Long hair cats and brushes

[jessesgirl]

I have a beautiful Himalayan kitty. And as we all know, long hairs are pretty prone to knots. My cat loves to be brushed but I feel that the brush I have isn't really doing the trick.

Anyone care to recommend a good brush?

[JoM]

I have a long-haired Calico. I use a comb, and try to comb her weekly since her fur knots easily. It seems to work better than a brush.

[Sarah051504]

I have a maine coon and when she allows me to brush her :rolleyes: I use a rack liek this one.

http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/images/products/detail/large/April04/lg_50419_3716f.jpg

It does a really good job of getting the loose undercoat that gets all matted.

[Sare79]

I use a wide tooth metal comb on my long-haired kitty. He absolutely loves it! We also use the brush just give him a massage every few days too.

[greenbunny]

I feel your pain. Our Birman is a knot machine. Whoever said a Birman coat doesn't tangle is full of crap!

When she's grumpy and fidgety, we just go over the surface of her coat with this slicker brush (http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1398&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&iSubSubCat=0&iProductID=1398&AS=1).

When we can get her to sit still longer, we use this undercoat rake (http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=377&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&iSubSubCat=0&iProductID=377&AS=1). It pulls a little more, so you have to be more careful and go slowly. It works much better, though.

We also use this antistatic Xylan comb in size 7 1/2 (http://www.petedge.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=4433&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=12&iSubCat=152&iSubSubCat=157&iProductID=4433) on her stomach where the fur is very fine, it keeps everything smooth and makes it lay flat in her armpits and other crannies where she tends to knot. It's also the best thing for working out an already-formed knot. The antistatic coating is great because we don't give her shocks when working on a tangle the way we used to.

[vwinkel]

I've always found that combs are the way to go. The drug store type - as if you were going to tease your hair kind. You get the most off of the cat this way.

[KrissyCat7]

I bought our cat's brush at walmart and it works wonderfully. She is very prone to matting but ever since we bought this brush we dont seem to have any problems. Im not sure who makes the brush but it has a square head and is bright pink.:)