Ever since Barney's incontinence he hasnt been grooming himself properly, even though he is better now. He is short haired, although his coat is thick, and he's never had any problems with knotting before. The only part of himself I've seen him groom for weeks is his ears and occasionally his nose/paws when he sneezes. He can reach his caceotrophs fine, so I dont *think* its a motility issue.
I first noticed he had some lumps around his bum, they were invisible to the eye but I felt them. It turned out they were matts, I felt terrible that I hadnt noticed. I had to tease and cut them out, and its just been getting worse. Its mainly around his bum that it matts, it seems to be clumps of fur that he is moulting that just get stuck. He is moulting and it is just ridiculous, I am brushing him twice a day with a slicker brush and a comb, and getting a good handful out, but I am still having to cut/tease out lumps of fur every day. I dont get how they are developing so fast! He developed two overnight last night!
Is there anything I can do? Has anyone experienced anything like this? Is brushing him twice a day too much? I dont want him to get sore.
He also hops off whenever I touch the bottom of his bum now, as he knows I'm going to try and comb a tangle, he thinks I'm trying to hurt him . But now I cant get him to stay still to get them out, and I cant hold him and cut. For that matter I only know one person other than me that can hold him still and they're away for 2 weeks..... arghhhh help ru
I first noticed he had some lumps around his bum, they were invisible to the eye but I felt them. It turned out they were matts, I felt terrible that I hadnt noticed. I had to tease and cut them out, and its just been getting worse. Its mainly around his bum that it matts, it seems to be clumps of fur that he is moulting that just get stuck. He is moulting and it is just ridiculous, I am brushing him twice a day with a slicker brush and a comb, and getting a good handful out, but I am still having to cut/tease out lumps of fur every day. I dont get how they are developing so fast! He developed two overnight last night!
Is there anything I can do? Has anyone experienced anything like this? Is brushing him twice a day too much? I dont want him to get sore.
He also hops off whenever I touch the bottom of his bum now, as he knows I'm going to try and comb a tangle, he thinks I'm trying to hurt him . But now I cant get him to stay still to get them out, and I cant hold him and cut. For that matter I only know one person other than me that can hold him still and they're away for 2 weeks..... arghhhh help ru