The Cat Groomers Dream Client..And Omg Her Meow -

Today we are grooming Shadow, the domestic long hair. Hello, I see eyeballs. Can you please come out? Okay, we're gonna take apart your crate and hope for the best. Hi, do you wanna make some friends? Do you like tubes? You wanna want some? Shadow looks very, very, very, very nervous. And I can see why she is here. She is a mess. It's okay. You're gonna let me touch you? I have some concerns. You can't exit, okay? You may not leave. Yeah, you can come out, but you cannot exit the table and I fear you are going to exit the table. Are you okay? It's okay, Shadow. Are you nervous, kitty? You scared? Yeah, your owner's brought you here because you need a bath, ma'am. Are you meowing? You're so nervous? Aw, it's okay. So obviously she has some really dry skin. I can see that. The owner said that she's no longer grooming her back end so she smells a little bit like poop. So obviously that needs to be shaved. I think just looking at her that she could really, really benefit from a bath. But I don't know if a bath is gonna be possible. It will depend on how she manages everything. She seems like a very sweet cat, but you know, cats get nervous and that happens. So let's see. Come on out. But don't jump off the table. I see you thinking about it. We are gonna have zero thoughts about jumping off of a table. Before I do her nails, because the owner warned me that she doesn't like having her paws touched, I'm gonna try to shave the back end because that's the part that they care about the most. It's okay, it's okay. Yes. Oh, look at the little cute white tip you have on your tail. Aw, that's so cute. I think that's the only white she has on her. Very good cat. And now we shall attempt the dreaded paws. What's happening with your ear here? The owner also told me that he does not clip their nails at home. So obviously there's more than one cat because I think he said there. Okay, okay. Because they use their scratching posts and they naturally file them. And I can tell the nails are not horribly long, so they definitely do manage to take care of them on their own. However, oh, you are shedding a ton of coat here, girlfriend. When they're in the grooming salon, we have to clip their nails because it just makes whatever injury we could potentially get from them a little bit less horrifying, I guess you could say. So that's why we clip them first. Cats don't just use their nails as a defense. They also use it to grip. So if they have long nails in the grooming salon, another problem is that they could grip onto things. And then when you go to remove them from said things, they take part of their nail off, which we don't want. So that's another reason why we wanna clip their nails when they're here. But the owner does bring the cats to the vet to get their nails clipped. They just don't do it themselves because they don't feel comfortable. So to me, this cat's actually really good for nail trimming. I don't see any major problems. Hopefully I'll be able to bathe her. Because she really needs it. Just in case I can't bathe her, I wanna do a little bit of brushing because I can see that this cat is shedding a ton of compacted undercoat that is stuck. That's what I mean by compacted. So if I can remove some of this before the bath, just in case I can't get her dry, at least she'll lose as much hair as possible. Because it's really hard for us to remove undercoat like this when they're wet. He said to me, it's very difficult to get her back into the crate, which I always find very funny because here in the grooming salon, cats are more than happy to go back into their crates when they're done being groomed. It's what smells like them. It's what's most familiar to them. And being in here is very scary for them. So they gladly retreat back into their houses. So that's never usually a problem for me, unless they are super friendly, outgoing cats, then they kinda wanna stay because they wanna explore. The reason why this cat has such dry skin is more than likely due to all of the compacted coat that she has. It's not letting her skin breathe. And if she groomed this all herself, she would most certainly end up with a lot of hairball issues. So it is actually really in her benefit to be here for grooming today. Are you a good cat? So far, you're being very calm. And I do really hope that that continues in the bathtub. Really hope you're calm in there. I had a bit of a traumatic experience the other day with a cat, and this is not the first time it's happened. But the cat flew out of the tub after seemingly being very calm and just tried to escape my grooming shop in every possible way. So jumping on all the walls, the cabinets. Like cats, when they panic, they really just go a little bit crazy and they don't really think. And I always just get worried that they're gonna get hurt. Fortunately, the cat was okay. But when that happens, there's nothing I can do. I cannot try to grab the cat. I have to just allow the cat to do what it's doing until the cat itself calms down. Because if you try to grab a cat in that situation, you can get very, very hurt. So yeah, that wasn't a good time. That wasn't a good time. So hopefully you're not gonna be the same way, okay? Because also right now, she is being very, very calm. Is this the calm before the storm? Or can we avoid the storm? Let's avoid it, please. If this cat remains to be this calm, I will put her in the rage cage. I think blowing out her coat would be most beneficial for her skin. So hopefully she allows that to happen. Being a good girl. I know it's a little bit uncomfy. This is not matting at all. It's just hair that's sliding out. So this shouldn't be painful in any way. But you're gonna look like a different cat when you're done. I should have taken a before and after of you. Oh well, what can you do? Good girl. You sweet cat. What a sweet cat. Okay, I think we removed, I didn't brush underneath her because that's usually a trigger spot. I would like to do that at the very end. But I don't feel any more compacted fur. Please don't panic, please don't panic. Please don't panic. Please don't freak out. Please just be calm. It's okay, it's okay. Okay. Hey, you can go over there. No jumping out. Wow, you're being so calm. Thank you. Thank you so much for your calmness. Your skin is going to thank you for this, ma'am. Good girl. Good girl, Shadow. Yeah. Good girl. Why don't I wash cat's heads? Because most of them panic and I just don't see the benefit. Okay, now, hopefully you don't panic when I turn on the water. That's all. Good girl. No, you can't leave. No. You can't leave. Your meows are very cute. It's okay. I have you. I know. Don't do it. No. Your dry skin is so much better already, girl. Aw. Are you listening to these meows? This is the cutest meows I've ever heard in my life. Oh my goodness. You are so cute. Just gotta make sure there's no soap left in you, girl. This is very low pressure water, so it takes a bit to come out, but I find if I put the pressure too high, then the cats sometimes panic because the sound is louder and obviously there's more water coming out. Okay, you made it. What a good kitty. Did excellent for her bath. Now I'm gonna put her in the Rage Cage and I think that she'll do pretty good in there as well. Good girl. Oh, stinky. You have to move, ma'am. Oh God. They don't ever want the Happy Hoodie coming off their head and it always seems to happen. It's okay. It's okay, okay? It's okay. You're okay. It's okay, it stopped. I shut it off, okay? Okay. I'm gonna try to dry her on the table with a small handheld dryer and see how that goes and if that doesn't go well, then I'll put her inside the hair fryer. Hopefully she lets me dry her with this. It's okay, all right? It's okay. So she is fantastic. What a great, great cat. I already brushed her out everywhere with the slicker brush. She is not matting. She's not matting. She doesn't have any matting. She is not really shedding anymore. I removed the most of her shedding coat earlier and then again with the blow dryer and brush. I'm just going over her quickly with the butter comb just because there is a little bit of hair that I noticed specifically over here that still needs to be pulled out. I'm gonna shave her paw pads and then she can go home. Oops, sorry. She was, I'm just keeping this on because it kind of keeps her still a little bit. She was exceptional for everything. What a great, great cat. Did you know that I had a rough week and you wanted to make it easier on me? How nice of you. And she didn't pee or poo, which is remarkable because most cats are scared of grooming and they end up peeing or pooping at some point and she didn't do either of those things. You have just been a frickin' gift today, ma'am. Look at you. So fresh. So clean. Right? You wanna go back in your house, ma'am? I'll offer you tube one more time but I don't think you're gonna take it. I don't know if you guys notice. I'm not sure how the GoPro picks it up but she barely has any dry skin anymore. She really needed that bath and brush out. She's like a whole new cat. You look like a million dollars, ma'am. You smell so nice now. You wanna go back in your house? Would you like some tube? We tried tube one more time. No? Okay, I give to Chunk. Would you like to go back in your house? It's okay, Shadow. Wanna go in your house? Go on. Good girl. Thank you. Please come again.