Cat Breed Guide: Skookum!
Added 2024-07-08 18:43:13 +0000 UTCGoood Monday my garfields!!! Speaking of cat fans, which I'm sure we all are here as this is a safe space, does anyone have any helpful recommendations for caring for a long haired boi? I brush Breakfast EVERY DAY!!! Sometimes more than once a day! but there's always more hair coming off when I pet him, and lately he's had hairballs too!!! It makes me sad... I found out they sell hairball control churus so I'm really excited for them to come in the mail. (brebby will NOT eat crunchy or solid treats... he's a picky eater chicken nugget type kid, which is giving me another comic idea as we speak, oh lord) but maybe there's some other cheat code to help with shedding. I can't shave him because um, I'm shallow.
ANYWAYS! This week's breed sounds like some sort of slur or swear word. But it's actually just a little guy, suggested by Kaori! Thank you so much! I love learning about a little freak, but many of their origin stories are just "someone wanted a lil freak, and so they manifested it into reality, for reasons"
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I also use a hairball gel for my shorthaired cat. It helps so much, the one I have is catnip flavored but I know they come in all sorts of flavors like maple syrup and fish, ect.
FenMura
2024-07-09 12:45:18 +0000 UTCOur cats are short haired, so ymmv, but I noticed a drop in hairball incidents after I started mixing hairball control paste into their wet food. The one I have now is from Brit Care, and it's just called Anti-Hairball Paste. But I'm not in the states, so you may not have that exact one where you are. In any case, it's got the consistency of petroleum jelly, so I think it's just like an ultra lubricant for passing hairballs, long human hair (that they eat for some reason), etc.
Korinne Mark
2024-07-09 09:45:37 +0000 UTC"Skookum" means great/big in Chinook. This cat breed seems like... not that.
Michaela Thompson
2024-07-09 01:06:13 +0000 UTCthis is the most perfect kitten i have ever seen
Ykulvaarlck
2024-07-08 21:54:49 +0000 UTCI use those brushed that get to the undercoat and feed them a churu to stay chill. Also might be crazy but when I started adding just a few squirms of the omega fish oil it made him alot silkier and not as matted!
Dawny
2024-07-08 21:25:21 +0000 UTCSecond the equigroomer! It's insane how much dead hair it pulls out!!
Jam
2024-07-08 21:05:45 +0000 UTCI think god or whatever also wanted a little freak and manifested me into reality
Charlie
2024-07-08 20:35:27 +0000 UTCDelightful
Roxanna
2024-07-08 19:55:59 +0000 UTCI use a brush called an Equigroomer for my fluffballs. It pulls their loose coat out without irritating their skin, which is great bc they have very fine hair that normal combs don't really remove.
Monica D
2024-07-08 19:41:38 +0000 UTCWait I guess all cats are made up, huh.
Cody Gidge
2024-07-08 19:01:36 +0000 UTCOk I'm not entirely convinced you didn't make this one up. Even so, #skookums4life
Cody Gidge
2024-07-08 19:00:59 +0000 UTCOoo I’ll try this I’ve collected so many types of brushes in search of The One!!! Thank you…
Little Tunny
2024-07-08 18:59:56 +0000 UTCFor heavily shedding cats and dogs both I recommend "dematting" brushes, especially the ones with curved bristles. I could brush my Pyrenees mix all day with a standard brush and still have more (especially when seasons change) but with a dematting brush, about 30 mins 1-2 times a week and a good hour long session at seasonal changes helps keep me from eating nearly as much hair lol
DawnSnowe
2024-07-08 18:47:26 +0000 UTC
