Grooming Services
We offer a wide array grooming services for your cat. See below for more information.
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Grooming For Your Cat
Metro Cat Clinic offers a wide array of grooming services for your cat (one of the very few in Birmingham.) Cats are such clean animals and bathe themselves. As such we only bathe cats when medically advised.
We are able to do a brush out if mats are not bad. This may or may not require total sedation. Some cats can be brushed out with just a heavy sedative.
Cats over 8 years old are required to have had a healthy bloodwork panel within the last 6-8 months for grooming.
Cats we have never seen will also require a physical exam, as anesthesia affects cats differently.
Grooming is considered a drop-off appointment and is only performed on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. We will call you when your cat is ready to go home. Morning appointments are usually ready by noon. Grooms scheduled for the afternoon are usually ready for pick up by 5 PM. MCC is open until 6 pm and if needed your cat can stay the day with us for a small cage set fee.
Please fill out the online grooming consent form. This will cover any needed sedation, bloodwork permission, directions for grooming look, and any other services that are needed (annual exam, medical concern, etc.)
Cat Bathing
Cats, by nature, are very fastidious creatures. MCC only bathes cats when medically needed.
Nail Trimming
At MCC, we do not perform elective declawing. But we do trim nails on a regular basis. https://catfriendly.com/scratching is a good site to read more about why cats scratch and ways to direct them to an appropriate outlet.
Soft Paws
Soft Paws are semi soft plastic caps that are glued onto your cat’s natural nails. (usually just the front) They are replaced every 4-6 weeks. We can apply them for you or you can at home. And they come in clear or different colors (your favorite team? Christmas? Sparkes?)
Persian Clips
We are able to perform the basic Persian clip that involves shaving the body and upper legs, leaving the face, a bit of main, lower feet (we call the “Uggs”), and the choice of brushing the tail out or just leaving a ball of fur on the tip.
*Most cats require sedation for this process.
Lion Cuts
We are able to perform the basic Lion clip that involves shaving the body and upper legs, leaving the face, a bit of main, lower feet (we call the “Uggs”), and the choice of brushing the tail out or just leaving a ball of fur on the tip.
*Most cats require sedation for this process.
Standard Grooming
Your cat may not need a full Persian clip. We can perform a good brush out, a “Potty Trail”, clip just the abdomen, or removed a solitary mat.
Sedation may or may not be necessary, and sometimes the mats are too severe for a brush out.
$15 off first exam for New Patients/Clients
When New Client/Patient form is filled out online and submitted