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The coat-care planner
How to use it
Answer honestly - especially the brushing question. "Tolerates it" and "accepts it" are different cats. The checklist you get is a starting routine, not a medical plan: it tells you what to do daily, what to schedule periodically, and what to watch for. Tick items off as you go; the print button gives you a clean copy for the fridge or the vet visit.
Your cat's checklist
Answers stay on this device. Print before the vet visit or pin it by the comb.
When the coat says call the vet
Urgent: repeated unproductive retching, or lethargy or refusing food - contact your vet promptly; Cornell's hairball specialists say these should be examined without delay. Skin damage from licking belongs in the same-day column too. Also worth a vet call: a coat going dull or patchy, a cat gradually grooming less, mats forming faster than you can prevent them, or shedding that comes with bald spots or redness - tell your vet rather than waiting, and call sooner if the skin looks sore or your cat seems unwell. The checklist you have been keeping makes that visit more useful. The who-does-what guide has the full split between home jobs, groomer jobs and vet jobs.