Stress-Free and under gentle sedation:
One of our most
popular services is our professional cat grooming (no dogs, sorry) of badly
matted long and semi-long haired cats such as Maine Coons, Birmans, Persians or
just the poor matted moggy who needs a bit of a helping hand staying up to
normal cat fur standards.
Some cats just
don't seem to be able to keep the silky smooth fur that other cat owners take
for granted with no effort at all. We have had many a frustrated cat owner
calling us after giving up and losing the battle with brushing their fluffy
feline, leaving the owner feeling equally mean whether attempting to brush or
just leaving the poor cat with the often quite painful mats of pulling fur.
Vets2home uniquely offer an easy,
stress-free - and pain-free - professional grooming performed under safe
sedation (your cat is blissfully unaware of anything happening before, under
and after the procedure) monitored by a qualified nurse and veterinary surgeon
in your own home.
Important note! Emergency Oxygen (O2) readily available at all times if any urgent extra support is
necessary-but hardly ever needed when under qualified supervision and careful
monitoring.
We only use as
gentle brushing as possible - NOT CLIPPING (unlike most other Veterinary
practices) - unless clipping is especially requested by you of course!
The gentle
grooming is performed under injectable sedation in your home so your cat
doesn't have to experience neither the trauma of removing the tufts of fur, the
transportation stress, spending the whole day at a noisy vet practice nor
looking like a shaved lion on top of that.
The sedation we
use (and have used for 10 years) is injected like a normal vaccination
injection in the back of the neck. The cat will feel very sleepy in about 10
mins and while your cat is asleep, he/she will be under close monitoring and
supervision by the Veterinary Surgeon. We use only a very safe licensed
injectable drug which is reversed immediately (5-10mins) with another injection
once completing the grooming.
"Alfie", Brighton - 1 year old and already
very matted in a very private area!
Our qualified
nurse Alex, performs the gentle grooming (10 years experience from small animal
vet practice). It usually takes about 1 hour from start to end-depending on the
degree of matting. After reversing the sedation and your cat has woken up, we
leave him/her to fully regain all strength in his/her favourite spot with you
and us nearby to pamper and give plenty of TLC.
"Alfie" waking up on his
favourite cushion by a warm radiator
The reasons
behind the actual matting is different for every cat but could be linked to
increasing health issues such as arthritis in the spine or other places related
to ageing, obesity or just mere laziness. We are obviously able to address the
underlying problem from a veterinary angle while sorting out the immediate
problem to start with. Most of our patients are able to stay free from matting
for a much longer period than normal afterwards.
As an added bonus while your cat is
sedated, we usually check, descale and polish the teeth manually hereby leaving
them clean and shiny, postponing the dreaded dental visit -including a full
anaesthetic and transportation to a vet practice- for significantly longer.
All in all the
whole grooming procedure is as peaceful as any pampered fluffy feline could
possibly wish for. Just read what one of our most handsome -and feisty- patients
Max, the 8 1/2 kilo Maine Coon (and his happy owner, Mrs. Osgood) has to say
below.
Happy Brushing
"Max" -the handsome 4 year old Maine Coon- on top of his game!
"This is Max, my gorgeous Maine Coon cat. He is clever, funny
and loves to play, but doesn't like being groomed! Susan and Alex come to the
rescue by visiting Max at home. They get rid of all his tangles, and take care
of his jabs in an environment that's stress free - for both of us!"
All the best.
Mrs. Phyllida
Osgood
Hadlow Down
East Sussex
