How to Bond with Your Cats While Grooming Them
How to Bond with Your Cats While Grooming Them: Start Gradually
If you want to bond with your cats, taking out the brush to groom them for the first time will not necessarily yield the results that you are hoping for. Many cats are suspicious of grooming brushes and will shy away from them to begin with. It is important to start gradually and to let your cats see that the brush is their friend rather than their enemy. Use just a few gentle strokes on their backs or elsewhere and then leave it at that, until they get used to the sensation of the brush on their bodies.
How to Bond with Your Cats While Grooming Them: Concentrate on Problem Areas
Some cats' fur becomes so matted that it takes time to unravel the matted fur and reveal glossy, shiny fur underneath. If you spend time gently working on problem areas on a cat's body, such as the area where the back ends and the tail begins, this can give relief to cats that are not able to reach to groom that part of their bodies. But be careful that you do not pull at the cat's fur as you would your child's knotty hair, or else you will find that your cats will run and hide whenever they see you pull out the brush to groom them. Work on individual areas before tackling other areas of the body that are very matted. Over time, cats will appreciate the individual attention you give them while grooming them and they will show their pleasure by arching their backs while you groom them or move around to the other side so that you can also groom the other half of their bodies.
Grooming your cats may start out as a chore that the cats dislike, but if you are persistent and patiently work on it for just a few minutes each day, you will notice that your cats will grow to enjoy the time they spend with you as you groom their fur. Just be sure to start out gradually and to not restrain your cats as you groom them, or they will come to view grooming as a punishment rather than a moment of bonding.
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- Start out gradually until cats get used to the sensation of the brush on their bodies
- Work on problem areas that are matted and brush the fur gently to remove matted fur
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Post a CommentGood advice for cat owners. My cats love being brushed, but enjoy "attacking" their grooming brush and have turned being brushed into a game.
Cool topic.