Question: Maine Coon Fur Trimming

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Juan Pablo - 03 Feb 2005 03:53 GMT

Hello,

Is it necessary or advisable to keep the hair trimmed short
around the anal area of a Maine Coon in-door house cat?
This would be assuming that this procedure might lessen the
possibility of fresh litter box feces to "stick" around that
area of the pet Maine Coon.
Thanks in advance for any info about this. ---John

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Boyhowdy - 03 Feb 2005 14:27 GMT

It sounds like you've already encountered a problem.

I finally broke down and began to trim my long hair domestic for the same
reason. No matter how hard she tries, she'll still occasionally self
pollutes (a gentle term, I must say) - it only takes a few moments and is
certainly more pleasant and less time consuming than the consequences of
doing nothing.

Does anyone know of a better solution?

Sigmund Floyd

> Hello,
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> area of the pet Maine Coon.
> Thanks in advance for any info about this. ---John

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Gee - 05 Feb 2005 03:39 GMT

> It sounds like you've already encountered a problem.
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> certainly more pleasant and less time consuming than the consequences of
> doing nothing.

I agree,my cats are all shorthair now,so I rarely have that problem, but I
do cut their nails regularly, even tho they have the scratching posts.

I used to have longhair guinea-pig and I used to cut his hair all the time,
because of the same reason, it does get all mucky and sticky. So he didn't
enjoy much the cutting bit, but he got used to it :) I'm sure he was happier
as well with shorter hair :)

So yeah,go for it, why not. If you are not showing her, I can;t see a
problem with a little snip on the bumm :)

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