I have a cat, I have had for 3 years. This may sound strange, but my question is can cats have OCD. My cat won't walk more then 5 steps or so without stopping to clean its self, unless it is running to the window, to check on a noise it heard. And if you pet the cat, or pick it up, it has to clean its self. And as for going out doors, no way. You can take the cat out, but there is no way you can put her down, she will tear you up. She will set on the open porch for hour or steps for hours, but grass or dirt is no way.

Looking for opinions on my 15 y/o male longhair cat. Seems in the last few months he's developed some matting in his fur and it seems to have gotten thicker and coarser. Like he's not really grooming himself as much. We didn't notice it soon enough and now we can't really even get a comb through some of them. We were able to carefully cut out some on his belly, but he's look really odd if we did that around his neck and on the sides. Hate to take him to the vet since that would be pretty traumatic for him, he's pretty skittish. He'd probably run in the closet and hide for 2 days after...if he made it through the stress. We lost our other 2 in the last 18 months and finally got a kitten in Feb(?)...was just too quiet around the house. Wondering if her always wanting him to play (he doesn't) and just her general terror kittenism has anything to do with his issue. Or is he just getting old? So...Vet, grooming service, do it at home? Special combs or brushes?