Thread: Wonderful comb for maine coons!

We have problems grooming one of daughters cats,because she had to do him on her own & he was so big he ended up getting the better of her & if he decided it was a no go he would turn & bite her hand & at the same time stick all his claws into her arm making quite a mess of her,I could do a fair bit on my own with him by just scruffing him & laying across him to keep him down but could never get his tummy done,we now have an answer,one I never thought I would ever have to resort too with a MC,we muzzle him,bliss,what with that & the "wonder comb"we are really getting him sorted.
What we can't make out though is the fact that he used to go to shows & we had no problems bathing or preparing him so about a month ago we put him in the bath,he loved it,dried him with the hairdryer,he went into raptures,combed & brushed him like we would have done for a show,no problem,two days later daughter thought she would just comb him
as he had been so good & she ended up wearing him again,muzzle back on...

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

What we can't make out though is the fact that he used to go to shows & we had no problems bathing or preparing him so about a month ago we put him in the bath,he loved it,dried him with the hairdryer,he went into raptures,combed & brushed him like we would have done for a show,no problem,two days later daughter thought she would just comb him
as he had been so good & she ended up wearing him again,muzzle back on...

That's strange, I wonder why that is ?Have you brushed him without bathing him first ? maybe he knows one follows another with that routine, but is confused when he's only brushed.

Harry is 8 months old now and i've noticed recently that his coat is changing, sometimes he looks really scruffy even though he is brushed/combed a couple of times a week. I am guessing this is because he is getting older and his coat is changing into his adult coat but like I said as Harry is my first MC so I am only assuming this, would this be right ? His tail looks beautiful, although after being in the garden it seems to pick up everything and it takes ages to brush all the bits out. He walks in, tail up looking stunning until he walks past you and you see the underneath of his tail which has half the garden attached to it. Nightmare !

Originally Posted by harrymc

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Harry is 8 months old now and i've noticed recently that his coat is changing, sometimes he looks really scruffy even though he is brushed/combed a couple of times a week. I am guessing this is because he is getting older and his coat is changing into his adult coat but like I said as Harry is my first MC so I am only assuming this, would this be right ?

All of ours have seemed to go through this stage - they look really ropey!

Originally Posted by harrymc

His tail looks beautiful, although after being in the garden it seems to pick up everything and it takes ages to brush all the bits out. He walks in, tail up looking stunning until he walks past you and you see the underneath of his tail which has half the garden attached to it. Nightmare !

Yes, Hobbes picks up an amazing amount of stuff on the underside of his tail - there are conifers on our neighbour's side of the fence and the dead bits blow into the cat run through the mesh - and conifer is REALLY hard to pick/brush out!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

I would luv to see a photo of Spike after going to to see the "Cat Wrangler",now that has conjured up a picture that would make you laugh,given me the giggles just thinking about it ...

I promise I'll post a photo when we've had the dirty deed done! Poor Spike - he is such a dignified old chap, it seems a shame to laugh at him. Actually, when I watched the "Cats" DVD recently, I thought of Spike - "Bustopher Jones in White Spats" .....that's my old lad...."no commonplace mousers have such well-cut trousers, or such an immaculate back"

I got the smaller one too. I do have a problem that I can't sort and that is the Brisca has a huge Mat between her front legs that I cant get off. Anyone know of a cat wrangler in the north east?

No sorry Louie had a huge tat on his tummy the vets combed it out when he was there for the snip Have you tryed a comb & just teasing it with your fingers?

Originally Posted by harrymc

His tail looks beautiful, although after being in the garden it seems to pick up everything and it takes ages to brush all the bits out. He walks in, tail up looking stunning until he walks past you and you see the underneath of his tail which has half the garden attached to it. Nightmare !

Oh I know that look, our two love to play on the border under a bush as there is a couple of big rocks on there so they play on those I try to grab them before they come back in to dust off their tails.

I will resize a couple of the photos Hector looks really good on them!

How they love the rocks!! Hector was after a fly and Roxy was just posing

Originally Posted by harrymc

That's strange, I wonder why that is ?Have you brushed him without bathing him first ? maybe he knows one follows another with that routine, but is confused when he's only brushed.

Harry is 8 months old now and i've noticed recently that his coat is changing, sometimes he looks really scruffy even though he is brushed/combed a couple of times a week. I am guessing this is because he is getting older and his coat is changing into his adult coat but like I said as Harry is my first MC so I am only assuming this, would this be right ? His tail looks beautiful, although after being in the garden it seems to pick up everything and it takes ages to brush all the bits out. He walks in, tail up looking stunning until he walks past you and you see the underneath of his tail which has half the garden attached to it. Nightmare !

My sister nicknamed Duster for this very reason! She doesn't go out in the garden yet but she's great at finding fluff in places I didn't know I had!

I like that "Duster" seems really appropriate, can be embarassing when you get visitors and they are hiding behind the sofa, eventually appearing when they feel confident enough to do so and their tail is covered in dust and bits !!!