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tigerfeather
>>64567 Er, that's partly true.
The worst part about mats is the fact that since they are just knots of fur lying against the skin, there is no airflow to the skin. Thusly, raw spots and fungi and all sorts of really nasty icky skin conditions are much much much more likely to appear. Skin "pinching" isn't seen as often, but cats DO have much thinner skin than most animals, and they can get rips and tears in their skin from the mats. That, coupled with the fungus and raw spots problems, and you've gotten yourself a nasty nasty vet bill and a very sick cat.
Take it to a vet that has a groomer. They can sedate the cat to be shaved. And yes, she will have to be shaved.
>>64286 Not terrible at raising cats by the way. It's pretty common in feral cats because they don't groom out the undercoat that we bred into them.....so no, mostly not your fault.
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