blog – Mobile Cat Grooming Chorley Lancashire by Essentially Purrfect

mr chubbs

20151128_170310A Mr Chubbs 281115 cropped+(c) Mr Chubbs is 13 years old and lives in Manchester.

His mum had made the initial enquiry to arrange a groom at a point when she was concerned that he was quite badly matted down his back. However, by the time our appointment arrived it seemed that the problem had either resolved itself, or Mr Chubbs had sorted it. Very unusual, as there was not any evidence of hair loss, even !

Anyhow, matted or not, Mr Chubbs really wasn’t that keen on finding himself on the grooming table. A nervous boy anyway, we began a gentle brush out very calmly. However, just a few minutes into the session Mr Chubbs had decided that actually, it wasn’t for him. Mr Chubbs’ coat was in great condition with hardly any dead hair coming away and no knots in sight, so we had a quick brush through and let him on his way.

Nice meeting you Chubbs !!

lovely mindy

20150523_122053A Mindy 230515 cropped+(c) A manicure was on the agenda for Mindy in Astley, Manchester recently.

Mindy was rescued by her mum and dad some time ago, and is still cautious of strangers. However, once she’s had that first good sniff and checked you out, Mindy is such a friendly girl.

She watched whilst we set up the gear. Mindy knew just what was about to happen – and she even came out from her safe place at the side of the settee for a little ankle rub. Or was it a “come on, get on with it” ??!

Nice session Mindy. Well done !

gentle oliver

20150731_152304A Oliver 310715 cropped+(c)

Maine Coon Oliver is a very gentle young man. He lives with brother Monty, his housemates, and 2 lovely young canine babes that have recently joined the household. All this goes on in Altrincham, Cheshire.

Just as last time, we had a very calm, chilled brush out this session. Just a couple of small knots needed attention – but nothing to worry about at all.

Well done Oliver – Nice seeing you again !

mr radek

20151129_124827A Radek 291115 cropped+(c) When we met up with Persian Radek this time around in Newton le Willows, Merseyside we decided to take away quite a large portion of this coat.

This was because Radek had been quite poorly recently, and had been back and forth to the vets for a number of weeks. Hence, his coat had developed a few matted areas.

Such a good boy during his session … Radek chilled whilst we got to work, and was even chilled while we did some foot work after the clipping !

Why not pop over to our facebook page where you can watch a short video clip of Radek, just after his session.

beautiful bella

20151003_122122A Bella 031015 cropped+(c) Bella had her first maintenance brush out recently, in Chorlton, Manchester.

At 7 years old, Bella is a British Short Hair with a dense coat ! She’s been with her new mum around 5 months now and is settling well into her new life.

The first time we ever met up with Bella a few weeks ago, her coat had begun to clump in places. We managed to brush it all out, but Bella didn’t really take too kindly to proceedings. Today’s session was more chilled. Still not happy clappy by any means, but Bella was much more tolerant of the comb and we think she remembered that actually she had felt more comfy following her last session.

Looking forward to seeing you again in the New Year, Bella !!

baby bella

We met up with Bella, who is a Ragdoll/Persian cross, in Stockport, Cheshire recently. Bella is sister to Alice, who you saw again recently.

This was Bella’s first professional grooming session. We’d say that her coat was more Ragdoll than Persian (less undercoat), with just a couple of small tangles that needed to be teased out, followed by a good brush out.

A fidgety session. Bella doesn’t particularly like her underneath being checked out – but she loved all the fuss around her ruff. She helped proceedings by washing her chest at this point …

Well done Bella !!

the urmston chicks

Florence and Tiger-L and Oscar collage 050214+(c) It was great to catch up on all the gossip in Urmston, Manchester when we called in to see Florence, Tiger Lily and Oscar for their manicure sessions.

All are such gentle, loving chicks. The girls are Oriental crosses and we think that Oscar has Maine Coon in him somewhere.

Afterwards, they showed off their party tricks – sitting to command – whilst we packed up the gear. Clever chicks !

Geoffrey, the maine man

20150731_165105A Geoffrey 310715 cropped+(c) Here’s the mighty Geoff ! Or Geoffrey on a Sunday ! Who remembers this big guy ?

Maine Coon Geoff lives with his very lively household in Altrincham, Cheshire – and he’s a real character ….

Last time we met up with Geoff (which was the first time), it’s fair to say that he wasn’t too pleased to find himself on the grooming table. However, with some patience and sweet talk we got there.

Today – although Geoff would rather have been snowboarding, or hang gliding – or anything else quite frankly – we had a much more relaxed session. We began very nicely. His coat was in great condition and was growing back well from last time. We cut front nails without a glance (!) and began brushing out Geoff’s tummy. A few minutes in, Geoff became fidgety and needed more reassurance and chit chat. We can do that …. !

Afterwards – Did Geoff scarper from the session room ? No. He kind of stuck around – then was cheeky enough to go outside and around the side of the house – and then sat on the shed roof watching his housemate’s session first hand. Geoff !!!!!!!

friendly philip

20151117_192103A Phillip Nov15 cropped+(c) Phlip’s coat was looking fantastic when we called into see him again in Stockport, Cheshire.

The first time we met 4 year old Philip during the summer of 2015, we took quite a lot of his coat away as it had become pelted. Now, it’s all regrown beautifully.

We had a brush out and although Phillip is a nervous kind of guy, he coped well. He’s been with his new family for about 18 months now and mum said that he’s finally come out of his shell.

Well done Philip !