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Looking for the best cat brush? Petco has a great selection of cat brushes to suit your furry feline. Whether your pet has short hair, long hair, a coat that sheds heavily—we have the grooming tool to meet your needs. Brushing your cat regularly can help keep matting to a minimum and helps distribute their natural oils to make their coat shine.
There are different types of cat brush you can choose depending on your cat’s breed and coat. Does your tabby have a long, flowing coat? A pin brush—the brush that consists of long pins with little balls at the end—is a good option for a long-haired cat brush. It is designed to reach deep down to the skin to gently sweep through it all. If your cat’s fur is heavily matted, you might want to use a wide-tooth comb to work out the heavy tangles before continuing with a regular cat hairbrush. Brushing your long-haired cat daily may help keep their coat silky and smooth.
If your kitty has a short, shiny coat, a great short-hair cat brush typically has soft bristles, so you don’t accidentally scratch your pet. Another popular short-haired grooming tool is the slicker. A slicker has pins that are usually short, and it can be a great cat deshedding brush. Some slickers are also self-cleaning. Most short-haired cats only need to be brushed once a week.
Speaking of cat shedding brushes, if your kitty leaves tumbleweed-like fur tufts all over the house, a deshedding cat hair brush can work wonders. These brushes reach through the topcoat and grab the loose undercoat hairs beneath. They have cat deshedding brushes for both long-haired and short-haired cats. Many are also self-cleaning. These are some of the best cat brushes for deshedding. You can also use cat rakes, blades and combs. It’s good to give your cat a good brushing with a regular cat brush before using undercoat deshedding tools.
If your pet doesn’t like cat brushes and runs and hides when they see it in your hand, Petco has some great solutions that may help get the job done with minimal fuss.
Cat Grooming Gloves These are the ultimate tool for cats who don’t like normal cat brushes. These gloves have silicone or pin-style bristles attached right to the palms. Many kitties might think they’re just getting lots of pets. Instead of running, gloves can help make your cat look forward to grooming time.
Self-Grooming Cat Toys Petco has some great grooming tools that also double as toys. The cat corner brush clips to most corners in your house and has a brushing attachment that most cats love to rub against. Many cat corner brushes even come with a compartment for catnip, making this brush almost irresistible to your feline.
Self-Grooming Cat Arches In the same spirit as the cat corner brush, this toy is an arch made of bristles that your cat may find soothing. While they’re rubbing up against it, they’re also capturing loose hair and helping to make your life a little easier.
Shop Petco for all your cat grooming needs. We have cat clippers and accessories to help keep your pet’s mane silky and well-maintained. Our cat hair rollers can also be a great fur-removing solution.
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Cats generally do not require bathes because they are so great about cleaning and grooming themselvs. Their nails naturally shed every 6-8 weeks and having them clipped actually leads to scratching because they want to make them sharp. As far as hair trimmed, that is personal preference for you. Try to brush her daily to get her used to it so there will be no tangles or mats. IF a mat does develop, then she will it cut out by the groomer. Her teeth should be brushed at least 3 times a week if able and you can do this at home with finger tooth brush and feline approved tooth past to help.
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Great question! From what I can see, there's really not much difference between the Zoom Groom for dogs and cats. The cat one is a little more flexible to give your cat a massage when you groom them, which cats love. Supposedly the gentle massage action calms stressed or anxious cats. I don't think it would hurt at all to use the dog one on Luna, but if you want the massage action for her, then I would return it and get her the cat one. You can also try the dog one on her and if she hates, then get the cat one. I hope this helps, and thanks for contacting Pet Coach!
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Time and patience! Some cats don't like being groomed, or can become easily overstimulated from the tines of a brush. There are some self-grooming tools out there that may be less overstimulating and more interesting to Florence, such as arches with bristles on them the cat can rub against, or even plastic brushes that attached to wall corners to all your cat to rub up against it. A softer rubber brush such as a Kong brush, or even a grooming glove rather than a deshedding glove may also be gentle enough to avoid irritation while still getting mats out. If Florence is really nervous about the brushes, start slow. You can find a treat or snack she likes (such as a smelly piece of chicken or tuna) and then just brush her ONCE and give the treat. Once she is OK with that, you can move up to brushing a few spots in between treats, and then finally grooming mats or more problematic areas until she is more used to it. If she has some very bad mats that are affecting her health and she won't let you groom her at all, speaking with your vet about sedation so that she can be groomed thoroughly and all mats removed may help until she is more comfortable with being brushed.
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Hi and thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Sorry to hear about Angel. I have had one of my cats for about 5 years now and he is still skittish at times even when things are fairly familiar. I guess what I'm trying to say is that some cats are just like this. It may be extremely hard to improve the fear level of Angel but you can try. I would just be very calm around her and try not to have her in really noisy environments. Anything you can do to calm her would be the way to go. Brushing is another story too. Some cats and dogs love being brushed while others cannot stand it. You may want to do really brief brushing sessions with her and increase the sessions as she becomes used to it. They make brushing gloves that fit on your hand so it's more like petting while brushing, you might want to try that. Training cats and working them through problems can be very challenging but not impossible. Just do the best you can. If you feel like Angel is really fearful/anxious and she is not happy you can always consult with your veterinarian to see if they have any other ideas for training and brushing. They can also discuss the use of some drugs to help with these behaviors but ultimately you will have to work on some behavior modification because the drugs alone will not fix anything. They may get you to a good point though and you can then wean her off the drugs slowly once the desired results are achieved. Good luck with Angel.
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