Summary: Cats that don't groom themselves well should be taken to a vet. Learn how to check signs your cat is not well groomed from a veterinarian in this free pet care video.
Tracy Carreiro is a graduate of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. She has been a practicing veterinarian for nearly 20 years. Growing up on a dairy farm, she grew to...read more
"This is Maylee and unfortunately Maylee is an example of a cat who does not groom herself very well so she will have a complete veterinary check up to find out if there is anything wrong that may keep her from grooming properly. One of the first things we would look at is to check her teeth to make sure that she doesn't have any damaged or infected teeth that might be causing her to not want to use her mouth to groom. We would also want to check her feet and make sure that there are no injuries to her toes that may cause her to not want to use her feet to groom properly. As you can see back here Maylee's fur is all clumped and matted together. In a normal cat like in our previous segment with T.J. his coat was nice and soft and smooth all around and Maylee has all these little mats that need to be taken off and attended to and later on in this series we'll show you how to take care of these mats so Maylee is probably, she is also a little thin so she may not be grooming just because she's been sick in the past."