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I have no idea where I bought this, I bought it a while ago and after using it, lost it and could not find it anywhere. One of my cats is not great at grooming himself, and despite regular grooming, often gets matted fur in some areas. This has been a real problem over the last few months since he has taken a real disliking to grooming but likes baths so he tends to cement in the matted fur playing in water.

I have tried numerous dematting tools on him but none worked as well as the tool I knew I had somewhere at home (shown on the right on the image here)

It is hard to see from the image, but these dematting rakes are not straight edged like many, but curve under making it easier to get the matted fur and giving you a small area between the skin and the matted fur to hold as you work the rake through the matted fur.

This obviously hurts him less than many of the other tools we have tried with him, we can use it for a good 15 minutes before he starts hissing at us, with many of the tools, he would hiss almost as soon as we touched him with it.  After two 10-15 minute sessions, we have dematted one whole side with no real pulling leaving bald spots as happened with another brush and he seems much happier minus the matted fur and enjoyed his furminator grooming this afternoon.  Hopefully now we found the brush again (and I blogged it so I can remember who made it this time, walking into a pet store and saying it had a nice soft handle and a curved blade and is blue and grey did not find me my favourite tool) we can keep up on the matts before they get bad again.

These comfortable grip, extremely durable grooming tools are perfect for in-home and/or professional use. Softly cushioned non-slip handles provide cushion and control while absorbing pressure and reducing fatigue. These tools have been carefully designed to minimize effort and maximize efficiency. The durable ABS plastic reduces breakage. All ComfyCare Products are packaged for resale. Razor sharp, serrated blades tackle unmanageable mats and tough tangles quickly and efficiently while maintaining coat length. Non-slip handle for more comfortable grip. Allows greater control for safe, effective mat removal with minimal effort.

Edit: now I know the brush name, it is sold at Ren’s Pet Depot for less than $9

I still remember the first time I used the Furminator, I borrowed a friends furminator before making the investment thinking yeah there is a lot of hype, but is it worth the money?

I took my friends advice, and the one I had used an knew worked, and got the medium deshedder instead of the smaller cat one, it just seemed to work better, maybe because I have bigger cats but the cat one seemed to take longer and so got bitten more.

I have not tried the shampoo, solution or the TubNub bathing brush, using only the furminator on a regular basis but everyone remarks on how well groomer my cats look and family, who have allergies, mention that my cats do not bother them as much as other cats.

The blade at first looked a little daunting, but I was promised at a show that it does not cut the fur and watched them use it on several animals at a grooming presentation at the All About Pets show in Toronto before believing that.  So I eagerly came home ready for a good brushing session.  Brushing the 5 cats I had at the time always took forever.

I wish I still had the photo, my regularly groomed cats took to the brush right away, so the metal blade did not seem to hurt them at all but my living room floor was literally covered in cat fur, despite the fact they had been brushed with their regular brushes just the week before, the amount of fur was unbelieveable.

FURminators are stocked at most Global Pet Foods, PETSmarts and PetValus as well as many vets and other independent pet stores.