Thread: Stud tail... Not so studly...

It can be a nightmare can't it & it looks & feels awful,sometimes a light powder into that area really getting to the bottom fur & a good hard slicker or brush the wrong way before going the right way can help lift it,I use the grooming powder because it is finer but if ordinary powder better going for baby because that is a lot finer where the others seem harsher & can clog it more,if it is full wash it needs chances are you will have to do it a couple of times you need to use a degreaser first if you have one,I use fast orange has the pumice effect & then shampoo it,one hint a judge gave me at a show when I had nearly gone into dispair with stud tail,shampoo with fairy liquid,works wonders,the only thing is when you "attack"that area it can obviously stimulate the stud tail more thats why if you have a cat that has it bad you might find that the first time you help it slightly but hence another wash could be needed or in the case of my nightmare five times later & still......! If he hadn't been going to a show I would have given up at the "thats better"stage though.Its another thing that can vary in our cats though,one of mine never had it two only slightly & a bit of powder lifted it & another has been awful,daughters black MC was so bad that when she combed his tail I got a panic phone call to say she had pulled out a great clump of fur & now had a big bald sore area,emailed picture confirmed what I thought his stud tail was so thick with grease it had just all come away,luckily he had so much coat it didn't show too badly unless his tail was really flying full mast. Good luck...x