Thread: De-mating without injury

Originally Posted by Wendy1969

My top gadget for mats/knots is a seam ripper. It is small enough to hide in your hand, just need to be careful not to 'jab' the cat (or more likely - yourself!) with it. I hold the mat gently and just 'rip' through it, working away from the skin. You can also use it to 'saw' through if you can see the sking clearly. I have never injured any of the cats with it, much safer than trying to cut anything with scissors and quite often they dont even realise what I'm doing till I've done it

Thanks for that tip! I have one of those and will give it a go. I tried again last night to get one last fairly large mat left on the side of his fron leg, but he wouldn't stay still and I had to give up. I am going to try again today with the seam cutters. I have also ordered a whole variety of different gadgets to de- mat