Why does cat hair get tangled up?

Causes of tangles in cat fur

1. No daily care: The main reason why the cat’s hair is tangled is that the owner does not usually help the cat to groom the cat’s hair, which causes the cat’s hair to tangle with each other, and when the cat’s hair is stained with water or other liquids, the owner does not help in time. It dries, causing the hair to stick together and clump together.

2. Diet problems: Some cats have rough and knotted hair due to insufficient nutrition. If you just blindly feed cat food to the cat, instead of feeding some vegetables and fruits or foods with high protein and vitamin content to the cat, it will cause unbalanced nutrition in the cat’s body, affect the cat’s hair growth, and make the cat’s hair lose its luster. Even if it becomes dry, it will be easier to knot.

3. Improper bathing: Although some owners will bathe the cat on time, if they do not choose a body wash suitable for cats, but directly use our human body wash to bathe the cat, if it goes on for a long time, it will It hurts the skin and hair of the cat, making the cat hair rough and not smooth, and there is a problem of knotting and clumps.

What if my cat’s fur gets tangled?

1. Groom the cat first: when the cat’s hair is knotted and shedding, the owner should first use a pet-specific comb to smooth out part of the cat’s hair, and then put it on its body. The dead hair of the cat is cleaned up, otherwise the cat hair may fly all over the sky, and the colleague will also help the cat to untangle the hair knot. Note: The cat’s skin is very fragile, and the grooming process should be light to avoid tearing the cat’s skin.

2. Supplementing hair nutrition: If the reason why the cat’s hair is knotted is caused by insufficient nutrition, then the owner should adjust the cat’s diet and feed more foods with higher nutritional content, such as chicken breast and mutton. , beef, egg yolk, salmon scraps and other foods for cats, you can also mix some lecithin in the cat’s food, which will help the hair grow smooth and beautiful.

3. Take a bath in the right way: The owner bathes the cat because of the dirt on the cat’s fur, and the clean hair is not easy to get knotted. However, the owner should choose a special body wash for pets, so as to reduce the clumps of cat hair. Remember not to bathe the cat with human body soap, otherwise it will cause problems such as allergic scaling, rough and itchy skin of the cat.

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