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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2004Lumps in coat on back
My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob > My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps > in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really > appreciate help. > Cheers > Rob [I assume he has medium to long hair...] You'd get tangles, too, if you didn't brush your hair. Regular combing. At least once a week. 52 weeks a year. If the mats are bad, take him to a groomer to remove them first. Then start combing him every week. Also, adding some conditioner every couple of weeks to his coat can help slick it up a bit so it doesn't tangle so much. Use special cat coat conditioners so when he grooms himself he doesn't get sick. You don't want him licking people conditioner off.  Signature-- ~kaeli~ Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace Thanks for that. I suppose you'd cal him medium. Certainly not short. In previous years the lumps eventually began to fall off of theeir own accord and could then be snipped. I wouldn't call them tangles. They are more like thick lumps; so much so that I began to think he might have a parasite. RN > > My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps > > in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart > http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace > Thanks for that. I suppose you'd cal him medium. Certainly not short. In > previous years the lumps eventually began to fall off of theeir own accord > and could then be snipped. I wouldn't call them tangles. They are more like > thick lumps; so much so that I began to think he might have a parasite. Offically they are called mat(t)s -- the fur is matted. 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ > My Ginger, about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps > in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really > appreciate help. > Cheers > Rob You just have to keep his coat combed. 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ Thanks, Suzie. I 'll just have to be more careful with his grooming in future. Rob > > My Ginger, about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps > > in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ > http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ >Thanks for that. I suppose you'd cal him medium. Certainly not short. In >previous years the lumps eventually began to fall off of theeir own accord >and could then be snipped. I wouldn't call them tangles. They are more like >thick lumps; so much so that I began to think he might have a parasite. We've had the same problem with our semi-longhair Maine Coon (whoose coat doesn't ordinaryly need brushing). But it's only in the fall - we assume he's wondering through tree sap or something - and only in the hindquarters on the sides mostly. I snip them out when I can get below them and still keep all of the scissor blade away from the cat. Once we tried to bathe him ourselves - what a damn funny mess that was, and once we took him to the vet to get a bath. Jim > My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps > in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really > appreciate help. > Cheers > Rob groom him daily with a medium and fine-toothed grooming comb (NOT a brush). If the matts get bad, take him in to be professionally groomed. -L. I had this problem with Tiger las summer. I had to take him to the vet where he was sedated and shaved. Now I try to comb out any "hard spots" as soon as they appear. Tiger is an inside cat so it couldn't be tree sap. It is probably caused by dried saliva from his grooming. -MIKE >as soon as they appear. Tiger is an inside cat so it couldn't be tree >sap. It is probably caused by dried saliva from his grooming. Hmm, if it were dried saliva, why wouldn't it happen all the time, to all cats? |
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