Hey guys so my girlfriend and I adopted an 8 year old Turkish Angora female, shes a sweet cat and sometimes needy. But the problem we have with her right now is that she does not clean her butt. She will have some stuck to her fur considering she has longer hair. And shes all white so it ain't pretty lmao. So we try and clean her as best as we can but she doesnt bother. Maybe trim her hair?
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Cleaning Herself
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Hello and welcome to TCS. Congrats on the adoption of your new cat. She sounds beautiful. 
About her butt cleaning difficulties, that is often a problem with long haired cats. Here's a TCS article with more info on the topic:
Be Kind To Your Cats' Behinds! Dirty Cat Butts Prevention And Treatment
About her butt cleaning difficulties, that is often a problem with long haired cats. Here's a TCS article with more info on the topic:
Be Kind To Your Cats' Behinds! Dirty Cat Butts Prevention And Treatment
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Hi,
I have one long haired cat and he often has a bit of poop there too. He does clean there and yours may do too,but hasn't noticed as quickly as you do!
We give the area a little trim when some is stuck there, we have little fairly blunt scissors that turn upwards and are less risky. You have to be very careful and sure kitty isn't about to move it is easier than trying to wash off but depends how confident you are doing this..I never cut close to the skin either
We also do a cat shampoo every 6 months.
I think u can get a professional to trim down the area if not ...
Good luck!
I have one long haired cat and he often has a bit of poop there too. He does clean there and yours may do too,but hasn't noticed as quickly as you do!
We give the area a little trim when some is stuck there, we have little fairly blunt scissors that turn upwards and are less risky. You have to be very careful and sure kitty isn't about to move
it is easier than trying to wash off but depends how confident you are doing this..I never cut close to the skin eitherWe also do a cat shampoo every 6 months.
I think u can get a professional to trim down the area if not ...
Good luck!
I think
rubysmama
pretty much covered it with the article she provided to you, backed up by
Moo2
's trimming suggestion.
But, once you have completely cleaned the area (and done the trim if you decide to do so), a daily what I call "booty duty" routine with one or two unscented hypoallergenic wipes should be enough to keep her clean thereafter.
Feeby gets daily booty duty since she apparently is not too much interested in cleaning herself back there anymore. We've done it long enough now, I just tell her "Feeby, it's booty duty time", and she knows what's coming and accepts it willingly.
rubysmama
pretty much covered it with the article she provided to you, backed up by
Moo2
's trimming suggestion. But, once you have completely cleaned the area (and done the trim if you decide to do so), a daily what I call "booty duty" routine with one or two unscented hypoallergenic wipes should be enough to keep her clean thereafter.
Feeby gets daily booty duty since she apparently is not too much interested in cleaning herself back there anymore. We've done it long enough now, I just tell her "Feeby, it's booty duty time", and she knows what's coming and accepts it willingly.
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Haha I like that yes our boy accepts his trims too! The cat sitter goes for baby wipes too
yes our boy accepts his trims too! The cat sitter goes for baby wipes too