Cats with Mats in Their Coats: What to Know - Tufts Catnip
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By A Mystery Man Writer
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To better understand mats in cats, lets briefly recap shedding. Seasonal shedding with the two biggest shedding times of the year occurring in fall and spring correlates with the amount of sunlight during the day. However, indoor cats shed year-round due to the constant artificial light in our homes; so instead of two heavy bouts of shedding, indoor cats experience continual light shedding. And it is the sloughing of dead hair that contributes to the baneful matting in a cats fur.