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January 16th 04, 08:15 PM
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Lumps in coat on back
My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps
in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob 
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January 16th 04, 09:24 PM
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enlightened us with... My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob [I assume he has medium to long hair...] You'd get tangles, too, if you didn't brush your hair. Regular combing. At least once a week. 52 weeks a year. If the mats are bad, take him to a groomer to remove them first. Then start combing him every week. Also, adding some conditioner every couple of weeks to his coat can help slick it up a bit so it doesn't tangle so much. Use special cat coat conditioners so when he grooms himself he doesn't get sick. You don't want him licking people conditioner off. -- -- ~kaeli~ Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
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January 16th 04, 09:24 PM
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In article ,
enlightened us with... My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob [I assume he has medium to long hair...] You'd get tangles, too, if you didn't brush your hair. Regular combing. At least once a week. 52 weeks a year. If the mats are bad, take him to a groomer to remove them first. Then start combing him every week. Also, adding some conditioner every couple of weeks to his coat can help slick it up a bit so it doesn't tangle so much. Use special cat coat conditioners so when he grooms himself he doesn't get sick. You don't want him licking people conditioner off. -- -- ~kaeli~ Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
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January 16th 04, 11:44 PM
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Robin Norton wrote:
My Ginger, about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob You just have to keep his coat combed. 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
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January 16th 04, 11:44 PM
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Robin Norton wrote:
My Ginger, about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob You just have to keep his coat combed. 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
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January 16th 04, 11:44 PM
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Robin Norton wrote:
My Ginger, about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob You just have to keep his coat combed. 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/
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January 17th 04, 07:18 PM
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Thanks for that. I suppose you'd cal him medium. Certainly not short. In
previous years the lumps eventually began to fall off of theeir own accord and could then be snipped. I wouldn't call them tangles. They are more like thick lumps; so much so that I began to think he might have a parasite. RN "kaeli" wrote in message ... In article , enlightened us with... My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob [I assume he has medium to long hair...] You'd get tangles, too, if you didn't brush your hair. Regular combing. At least once a week. 52 weeks a year. If the mats are bad, take him to a groomer to remove them first. Then start combing him every week. Also, adding some conditioner every couple of weeks to his coat can help slick it up a bit so it doesn't tangle so much. Use special cat coat conditioners so when he grooms himself he doesn't get sick. You don't want him licking people conditioner off. -- -- ~kaeli~ Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
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January 17th 04, 07:18 PM
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Thanks for that. I suppose you'd cal him medium. Certainly not short. In
previous years the lumps eventually began to fall off of theeir own accord and could then be snipped. I wouldn't call them tangles. They are more like thick lumps; so much so that I began to think he might have a parasite. RN "kaeli" wrote in message ... In article , enlightened us with... My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob [I assume he has medium to long hair...] You'd get tangles, too, if you didn't brush your hair. Regular combing. At least once a week. 52 weeks a year. If the mats are bad, take him to a groomer to remove them first. Then start combing him every week. Also, adding some conditioner every couple of weeks to his coat can help slick it up a bit so it doesn't tangle so much. Use special cat coat conditioners so when he grooms himself he doesn't get sick. You don't want him licking people conditioner off. -- -- ~kaeli~ Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
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January 17th 04, 07:18 PM
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Thanks for that. I suppose you'd cal him medium. Certainly not short. In
previous years the lumps eventually began to fall off of theeir own accord and could then be snipped. I wouldn't call them tangles. They are more like thick lumps; so much so that I began to think he might have a parasite. RN "kaeli" wrote in message ... In article , enlightened us with... My Ginger , about 7 yrs old, develops each year a crop of big matted lumps in his coat (on his back). Whats the cause and what can I do? He'd really appreciate help. Cheers Rob [I assume he has medium to long hair...] You'd get tangles, too, if you didn't brush your hair. Regular combing. At least once a week. 52 weeks a year. If the mats are bad, take him to a groomer to remove them first. Then start combing him every week. Also, adding some conditioner every couple of weeks to his coat can help slick it up a bit so it doesn't tangle so much. Use special cat coat conditioners so when he grooms himself he doesn't get sick. You don't want him licking people conditioner off. -- -- ~kaeli~ Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny? http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
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