🥳 ✨ Happy Birthday Luna! ✨ 🎊
Hope your humans gave you an extra special treat 😉 💜
The beautiful Chloe again. Her little face! I especially love the white markings under her eyes. 🩵 🤍 🩶
Chloe has regular Dry Grooming 🪮 sessions to keep on top of shedding undercoat. She is quite nervous at the start of each groom and needs to build that trust. I ensure she is calm throughout my process, and let her adjust to my techniques each time. She even had a hygiene trim. Well done Chloe!
Fully brushed out her mum sent me these lovely photos 📷 of Chloe having a drink from her own glass, looking soft and fluffy and (as always) gorgeous! 💖
Fuschia is one of my regular clients who has a Dry Groom 🪮 and hygiene trim every 8-weeks. She is a reserved gal and needs extra care taken to help her understand she is safe with me. 🧘♀️ Her dad is there for comfort too.
As her namesake, she enjoys her time in her mum's magnificent garden, 🌳 🌷 ☀️ and often gets dirt, twigs and all sorts stuck in her coat (on this occasion I pricked my finger on a thorny twig I removed from her tail!).
When all was done she got a little reward and played with the mouse for a bit, before getting up to walk away, only to find the mouse was being carried in her ever-floofy beard. A unique cat pocket!
Fuchsia is a very sensitive lady, but has come along amazingly. Next time, we are going for a Wet Groom 🛁 🧴. Look out for the update on how it all goes... See you soon Fuschia!
This is Cookie 🤎 🖤 🤍 Cookie had matting that needed shaving off and required a full brush through 🪮 She had never seen a professional groomer before and was not a fan of any grooming at home. I knew her first session was going to be just the start, and that 'perfection' would only come with time and tolerance. I was warned of her feistiness when her owners booked me and so, I came prepared for a big session 🧘♀️ .
As it turned out, Cookie was purr-fect! She was purring away and seemed to even enjoy parts of the groom... hear it for yourself! 🎶 In fact, her people were so amazed at how calm she was, they left me the most incredible, humbling review 🫶🏻 The truth is, it's all the cat actually. I just try my absolute hardest to translate 📝 👂 🐱 their cat tongue into human.
Thanks Cookie! Thanks for being such a star 🌟 and for making my job so easy and enjoyable. And thank you to Cookie's cat mum and dad for being so kindhearted 💕 Until next time
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Luna, you beautiful girl.
This lovely V.I.C was a hand-reared kitten, where her wild mummy couldn't look after her. Her wild roots are still with her, as she enjoys the great outdoors in the forest. Her cat family designated her this day as her birthday (not actually knowing when it is).
Here is Squidgy. And isn't she just!
This darling Princess was an absolute delight to meet. She was so sweet, despite having never seen a groomer before and needing a full shave down. What an amazing little kitty.
Squidgy and her brother were recently adopted into a loving new home and needed a little extra grooming help, with thick Persian coats and matts that had formed needing shaving out. Madame Squidgy needed a tidy up from where her cat mum had tried to relieve her of uncomfortable matts along her back. Now Squidgy and I have made friends (or shall I say 'I'm at her service'), I'm sure she won't get those matts again. This little Princess Squidgy the Cute has a fresh new start.
Kittens have a short period in their early life (the sensitive period) where they are most susceptible to being introduced to novel experiences. After this time, ending at about 7-weeks old, cats can become more fearful and reactive towards new things.
At a Kitten Groom (up to 10-months old), I can help familiarise kitty with general handling, (which can come in useful for veterinary visits, meeting strangers and home health checks); grooming practise (sights, smells, equipment) and even teeth brushing.
So, have a fluffy little companion giving you the soppy look of love? Book them in for a groom and give them their own little pamper day too
The main priority for a Specialist Groom is remedying matting/ pelting (where matts join up creating a 'carpet' of hair).
After claw clipping, any clipper work is performed first, followed by the rest of the usual grooming process.
Often this session can be stressful or uncomfortable, as matts pull and can create irritation, itchiness or wounds on the skin. If it’s kitty’s first experience of grooming they will be on high alert and likely be anxious or upset.
Once the major works are completed I may choose to seize the rest of the groom or split the session in two, depending on kitty's stress levels. Sometimes cats tolerate this quite well.
As with all my clients, I'll offer a Grooming Plan going forward to help prevent the need for a drastic shave. Ultimately, our aim is to keep kitty happy and healthy with clean, matt-free coats.
This fluffy gal is Patches. 🧡 🖤 Look at all that hair!
The first time we met she had a Specialist Groom, a modified lion trim 🦁 (all the coat shaved off close to the skin, leaving her mane, boots and full tail in tact). She had become quite matted all over, and her owner had already explored other options to help, that were unsuccessful, before contacting CFG.
Patches was a curious kitty (as you can see!) exploring all my stuff and having a roll about, but don't be fooled by the 'tickle-able' tummy... Patches was feisty and did not enjoy grooming. 🧘♀️ ☮️ As always, I worked calmly, slowly and safely (but swiftly), to leave her comfortable and matt-free. Her cat mum was a great help! She offered comfort to kitty and handling assistance. Patches was challenging on her first visit, but when I saw her again for her maintenance groom, she had very much improved, likely not sore from matts pulling at her, and not needing the extra handling and manoeuvring to remove them. She was very affectionate afterwards and enjoyed some nommy snackies too 💕
So, here she is, sporting 9-weeks worth of regrowth and a newly trimmed bottom (she had already started to grow the thick britches back). Patches sure is a fluffy kitty and her mum has scheduled regular Dry Grooming 🪮 ✂️ sessions to ensure she stays soft, sleek and matt-free, and also gets used to the process.
See you in the Autumn Patches! 🎃 🍁
A Wet Groom is a full bath and blow dry to thoroughly clean the coat, making them soft and sleek, followed by a thorough Dry Groom.
This is good for kitties if they are outdoor explorers that get mucky coats, or if they have excessive natural oils that create greasy coats, or where the skin is dry with dandruff. It can help cleanse the coat and skin to refresh condition following any health-related issues (once appropriate), to grow a healthy, soft coat. Or perhaps kitty is older and not able to keep on top of their own grooming.
A Dry Groom is our typical groom package, for maintaining coat condition.
Ideally, these should be scheduled every 8-weeks to ensure kitty has a soft, matt-free coat that's clean and healthy.
Regular sessions also help kitty adjust to the process and build tolerance, so that they can reach a calm, relaxed state during each session.
Had the pleasure of meeting Clare from CEF Veterinary Chiropractic, and her beautiful Maine Coon, Peach. Peach lives a great life as a free spirit in the outdoors 🌳 🌲 exploring in all weathers. Her coat had become matted and needed to be shaved off to start again. She was gorgeous and so sweet but definitely the most wriggly! Clare and myself used our best octopus 🐙 impressions to keep her still and safe for her matt removal.
In the end it didn’t matter if she wasn’t completely “text book tidy”, as her wellbeing was my absolute priority, to remove the matts and stop her escalating stress. She is now much more comfortable and ready to start her new regular grooming sessions 🪮 ✂️ 🧴 to keep her coat gorgeous, fluffy and matt free.
Thank you Clare and Peach! It was great to meet you both and I look forward to next time for sure. (Maybe Peach will be a little less houdini 😉).
