Grooming Tips

Grooming Tips: Tonkinese

Tonkinese are known as the "wash and wear cat". Their short coat is usually at it's best after a bath that first removes dirt and oil and then a wash with a high quality cat shampoo followed by a good conditioner. Rinsing is vitally important after each step of the bath and never should be hurried.

The coat has a tendency to become too fluffy when blow dried but in cool weather a hair dryer aimed into a carrier, with just enough air to warm the interior, will prevent a chill and encourage your Tonk to lick his wet coat. A rubber brush with a concave surface will remove the loose and dead hair. The brush needs to be applied vigorously with fast firm strokes to build up static electricity. You will find this draws the hair onto the brush where it is easily removed. This should be done for your Tonk several times a week but always before a bath and after he/she dries.

Several days after the bath if the coat looks like it is separating a very fine mist of anti-stat texturizer rubbed quickly into the coat followed by a light brushing can restore it to that smooth post bath finish.

Text: Bonnie Smith 7/99

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