Stress-Free
and under gentle sedation:
One of our most popular services is our
professional cat grooming (no dogs- sorry) of badly matted long and semi-long
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 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 brushing as possible
-NOT CLIPPING (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 a very
private area!
Our qualified nurse Alex, performs the
gentle grooming (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 clean and shiny, 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 happy owner, Mrs. Osgood) has to say below.
Happy Brushing
"Max"
-the handsome 4 year old Maine Coon- on 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.
Mrs. Phyllida Osgood
Hadlow Down
East Sussex
