Absolutely stress-free and under gentle,
safe sedation
One of our most
popular services is our professional cat dematting and grooming (no dogs,
sorry) of badly matted long and semi-long haired (and even some short-haired) cats
such as Maine Coons, Birmans, Persians or just the poor matted moggy who needs
a bit of a helping hand staying up to normal healthy cat fur standards.
Some cats just
don't seem to be able to keep the silky smooth fur that other cat owners take
for granted with no effort at all. We have had many a frustrated cat owner
calling us after giving up and losing the battle with brushing their fluffy
feline, leaving the owner feeling equally mean whether attempting to brush or
just leaving the poor cat with the often quite painful mats of pulling fur.
Vets2home uniquely
offer an easy, stress-free - and pain-free - professional grooming performed
under safe sedation (your cat is blissfully unaware of anything happening
before, under and after the procedure) monitored by a qualified nurse and veterinary
surgeon in your own home.
Important note! Emergency
Oxygen (O2) readily available at all times if any urgent extra support is
necessary-but hardly ever needed when under qualified supervision and careful
monitoring.
We only use as gentle
efficient brushing as possible - and prefer not to clip (unlike most other
Veterinary practices) - unless clipping is especially requested by you of
course!
The gentle grooming
is performed under injectable sedation in your home so your cat doesn't have to
experience neither the trauma of removing the tufts of fur, the transportation
stress, spending the whole day at a noisy vet practice nor looking like a
shaved lion on top of that.
The sedation we use
(and have used for 10 years) is injected like a normal vaccination injection in
the back of the neck. The cat will feel very sleepy in about 10 mins and while
your cat is asleep, he/she will be under close monitoring and supervision by
the Veterinary Surgeon. We use only a very safe licensed injectable drug which
is reversed immediately (5-10mins) with another injection once completing the
grooming.
"Alfie", Brighton
- 1 year old and already very matted in quite a private area!
Our qualified nurse
Alex, performs the gentle grooming (over 10 years experience from small animal
vet practice). It usually takes about 1 hour from start to end - depending on
the degree of matting. After reversing the sedation and your cat has woken up,
we leave him/her to fully regain all strength in his/her favourite spot with
you and us nearby to pamper and give plenty of TLC.
"Alfie" waking up on his
favourite cushion by a warm radiator
The reasons behind
the actual matting is different for every cat but could be linked to increasing
health issues such as arthritis in the spine or other places related to ageing,
obesity or just mere laziness. We are obviously able to address the underlying
problem from a veterinary angle while sorting out the immediate problem to
start with. Most of our patients are able to stay free from matting for a much
longer period than normal afterwards.
As an added bonus
while your cat is sedated, we usually check, descale and polish the teeth
manually hereby leaving them as clean and shiny as possible, postponing the
dreaded dental visit - including a full anaesthetic and transportation to a vet
practice- for significantly longer.
All-in-all the
whole grooming procedure is as peaceful as any pampered fluffy feline could
possibly wish for. Just read what one of our most handsome -and feisty- patients
Max, the 8 1/2 kilo Maine
Coon (and his owner, Mrs. Osgood) has to say below.
Happy Brushing
"Max" -the handsome 4 year old Maine
Coon- at the top of his game!
"This
is Max, my gorgeous Maine
Coon cat. He is clever, funny and loves to play, but doesn't like being
groomed! Susan and Alex come to the rescue by visiting Max at home. They get
rid of all his tangles, and take care of his jabs in an environment that's
stress free - for both of us"!
All the best wishes,
Mrs. Phyllida Osgood
Hadlow Down, East Sussex
