One of the doubts that may arise when we decide to bring a furry home is why it is necessary to brush it. This is a task that, at first, tends to generate a lot of stress for him and, in fact, it would not be strange if he temporarily did not want to know anything about us. However, it is very necessary that we remember to do it.
So if you have the doubt of why you have to brush a cat, in this article I will solve it for you 🙂.
The formation of hairballs is avoided
The cat spends a good part of its time grooming itself. In doing so, it is inevitable that it swallows a good amount of dead hair, since it also has "mini-hooks" on its tongue, which are what, in this case, act as a kind of brush. Then of course, the more you groom, the more risk you will have of a hairball forming in your intestine, which can be a problem.
One way to avoid this is by brushing it daily., once or twice (or three, if you have very long hair and / or are in the middle of the shedding season).
The human-cat relationship is strengthened
As we mentioned at the beginning, it is normal that during the first few times the cat does not want to know anything about the brush. But if we let him see it and smell it, and then we go through it little by little through different areas, over time we will get him to like it. What's more, while we brush it we will have the perfect excuse to pamper it, which will serve to unite us more.
It helps you with your grooming
Although the cat knows well how to groom itself, Especially if you have long or very long hair, or if you are a thing that loves to be scrubbed by the mountains of dust that we make when we sweep the floor, you will need us to give you a hand. For that, there is nothing like a brush (or in this case, a brush-glove) to remove all the dirt. And if we still want it to be cleaner, we put a little dry shampoo for cats and voila 🙂.
So, you know: brush your cat 🙂.