Monday, December 28, 2009

Are there any hair control shampoo for cats?

Are there any shampoos for cats/kittens to reduce shedding BESIDES brushing them often? If so, where can they be found? My Chicken sheds a lot and she doesn't even have very long hair! Please help.Are there any hair control shampoo for cats?
Don't brush your cat - comb it. Brushes do little to remove the dead undercoat which is what is shedding around your home. Get a good steel-toothed comb and give the cat a good combing every day for at least a week to get the existing dead hairs out. Shorthaired cats have undercoats just like long-haired cats and you'll be surprised how much dead hair you'll get out! After that you really only need to comb a short-haired cat about once a week - more during shedding season.





What sort of food are you feeding your cat? Cheap foods don't give the vitamins and minerals cats need to maintain a healthy coat - so you may want to switch to a better quality food if you're feeding it grocery store cat food.





Get some salmon oil (PetSmart carries it and you can find it online - ';Grizzly Salmon Oil'; is the one I get). It's great for a cat in many ways including helping their coat stay lustrous and healthy.





If the shedding is REALLY excessive though or you notice the hairs are topcoat - not undercoat - then you may want to get her to the vet. A hormonal imbalance could be the problem.Are there any hair control shampoo for cats?
SHAMPOO!..........that means water.


Cats hate water.


What's wrong with giving your cat a nice brush down every day...........I Do.
It's better to treat the source than the result. Bathing a cat can be a nightmare, and applying anything topically to control shedding will likely be an exercise in futility.





Cats shed. There's very little you can do about it.





Feeding a good canned food may help a little, adding fish oil to the diet may help a little (at least with hairballs), but grooming is really the only effective solution.





When shedding season rolls around, you could always splurge on a professional bath and brush out. That'll get rid of a good deal of it, but you really just have to keep at it.
Ask a vet but if your talking about shampoo then walmart

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