Cat advice

I've got a chinchilla persian (see my aviator) and like your cat, she hates being brushed, although I am allowed to do it for a short time until I start getting yowled at.

Other than taking him to the vet every so often for a shave, it sounds like it needs to be a two person job. One person to hold him (or scruff him if need be) and then for you to cut out the offending clumps. If Lucy has a particularly large one, then I tend to do it two visit approach rather than getting her completely worked up. Also when cutting, always cut as if the scissors base of the blades are horrizontal to the skin rather than parrallel (IYSWIM).

Edited to add that if there is two of you, then get the other person to sit down with your boy on their lap of course making a fuss whilst you get the scissors. Don't bring them out first otherwise, he'll have a hint of what's coming.

I've got a Ragdoll and she can get quite knotting, especially in the winter. Can you do it as a two person job? One of us picks Polly up and gives her lots of fuss, while the other nips out and gets the scissors. Polly, being a Ragdoll, is very floppy when you pick her up, she'll whine and protest a bit but doesn't scratch or struggle too much, so I'm not sure how easy this would be with a more fiesty cat!

Thanks guys. I have had him shaved before at the vets but as well as being expensive it's risky of course having to be put under.

Will give the two person approach a go but becuase the knots are on his 'bib' area if that makes sense, you've almost zero chance of getting anything snipped without loosing an eye ?

Don't know if it would work but we have a couple of stripping combs for our dogs - they have a blade between the teeth of the comb. http://www.lamp-post.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=CH7055 like these.

Could try combing him with one of these and seeing if you could slice the knots out without pulling?

Could one of you wrap him in a towel so his legs and claws are out of the way and then the other snip him?