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Cats Tongue & Grooming

Cats lick their fur for more than just cleaning.  It also helps them regulate body temperature, protect wounds and relieve stress.  Read on to find out how a cat’s tongue provides build in health care. And how you can help your cat maintain ideal grooming.

Cats have sweat glands in their faces, anal areas and paws.  These glands alone may not be sufficient for releasing body heat, especially in warm weather, but licking can help.  Licking removes excess fur to help keep the coat lighter, and the saliva on the fur has a cooling effect as it evaporates.

Your cat’s saliva has antibacterial properties.  So when he or she licks a wound, it does more than smooth the injury.  It helps protect from infection, too.

Grooming also serves as a massage or sorts for your cat.  The repetitive action of licking helps to relieve stress and improve circulation, much like muscles and tissues massages do for humans.

 From time to time, you will need to call a Professional CAT Groomer to help with shedding and complete the job your cat is not able to do. Examples: trim nails, clean ears, and properly bath your little fluff ball.

Why do Cats Need Baths?

People think that cat groom themselves.  The reality is, cats LICK themselves.  Grooming and licking are two entirely different things.  What a cat lick itself, it’s covering itself in saliva and dander.  Nothing your cat does during the licking process relieves it from tangles, mats, fleas, dandruff, skin conditions, and unsanitary things from its hindquarters.  Not to mention if kitty is indoor outdoor what type of pollens and allergens it’s brushing up against and carrying back home.

After years of licking itself daily, a cat sleeps on the sofa or curls up on the very new pillow you lay your head on.

The Purrfect Cat Groomer uses the best products, high quality tools, and advance techniques to remove tangles, mats, degrease coats, remove excess shedding, clean up dirty hindquarters, trim nails, neaten up overgrown faces, and fix any other problems that a cat may have. In the end you will end up with a nice clean kitty.