Thread: Grooming - best products

My favourite item in my grooming kit for doing tummies especially if it is a case of cuddling & having a quick go is the slicker brush,because of how it is hooked it seems to get nicely into the coat & straightens it out & also seems to prevent knots,I always have one on the table beside the chair because when I start trying to get them used to grooming as a kitten I find that just running it down their backs & sides a couple of times as they walk past gets them used to the feel,if you are lucky enough to have a MC with a bib it fluffs them up great by brushing the coat up the wrong way & then gently smoothing it down again,if I am getting one of the cats ready to show & do the bib in this way I normally have the others lining up waiting for their turn,also very good for the bloomers....

Never had a problem with either of ours.
As soon as we got them as kittens I have made sure I've smoothed them everywhere. ie: Legs, paws, under belly etc. Got them used to being touched so that if we ever got a problem of knotted fur or something then I would be able to sort it out without a 15lb cat descimating my arm.

Both ours get brushed once or twice a week. I use a normal 'cat brush' to go over them from head to tail and then follow it up with a furminator.

Afterwards they always always always get cat treats. If they start to play with the brush / furminator then thats cool, but I'll have another brush / comb in my other hand for them to attack as they get brushed with the main one.

I do time the grooming so that its not around their most active periods of the day and if they have been sat next to / on me for a while then I might ask one of the kids to get the box of brushes. If they are tearing around the house... nah. I'll pass on the idea of trying to get them to sit still

Its taken a little while (6 months or so) to get to this stage, but ours can be handled pretty easily and stay in place once the grooming starts. Takes about 10 minutes before they want to run off.

Furminator - really honestly... amazing. Will definately get 20 times more fur off the MC than another other brush Ive used.