Looking its best

Every cat deserves to be a red-carpet creature and essential for looking its very best is good and regular grooming. Cats need to be groomed once a week particularly in Spring and Autumn when they moult, however longer furred cats will require more than one session per week. With regular brushing, you will learn to brush in a way your cat enjoys and soon your cat will look forward to grooming sessions. Grooming also gives you an opportunity to check the cat for fleas, lumps and the like which are damaging to its health.

A full clean involves:

• regular grooming
• combing
• brushing
• claw-clipping
• bathing

Read more about it here.

This site offers instructions on how to bathe a cat whereas ‘Mollycoddled Pets’ has a range of grooming products you can have a look at to get an idea of the kinds of things your pet might need.

At first, cat grooming may seem like a tedious task but it will become something that both you and your cat will enjoy. Take it as a chance to spend more time with your cat –grooming will benefit your cat’s health and make it fit to walk the red carpet!