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Cat Grooming in Long Island
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What to expect when we come and groom your cat?

Groomers will often offer various grooming services and packages based on your pet’s needs. However, to cover all of our bases, we will detail the most common services offered in a full grooming session.

Nail Trimming

Keeping your kitty’s nails trimmed is an essential part of cat care. Cat groomers will trim up to the quick, which is the pink part of each claw that houses sensitive nerves and blood vessels.


When you don’t trim claws often enough, it can lead to a lengthening of the quick. However, with steady claw trimming it will eventually recede. It will require more frequent trimmings the first few weeks before returning to a manageable length.

However, maintaining short nails is important to prevent it from happening again. Most cat groomers provide this service on every visit, which may be every 4-6 weeks or sooner, depending on your cat’s level of care.

Brushing & Trimming

You should brush your cat on a minimum of a weekly basis. If your cat has long hair, you may groom them more frequently. However, even if you do this at home it’s good to have your cat professional groomed every couple of months!


Our Cat groomers go above and beyond your regular brushing session. They tackle matted fur and knots and provide a trim to long-haired pets who need a bit of maintenance.


For example, some long-haired cats have a tendency to grow fur between their toes. This can aggravate your pet, lead to accumulated litter box debris, or even impact their traction. It’s important to let our groomer handle this task. Many cat owners don’t realize that their pet actually has whiskers near the back of their legs and near their pads. Groomers will know how to navigate this area without impacting these important tactile hairs. They will also keep an eye out for any signs of skin concerns, such as lumps, bumps, lesions, or missing patches of fur.

Cat Baths

Most cats aren’t a fan of water. Just the threat of a bath can transform your docile little angel into an angry honey badger. Thankfully, cat groomers have the skills and expertise to give your feline a bath without getting hurt themselves or your pet.


All cats normally get a “waterless bath”, a solution which is formulated to clean your cat without the fear of running water and pressure.


Most cats only need a bath when they have fleas, a dermatological condition, or very dirty or poorly managed coats. In this case, your groomer uses professional equipment. This includes recirculating bathing systems and drying systems that help clean your kitty quickly and efficiently. They also go the extra mile to create a low-stress environment and put your cat at ease.

Ear Care

Cats aren’t able to maintain their ear care well on their own. Our groomer will check the inner and outer ear to make sure it’s clean while making note of any:


  • Bald Spots
  • Redness
  • Discharge
  • Swelling
  • Debris
  • Odor
  • Caked Ear Wax
  • Bleeding


These are all signs that may require medical attention from a veterinarian.

Nail Trimming

Keeping your kitty’s nails trimmed is an essential part of cat care. Cat groomers will trim up to the quick, which is the pink part of each claw that houses sensitive nerves and blood vessels.


When you don’t trim claws often enough, it can lead to a lengthening of the quick. However, with steady claw trimming it will eventually recede. It will require more frequent trimmings the first few weeks before returning to a manageable length.

However, maintaining short nails is important to prevent it from happening again. Most cat groomers provide this service on every visit, which may be every 4-6 weeks or sooner, depending on your cat’s level of care.

Brushing & Trimming

You should brush your cat on a minimum of a weekly basis. If your cat has long hair, you may groom them more frequently. However, even if you do this at home it’s good to have your cat professional groomed every couple of months!


Our Cat groomers go above and beyond your regular brushing session. They tackle matted fur and knots and provide a trim to long-haired pets who need a bit of maintenance.


For example, some long-haired cats have a tendency to grow fur between their toes. This can aggravate your pet, lead to accumulated litter box debris, or even impact their traction. It’s important to let our groomer handle this task. Many cat owners don’t realize that their pet actually has whiskers near the back of their legs and near their pads. Groomers will know how to navigate this area without impacting these important tactile hairs. They will also keep an eye out for any signs of skin concerns, such as lumps, bumps, lesions, or missing patches of fur.

Cat Baths

Most cats aren’t a fan of water. Just the threat of a bath can transform your docile little angel into an angry honey badger. Thankfully, cat groomers have the skills and expertise to give your feline a bath without getting hurt themselves or your pet.


All cats normally get a “waterless bath”, a solution which is formulated to clean your cat without the fear of running water and pressure.


Most cats only need a bath when they have fleas, a dermatological condition, or very dirty or poorly managed coats. In this case, your groomer uses professional equipment. This includes recirculating bathing systems and drying systems that help clean your kitty quickly and efficiently. They also go the extra mile to create a low-stress environment and put your cat at ease.

Ear Care

Cats aren’t able to maintain their ear care well on their own. Our groomer will check the inner and outer ear to make sure it’s clean while making note of any:


  • Bald Spots
  • Redness
  • Discharge
  • Swelling
  • Debris
  • Odor
  • Caked Ear Wax
  • Bleeding


These are all signs that may require medical attention from a veterinarian.

Flea & Tick Care

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Liquid medications, sometimes called spot-on treatments, are applied directly to a cats skin, usually between the shoulders, at the base of neck.


These products come in the form of vials that contains agents which protect your pet for 30 continuous days.


Fleas and ticks have the potential to transmit numerous types of diseases to both animals and people.


They work by killing fleas and ticks (and sometimes mosquitos, depending on the product) by depositing chemicals into the sebaceous glands, where the active ingredient is released and translocates through the glands that lubricate a cats coat with oil. When applied, the compound quickly translocates across the skin. The pesticide will attack the flea and tick’s nervous system and cause the parasites to lose the ability to feed on your pet.



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Haircutting

Long-haired cats, and sometimes even short-haired cats, have the tendency to get very matted on occasion when the coat is not up kept on a regular basis.  Depending on how severe the matting is, their coat may have to be partially spot shaved, or shaved completely with a lion cut.  Due to the very delicate, paper-thin, skin of cats, only one blade may be used to shave cats in order to safely remove the hair without cutting the skin. 

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