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Grooming and Matts

fizabella

fizabella

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How can I groom Maia under the chin and on her chest? I've noticed that when she drinks her water, it gets into her fur there and it starts going curly. It's not matted because I've been able to just get the kinks out with my fingers but how can I prevent her fur there from becoming matted without hurting her? She doesn't seem to like me touching her there and even when I try to, she just thinks I'm offering my hand for licks :lol:
 
Gosh I've just been doing the same to my long haired cashmere lop - I found a matt under her chin - what I did was groom her normally and just reach further and further around and underneath and it seems to have gone - the other thing is to have 2 people - 1 to hold and 1 to comb (ultra quick!) if she doesn't like it! same goes for grooming rear ends - just comb a bit further each time - bit by bit - and hopefully you will reach those bits. If the matts are quite bad and you can't do it - get someone to hold her and snip them out carefully taking care not to snip any skin x Good luck and let me know how you get on ;)
 
Thanks for this, very helpful - she wiggled a bit and didn't seem to like it but we just put her down for a little while so she could calm down before picking her up and starting again :lol:
 
We have to do the same with Biffy, my boyfriend holds him and then I usually do a full brush and groom of him to get it over and done with, as he won't let me groom him if he's sat down.
We usually stop and give him the odd treat and he takes to it a lot better then :wave:
 
Charlotte_Jordanna said:
We have to do the same with Biffy, my boyfriend holds him and then I usually do a full brush and groom of him to get it over and done with, as he won't let me groom him if he's sat down.
We usually stop and give him the odd treat and he takes to it a lot better then :wave:
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If only they understood that it was all for their own good :lol:
 
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