Help your cat look and feel its best
Proper grooming is a crucial part of caring for the complete health of any pet. For cats, careful attention to a grooming routine is even more important, since their self-grooming habits can leave them susceptible to hairballs. To help you keep your feline family members at their healthiest and happiest, Petco carries a variety of products to assist with hairballs, including the FURminator deShedding tool.
Even short-hair cats get mats and hairballs, and FURminator deShedding tools, along with other products, provide the stepping stones to better lives for your pets.
Up to two-thirds of hair shed can be ingested as cats self-groom, and these loose hairs can pack together in a cat’s stomach and form a hairball. In most cases, the cat will need to vomit to force out the hairball, which is not pleasant for your cat or household. If hairballs are not eliminated, they may block the passage of food in the stomach or become impacted, requiring surgery to remove the blockage.
Traditional hairball treatments (lubricants, diets, etc.) address the problem after the hair has already entered the cat’s body. A FURminator deShedding tool can help prevent the problem by keeping the hair from getting into your cat’s body in the first place.
Using a FURminator just 10 minutes twice per week gently removes 90 percent of the loose hair and undercoat without damaging or cutting the topcoat. The FURminator is a safe, effective and non-invasive way to prevent hairballs, avoid serious health problems and make your cat look fantastic.
FURminator deShedding tools are available for long-hair and short-hair cats and come in two sizes.