apart the fur mat and it's clearly away from the skin, cut it off.

7. Reward the cat's cooperation with a kitty treat.

8. If the cat has several fur mats, remove them at separate times. The cat will quickly lose her patience after you remove the first fur mat. Build trust with a gentle approach and kitty treats to make future encounters easier.

9. Bring the cat to a professional groomer if the cat is unapproachable, if the fur mat is in a delicate area or if the mats are extremely tangled.

Answer 2

First of all, keep your nephew away from your cat!!!!!!!!!! If he doesn't know how to be kind to animals, keep him away or teach him.

However what he did did not cause the knots. These are caused by lack of grooming.

Get a metal comb designed to groom pets, a slicker brush & if it's really bad, a matt splitter. All of these are readily available at pet stores or online at Jeffers Pet Supply, PetEdge, etc.

Gently ease the fur out of each matt with the comb. If that isn't working, use a matt splitter. This is going to be a long, monotonous procedure.

Your best bet might be to take the pet to a groomer, have them give him a "Lion's Shave", then keep up the good grooming.

For ordinary grooming, use the slicker brush and the "One pet, One brush" method. You pet him and brush him alternately. This will teach your cat to enjoy the grooming process & you won't end up with matts again if you do this frequently. Depending on length of fur, this could be daily or weekly.

Answer 3

First, try to break up the knots by pulling them apart from the bottom with your fingers. Next, use a metal wide tooth comb and comb him, then switch to a finer comb and comb again.

Don't try to bath him until you get the knots out because the coat will tangle up more and turn to felt.

If you are going to cut them out, be careful, may animals have ended up in the vet's for stitches after they have been accidently stabbed or cut with scissors while trying to remove tangles. If you must do it, keep your fingers between the cat and the scissors.

You could take him to a groomer who would fix it all for you.

Answer 4

That seems strange to me. At any rate, use a flea comb or any comb and GENTLY attack each know in turn. Start at the top of the mat to free the hair first and work your way down to the base. Tackle one mat at a time, one day at a time,so you don't stress the cat too much.

Unfortunately you can not always be successful with this as the mats can be quite tight to the skin and you can't get down far enough when you are holding on to the mat to prevent the cat from experiencing painful pulling.

That's a way to start and I hope it works for you. Please do not attempt to use scissors. Cats have extremely thin skin and like with the comb you can't get close enough to the base of the mat without risking cutting or puncturing the skin, leading to possible bleeding or infection.

If you can't get them out a professional groomer or your vet's office have the skill and know-how to use clippers to remove them.

Make sure your nephew knows that he is NOT to use scissors on the cat or his sister!

Answer 5

If they are to the skin you will have to shave them with a clipper. Cats skin cuts very easy as it is quite thin. Do NOT use scissors because if you cut the cat it's skin will run like a pair of panty hose. If you run it by the vet a tech will shave it for very little money. At least a little if it's just a small area. Otherwise take it to a groomer and let them do it.

Answer 6

Give the cat a bath and then brush him really good, if that doesn't work you'll have to cut the knots out or take him to a groomer. Good Luck!

Answer 7

Combing the cat will help. Or get all of his fur cut short and keep brushing it out until it's normal again.

Answer 8

try to comb it out ,if not take him to get groomed if u can't do that u can clip him yourself

Answer 9

trim it down and make sure that you comb or brush it as it grows back.

Answer 10

You may need to get him shaved..