Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: lisa77 on October 22, 2007, 22:39:01 PM
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I groom Leo regularly but am finding his fur is looking greasy behind his ears & on his maine. I know that un nutered tom cats get a greasy tail as Leos dad did but surley this cant be a hormonal thing at 4 months ?javascript:void(0);
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Do I need to bath him to stop this grease ball look ?? ha ha
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i dont know about that cos never seen a greasy cat..............could overgrooming do it?
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Not sure.. I groom him about once every 3 days so not excessively ? I wonder if the pet wipes would target the grease ?
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Funny you should be posting about this as I have a six month 3/4 Persian called Pumpkin and he looks permanantly like he needs a brush. Even when I brush him it doesn't look any better. In fact I concluded tonight that it looks slightly greasy - I am so glad you have posted. Also, I am intrigued that you should say it could be hormonal. I am a little late in neutering him I think and I will have him 'done' in a couple of weeks. Do you think it will improve after this? He is greasy on his chest and tum.
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Rubbing some baby powder into the greasy areas will help. Mosi had slightly greasy fur for a while when he was younger.
The fur at the base of his tail and on his back got slightly greasy from about 4 months. I guessed it might have been a slight case of stud tail but I'm not sure. I also don't know whether or not that can affect other areas, but I'd guess it could, and I think Leo is about the same age as Mosi was. It continued for a while after neutering but soon stopped and he doesn't get greasy fur at all now.