Reddit mentions: The best cat flea combs

I bathe my two cats regularly. Neither of my cats have died, exploded, murdered me, melted, or otherwise been harmed by bathing, so I see no problem with bathing a cat as long as it's carried out properly. I bathe them with a cat shampoo (never human shampoo or soap) and make sure I rinse thoroughly. I also have one of those pet hose attachment things for my shower - https://www.amazon.com/Rinse-Ace-Sprayer-Showerhead-Attachment/dp/B000633XBE - this has made bathing so, SO much easier and faster.


I bathe my 18-year-old every two weeks as she is an outdoors cat; the 9-month-old only gets a bath every month as she is full-indoors. My 18-year-old used to have problems with hairballs and I kept having to dose her with chemical hairball gels.... but once I started on the regular bathing, she's had maybe literally three hairball-horks in the last 6+ years.


My 18-year-old is a shorthair, but has extremely thick, soft fur, and as she gets older, she can't groom herself as well, so she's developed mats before. Regular baths helps this, as does regular brushing. I use several combs/brushes on my two, but the ones I have found to be the best are these:


https://www.amazon.com/KONG-ZoomGroom-Cat-Grooming-Brush/dp/B0002AR18M - the Kong Zoom Groom is god.

https://www.amazon.com/Pet-Republique-Dog-Flea-Comb/dp/B01MF7SBG2/ref=sr_1_4?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1493098979&sr=1-4&keywords=cat+flea+comb - not for finding fleas, but EXCELLENT for brushing out loose hair.


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00UUK6GW6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 - even if your kitties don't have mats, a de-matter comb really helps pull out dead/loose/shedding fur.


You can also use a Furminator, but BE CAREFUL, they are POWERFUL. I have combed a bald spot on my old girl before. No more than a few strokes of the Furminator in any one spot on the cat - you can't always see immediately how much fur it's actually removing. Take it slow and literally do a visual check as you go along to make sure you aren't brushing them bald >_< The Furminator will remove normal, "non-shedding" fur as well as fur that's dead/about to be shed.


But yes, you can totally bathe a cat, it's perfectly safe and legit. You can also shave cats and they'll be perfectly fine, but I usually only see this done on longhairs such as Persians and Maine Coons who have a tendency to mat up badly. And of course, I'd never shave a cat of any fur length unless it was a full indoors kitty!

I flea brush my cats every day. Use a bowl of water with a few drops of blue dawn dish soap in it. focus under the neck and the top of their butt at the base of the tail. My cats are down to 2-3 fleas per day with this method and it only takes 5 minutes.

Get 2 of brushes so when one gets a bunch of fleas in it you can toss it in the water and use the other brush. Rotate back and forth between the 2 brushes and you will pull off a ton of fleas. After the first 2 days you will have hardly any! The best part is it doesn't harm the cats at all!

I use one of each of these brushes and they are awesome:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002RJM7I/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1





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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0083TSBU6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1






If you want I will make you a quick tutorial vid. let me know!

For now what you need to do is to basically clean and sterile her area every single day just in the way I described. Once is not going to be enough. The key it to get rid of fleas in her environment day by day!

I know it's a pain, but there is not other way - so please really make an effort to do this.

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Also, you need to brush her every day - you brush out the fleas - then immediately take anything you brushed out - outside and wash the sheet or whatever you used to brush her.

The best brush is this one to get the loose hairs from the undercoat (this brush is great and will last you forever) and I would also follow up with this flea comb to brush out the fleas more.

Groomer's Best Small Slicker Brush for Cats and Small Dogs https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00757W4KK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_O4wnDbK5AR2SH

Groomer's Best Small Slicker... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00757W4KK?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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