Your cat should be bathed before a show. Clip her nails prior to bathing, and be sure to clean her ears. Although a shorthaired cat needs only a quick brush and her coat slicked down with your hand or a chamois, a longhaired cat required a lot more effort.
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Cat Showing – What You Should Know About Grooming and Classes in the Competition
As cat owners, it is our responsibility to understand our cats language (what they are trying to tell us), and not the other way around. The most important means of feline communication can be seen in the movement of their ears and whiskers. There is so much we humans have to learn about cats, and so much we can learn from them. It is a cats mysterious nature that makes them such fascinating and intriguing companions.
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Are You Speaking Your Cats Language Or Trying to Get Them to Understand Yours?
It is a myth that cats do not need grooming. They do need a little help from time to time especially with their ears, eyes and coats.
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Cat Grooming Tips
Does your cat have ear mites? Ear mites are too tiny to see with the naked eye as anything other than tiny white specks, but if your cat is infected you can tell by dark crusty or crumbly substance in their ears. More importantly, you can tell because the cat will constantly be rubbing and scratching its ears and shaking its head.
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Ear Mites in Cats
If you notice a dark brown waxy substance in your cat’s ears, or if he torments himself by repeatedly scratching his ears, he may have ear mites. These are microscopic parasites that live in the ear canal and feed on skin and debris therein.
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Ear Mites, Ticks, Mites and Mange – What Others Are Not Telling You About These External Parasites
Good ear care is important to your cat’s health, especially as she ages. Check her ears at least once a week, and clean them as needed to prevent ear mites, allergies, and bacterial, fungal and yeast infections from taking hold.
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Cat Grooming – What Other People Are Not Telling You About Ear Care For Your Cats
Cat allergies are easy to spot once you know what you are looking for. An ear infection can be detected by the constant shaking of their heads which is not normal. On closer inspection you should be able to see that the outer part of their ears should be pink and fairly flat. If there are any signs of swelling or toughening then the chances are they have a blood clot or an allergy.
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What to Do If Your Cat Has Allergies
Many people are surprised to find out that there is actually a chocolate gene in breeding Persian and Himalayans. First, it’s important to know that all Himalayans are a Persian; just a type of Persian. The Himalayan has Siamese in it’s background and one can tell a Himmy by their dark ‘points’ and blue eyes. The points are the ears, head, tail and paws.
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What is a Chocolate Persian Or Himalayan Cat?