strange fur lumps????

Question

my cat has strange fur lumps on her body!she's a really poofy cat and she has real long hair.how doess she get these fur lumps???

Answer 1

Oh sweetie those are mats, and it sounds like they've gotten too bad for you to remove them yourself, unless you comb them, which is quite a job.

The danger in cutting them off is that the cat's fur gets twisted up in the knot of hair, and you can't even tell where the hair ends and the knot begins.

If you accidently cut the skin even a little bit, you would not believe how big the wound gets.

You can't leave the mats, because they are really uncomfortable to the cat. Also, they get dirt and dampness underneath and bugs (even maggots if it goes untreated) will start living in it.

You need to take the cat to a groomer who knows how to do cats.

At the very least, have them remove the knots- you can have her completely clipped too if you want- it's adorable, but the groomer has to know what they are doing.

Mats are easier to prevent than get rid of once they form. Running a wider toothed comb through your cat every day or two helps you find them when they are small and easy to remove by combing.

Grooming every other day is the best thing.

Answer 2

I am assuming the fur lumps you are talking about are in her fur only, and they are not eruptions on her skin, or worse, raised bumps arising under her skin. If my assumption is correct, your cat has matted fur.

Long-haired cats need to be brushed daily. That is the only way to avoid matted fur. Now that you have mats, you need to try to tease them out with a brush or comb, or cut them out with a scissors -- or take your cat to a groomer, and have them do it professionally.

Once she comes back to you from the groomer, or once you have gotten these mats out of her fur, you really must get a brush or one of those brushing gloves at the pet supply store, and brush her every day. Just make it part of your routine -- when she wakens you in the morning; when you are sitting watching TV in the evening; when you are getting your evening love-up before you go to sleep at night, just brush her.

Matted fur forms on long-haired cats because the fur is so fine, and just the cat's normal movements compact fur masses. This compacting is cemented by a bit of food falling into it and drying, or something from the environment that falls on the cat or the cat sits in it. Around the backside, a crumb of feces or some sticky urine can cement the mat.

Mats are uncomfortable for cats, because the matted hair pulls, as when your hair gets in a too-tight pony tail. Mats also breed bacteria, and left un-brushed-out or un-cut-off, can cause skin infections. They are also unsightly. When you acquire a long-haired cat, you acquire also the responsibility of daily brushings.

this is an easy problem to solve, but you really do need to be about doing it.

Good luck.

Answer 3

It sounds like she has matted fur. Once it gets like that, she will probably need to have them shaved off. Don't use scissors! It is too easy to cut the skin this way. I would get her shaved soon because the matting is very uncomfortable and can cause sores on her skin. Once her fur starts growing back, she will probably need daily brushing to prevent it from happening again. I hope this helps =)

Answer 4

Is her fur matted? My fat cat gets them towards the back where he can't reach to groom. Cut them off with scissors and then make sure to brush her in the future to prevent them from reoccuring.

Answer 5

try brushing her, she should be brushed every day. My cat got fur lumps and I had to cut them out but since I started brushing him he has no more lumps

Answer 6

That long hair will mat if it's not brushed every day. Long-haired cats are beautiful, but that is one of the problems they have.

Answer 7

ticks?

bumps from a fight?

insect/ant bites sores?

take her to a vet.

Answer 8

too much of long hair/cancer/tumer/age

Answer 9

fleas