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Crumbs causes a ruckus (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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[-] brown567@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago

My guess is that he was very badly matted, so they shaved him at the beginning of "fat camp"

Really obese cats can't groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats (especially long-haired cats)

[-] norimee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Even more likely since it seems like he was a stray. Seems to me, like he cried at everyone around about how hungry he is and found more than one bleeding heart.

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Really obese cats can’t groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats

Our households cat is a healthy weight yet he still gets severe matting. He has to be shaved every couple years otherwise the matts will hurt him. Brushing doesn't seem to help. He has a weird, almost silky feeling fur.