Posted on 12/21/2016 7:37:24 PM PST by thecodont
Beneath "pounds" of matted fur laid a cat an animal defense league rescued last week.
The Animal Rescue League and Wildlife Center in Pittsburgh shared Facebook photos of a cat brought into their clinic on Dec. 15 after its elderly owner moved into a nursing home.
In the shocking photos taken before the medical team began shaving off "pounds" of fur, the cat laid beneath piles of "severe matting" or "dreadlocks."
The rescue team estimated the cat had been "neglected for years."
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Dreadlock kitty
glad he’s okay now
I've been around cats for nearly all my life.
Cats take care of grooming their own fur. What's lacking in this article is what prevented this cat from doing the same.
Ja Mon...
I had to show this to my wife. She was just de-matting our cat today. My cat’s got nothing on that one.
That’s not a cat, it’s a hairy Octopus.
Exactly.
I had a geriatric cat that was unable to “do” her coat, and if I missed ONE day, she had some pretty gnarly mats.
Poor thing looks like Old Deuteronomy.
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And it basically wasn’t even a LONG-haired cat. Cat fur of a typical short-haired cat normally sheds of itself, and the worst that happens is that a cat may get a hairball. Most of it ends up on the furniture and in the carpet.
Yes, thanks for the link to Chris the sheep. I was thinking of that too.
That poor poor kitty. How could it even move to feed itself, get water, or relieve itself? This is gross negligence. I am so glad someone stepped in and got rid of all those mats. Mats are painful to cats, because they pull and pull on a cat’s thin sensitive skin. If the cat’s coat gets dirty, or if they are naturally oily-haired cat, it attracts dirt and the cat can form mats in the wink of an eye. My Maine Coon is very well groomed, but I still have to take her to a professional groomer twice a year because of her oily coat forming mats I can’t get out.
My cat had a medium-long coat. He’d occasionally get mats on his stomach and we’d have to comb or clip them out.
Looks like a few dreadlock queens and kings I’ve seen walking around.
Can we take THEM to the animal shelter?
I’ve never had a cat that’s needed a haircut, ever. On the other hand, I have to vacuum the couches frequently.
Calico, 90% chance of her.
I looked at the article for the picture and was just about to post exactly what you wrote about weasels and then I saw your post. ;)
That’s a calico cat, so it’s almost certainly a girl.
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