| Owners can prevent matted cat hair in their pets by | | | | at your own hair that was tangled up. |
| grooming them daily. This will remove the hair that is | | | | If using your fingers didn't work, try cutting out the |
| loose, preventing it from tangling up. It also brings | | | | mat with a pair of scissors. If it can be avoided don't |
| attention to the owner any mats that may be | | | | cut the hair all the way to the skin. The skin under |
| starting so that they can untangle the start of a | | | | the cat fur is very delicate and other serious |
| matting problem while it is still easy to deal with. | | | | problems can be started of you accidentally cut it. |
| Treatment of matted cat hair depends on the | | | | Finally, if nothing else works have your feline shaved |
| severity of the matted hair itself and can range from | | | | by a professional to relieve them of their matted cat |
| something that can be taken care of just by petting | | | | hair. This has two benefits for your cat. One, it will |
| your cat to having your cat shaved. To start, always | | | | remove the matted hair that can become painful the |
| try to gently separate the matted hair with your | | | | worse the matting gets. Two, it will also temporarily |
| fingers while you are petting your cat. Never pull or | | | | prevent future matted hair, because there will be |
| tug at the matted hair as this will hurt the cat's skin | | | | very little hair left to get tangled up. |
| the same way it would hurt your scalp if you tugged | | | | |