Cat Fur Help, Please

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Recently my baby Melody has developed these... fur tufts, or mats. I'm not quite sure what they are. I adopted her from a man a few years okay. He took extremely poor care of her and even though I've hard her for 4 or 5 years now she's still extremely skittish. She hides from everyone except me. But my issue is with her fur, and she hates being brushed, and she often becomes aggressive with the brush. But I can just pull these little fur tufts off and because they're trapping so much hair she ends up leaving clumps of hair EVERYWHERE, should I be concerned? And how can I stop this? She eats a Purina food and uses a Purina liter if that helps at all.
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I apologize for the typos. * I adopted her from a man a few years ago
*even though I've had her
 

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She is just a cat who needs brushed. That is what happens, the fur kind of clump in mattes. I would try a variety of brushed and combs and keep trying as often as you can and hopefully she will eventually come to at least tolerate it.
 

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You might have better luck with a comb than a brush. My cats actually enjoy having a flea comb run through their fur. Particularly if it is in contact with the skin. Brushes? Not so much. The brushes I have tried have fine, almost wire like
Teet h. Maybe it scratches the skin on occasion?
 

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I forgot to mention that as well. Flea combs are the BEST for handling this sort of clumping. It is so satisfying to comb that out!
 
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You might have better luck with a comb than a brush. My cats actually enjoy having a flea comb run through their fur. Particularly if it is in contact with the skin. Brushes? Not so much. The brushes I have tried have fine, almost wire like
Teet h. Maybe it scratches the skin on occasion?
That does seem possible, thank you!
 
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I forgot to mention that as well. Flea combs are the BEST for handling this sort of clumping. It is so satisfying to comb that out!
Thank you for the advice!
 

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Cats do have summer and winter coats. In more northern climates it is much more noticeable but they do have summer coats and winter coats and they shed them out in the spring and fall. So you will have a lot more hair at those times. It is still a little early but in a month they will begin growing their winter coats and the summer ones will start to shed out. So you will notice a lot more fur balls around at those times.
 

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If you dont have any luck with the flea comb, you could try the gloves. Melody might enjoy being stroked and using these every day will certainly help.
 
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