Thread: best grooming comb

Good luck with this.
I have found that my two need no grooming at all for most of the year, then all hell breaks loose with hair everywhere and matted lumps that appear literally overnight and then it is time for THE FURMINATOR.

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It's basically a razor blade with spikes that strips out the undercoat. It's virtually idiot-proof - you won't be able to hurt anything with it and it gets rid of all the issues in about 3 1-hour sessions. Sid needs pinning down to do his belly, but from a kitten he's not let anyone touch it willingly. Lots of cat treats help too!
Ava isn't bothered, she lets me get on with it with a soft brush, just getting her used to the idea for now.

Some people have issues with coat damage with the FURMINATOR, I genuinely haven't noticed that. What is amazing is how much stuff can be removed from a cat without the cat seeming to look any different - the pic is of a half-hour belly-groom. Sid also changes colour completely: before he is a pale grey smoke cat with a few darker bits, after he is a black and grey mackerel tabby! The stripes are completely overwhelmed by all the fluff.

The alternative is a shaved cat - Sid went from two small mats under each "arm" to armour-plated across his entire belly in about 48 hours, despite me trying to groom the mats with an ordinary comb. He looked like a raw pork sausage for weeks.