Penwright (Bloomington, Mn, Unite States) on 07/07/2013:
Better But With Side Effects
I used the olive oil, and within a day, those mats are gone. But so is his fur, in those spots. In other words, I have a, partially, bald cat. Is this supposed to happen? I have to treat his whole body as he is a Maine Coon with mats all over him. No amount of brushing has helped keep them away either.
One thing is, I changed his litter back to natural and got rid of clay, which cats will eat off their paws. This concerned me for two reasons. Blue Grand has a bowel situation if his food is wrong or I am using the wrong litter. I discovered cats do not like perfumey smells or if they don't like their litter, they won't groom themselves. I believe that was the problem.
Anyway, I am concerned we are going to have an all bald cat. Any ideas? I have to do some more treatment today.
Willie (Boulder City, Nv) on 04/26/2012:
Our cat had a lump of matted fur and we tried olive oil. We gentley rubbed it into the clump of hair and within a couple of days it was gone. Yea for olive oil.
Rainy (Preston, Lancashire) on 05/13/2011:
BIG FAT fail olive oil didn't work and now beacuse she is a white cat, she has a dubious looking yellow patch on her back, looks like something weed on her and tats are worse than ever ;(( View Entire Thread
Ambient Light (Someplacesomewhere, Usa) on 03/31/2011:
Yeah--tried it twice... epic fail. View Entire Thread
Linda (Quincy, Ma) on 12/01/2010:
After reading your email, I tried the olive oil on my 16 year old cat this morning. In all honesty, I didn't expect it to work.... I got home for work and I couldnt believe it, the matting was gone!!! Thank you all for sharing:) View Entire Thread
Pam (Lancashire, England) on 09/11/2010:
My cat is 18 years old and developed matting all over her back. Booked her in a grooming parlour but she was so stressed out just trying to put her in the kitty box. In desperation I bought some virgin olive oil on monday and covered one of the matts and tuesday morning it was on the floor. Repeated the same night with another matt, I was a bit bothered about her licking it but thought surely it can't do her any harm. By Friday she was matt free. She's never been happier and so am I
