Thread: how to keep her clean?

Someone did advise me to use talc on our chickens once to help integrate them, gets rid of chicken smell apparently

Bit of an old one Miss Diane , but he is so difficult to get a pic of !

Gah!! We are having such issues with Poif and poop in her fur at the moment. This winter she grew a very thick coat (she looks a bit like a sheep) and she just seems to constantly have poop around her bum area, it STINKS!! She also likes to sleep wrapped round my head at night, and now this is a rather unpleasant experience.

We have tried combing the area to keep it de-knotted and are now shaving it down regularly, but it seems even the short fur seems to embrace bits of poo like a huge never ending hug. Please help me!!

Or at least offer some advise into how to shave a cats behind in the least distressing way for all!

Originally Posted by Bethy_boo

Or at least offer some advise into how to shave a cats behind in the least distressing way for all!

Beautiful cat.

I don't particularly want to be shredded, or to be the one who gets the blame for the outrage,
so I let my friendly local groomer do the trimming and take the blame...

Combo bath ( which I'm also glad to avoid ) and sanitary trim for MC Elvis is around US$30
here and he seems to like the groomer ( other than the fact that he's the only cat among many dogs )
and the attention he gets there enough so that he doesn't embarrass himself by not cooperating.

Rarely encounter this problem now they are all raw fed - firm dry poops never stick to fur and don't even smell.

We had a few issues with this too, but Sidney is now eating Lily's Kitchen wet food and his poops are very solid and smooth on the outside. I used to just trim it off whilst the front end was scoffing a cat treat! Maybe diet is the way forward?

I hold Ginger and wash her butt with a warm wet washcloth, if nothing else it's good for a laugh as she kicks and licks to get away.

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