Cat Fur Clumps Suggestions by: Cat Health Guide Editor
Cat Fur Clumps are usually formed due to poor or irrational grooming. Cats need regular grooming. Even though cats habitually groom themselves, it is necessary to groom cats regularly, almost every day. Fur matting or clumping is a more severe problem in long haired cats.
If you have not been grooming your cat properly, then clumps will form. Along with regular grooming at home, thorough grooming by a professional may be required in some cases. Moreover, some cats have oily skin and a dense distribution of hair follicles over the skin, so their fur may easily get tangled, matted or clumped.
I'd suggest that you try a herbal shampoo such as Clean-Cat Shampoo, which can clean the surface of skin, remove any dust, debris or broken hair and prevent the tangling of the hair. Use this shampoo regularly, and use a specially designed de-matter for clearing clumps.
The dematter you use should have a blunt surface on the bottom in order to keep the skin safe like the Groomax 9 Blade Dematter for Cats Cats usually do not like the dematting procedure, so try it when your pet is calm or sleepy.
Though dematters are usually designed with safety in mind, but you should be careful while dematting, as the skin may get injured, leading to other skin problems. Proceed only if you are sure, otherwise consult a professional groomer.
However, once the hair clumping problem is resolved, you can use a dematter when you feel that your cat is getting its fur mildly messed again.
Once resolved, you should groom your cat with regular bathes using a quality cleanser shampoo such as the one mentioned above and by using different brushes that are made for this purpose such as the 4-in-1 Grooming Set from PetSmart.. Also, you should refer your pet to professional groomer at least once every 3 – 4 months to prevent recurrence of the cat fur clumps.
Feb 07, 2010 Rating
Cat Fur Clumps by: alien
My cat is about 12 years old..and has clumps on his back and sides...I don't think it's mange because mange causes hair loss. The clumps actually seem to be forming around the skin, and if I were to try and cut this or use a dematting tool it would seriously hurt my pet.
I've tried brushing and baths..I even used tuna with oil hoping that maybe he just had dry skin or something.But nothing is working.
I also have another cat that is a year older, he grew long clumps of hair and skin on his back that i would have called wings.Is this normal for cats? I mean eventually they came off..but I wonder if this is what caused the clumping on my other cat.
