Our Ragdoll Mei-Mei, approaching two years old, is a little tank. A solid boxy Tribble on four short legs with a short furry tail. I have worried about her weight, but the vet has been very pleased with her weight. No dangling dulap, just solid solid solid.
Well, the downside is that she can't reach her butt to clean herself. Her buddy, our aging Maine Coon tries to help her but she doesn't like to sit still for it. Although her stools are normal and solid little chunks, somehow she always has a layer of stool around her little anus. When she has any hair at all, sometimes she gets enough stool caught that it blocks her and the urine makes her sore until we get her washed.
Any ideas on how to deal with this and keep her clean? My current plan is to not use clippers but actually use a armpit-type shaver and give her back legs, tail and entire backside a surgical shave. She will be UNIMPRESSED. Think this will help? I don't know if there is something I can then put on her backside to keep stuff from clinging, or anything I can use to wipe her down to keep her clean.
I have had longhairs with danglies before that needed help, but they could reach their butts to finish up if you could help them deal with what's stuck from time to time? Anybody else struggle with this? Any ideas?
