Camelot Cats Cattery
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Grooming
Grooming can be discussed in three separate parts and is limited to
grooming of Persian Cats: Show Grooming, Pet Grooming and Cattery
Maintenance
Grooming.
Show Grooming is the most demanding and time consuming and is
specialized
to the individual cat being shown. Bathing is the most important
requirement and the frequency of bathing as well as the type of shampoo
and conditioner used come in a close second. Drying is also
extreemly
important and is the final factor on how the cat looks after its dry as
well as how the coat handles later. Show program cats play and
eat
and sleep just like the other cats, however, they are watched regularly
to make sure that they don't damage the long and somewhat delicate show
coat.
Pet Grooming is less demanding and should include some shaving of the
undercarrage and below the trunk lid. Frequency is also
important.
You can depend on a dirty Persian rubbing off a lot of hair on the
carpet
and furniture. A rule of thumb is that if you don't wash your
Persian
Cat you get a free Persian rug....and furniture! Bathing should
be
done at least once a month, either at home or by a groomer. Use a
degreaser shampoo such as Dawn dish soap diluted with 3 parts water and
wash, rinse, wash again and rinse again and then wash at least one more
time to get the fur and skin clean. Camelot Cats has never
experience
skin problems on a cat in the show program, only cattery cats which are
washed the least often. Show cats in our show program are washed
very often and do not have any dry skin problems from the
washing.
Usually, the problem that surfaces, is that the cat is greasy and the
washing
did not get it clean.
Cattery maintenance grooming is usually based on efficiency and keeping
the cat clean and in good health. Cats can be and usually are
shaved
down to remove unwanted hair which takes time to clean and groom.
A Persian with a "Poodle Cut" is much easier to keep clean and only
needs
bathing about once a month or every 6 weeks. The shampoo used is
usually selected for its cleaning and disenfecting qualities.
Anti
fungal and anti bacterial shampoos are used as well as Dawn.
Great
care is directed on healthy skin and a nice looking coat is ignored;
especially
since most of the cattery cats have been shaved.
Author: Robert Gottschalk
Copyright, Camelot Cats,
Tallahassee, Florida
Date last changed: 08/01/2004
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