Equi
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I took my friends yard cat while she was moving house, cat never left
Anyway, she was about 11 then so i estimate must be about 14/15 now. Shes not a friendly cat but shes not quite feral - i can sometimes pet her forehead on her terms if i sit for long enough and be quiet/calm and let her come to me and rub on my hand, but if i start actually moving my hand shes off. she never allows body or back touching and absolutely no lifting unless its a quick grab at the neck when shes caught off guard and then she unleashes hell and you dont get near her again for a few days. Only done this once when i believed she had an injury and i had to investigate it, shes very wise to it.
Anyway my question, she was eating the other day and i managed to quickly run my hand along her back (i was trying to check her weight) to find she has two mats on it. Seh wouldn't let me touch her again after i offended her. You can't see them looking at her and shes a short hair so i can only assume its just winter coat thats got a bit tangled, but it means shes not cleaning herself just as well as i would like. Do you think they will sort themselves out as the hair sheds more? Will she rub them out on something? Should i risk stressing her out a lot by attempting grabbing her and shaving them off?
I don' think she would tolerate vet anesthetic etc at her age, so i don't feel that is an option. Same re a groomer, I believe she would be very very stressed out by that.
Anyway, she was about 11 then so i estimate must be about 14/15 now. Shes not a friendly cat but shes not quite feral - i can sometimes pet her forehead on her terms if i sit for long enough and be quiet/calm and let her come to me and rub on my hand, but if i start actually moving my hand shes off. she never allows body or back touching and absolutely no lifting unless its a quick grab at the neck when shes caught off guard and then she unleashes hell and you dont get near her again for a few days. Only done this once when i believed she had an injury and i had to investigate it, shes very wise to it.
Anyway my question, she was eating the other day and i managed to quickly run my hand along her back (i was trying to check her weight) to find she has two mats on it. Seh wouldn't let me touch her again after i offended her. You can't see them looking at her and shes a short hair so i can only assume its just winter coat thats got a bit tangled, but it means shes not cleaning herself just as well as i would like. Do you think they will sort themselves out as the hair sheds more? Will she rub them out on something? Should i risk stressing her out a lot by attempting grabbing her and shaving them off?
I don' think she would tolerate vet anesthetic etc at her age, so i don't feel that is an option. Same re a groomer, I believe she would be very very stressed out by that.