Thread: Rescue cat afraid of brush

H All,

My wife and I recently became parents to a four year old Maine Coon boy named Ky. He was handed into the animal shelter by his previous owner who couldn't keep him any more.

We don't know much about his previous life but he is terrified of people and the notes say prior to being surrendered to the shelter he lost a lot of weight and started using the carpet instead of his litter tray.

He's slowly starting to come around and although he will still hide from me, he comes to my wife for cuddles and has even started to play a little.

We have also discovered that he absolutely terrified of anything that remotely resembles a comb or a brush. We are letting things happen at his pace and for now leaving him to his own devices as far as grooming is concerned.

But while he's settling in, any suggestions for an approach to us grooming him that won't scare him to death?