this is so weird, a few weeks ago i noticed something hard on my cat's fur and i realized some how around his lower spin his hair has matted up into a neat tight dread, hell its even tighter then a few of mine anybody else have something like this happen to their pet? ill try and post a pic later
my cat had some on his lower back for awhile cause he wasnt grooming himself anymore. but then he started to again and he's back to normal hair (i think my dad helped some by brushing it out)
this is very common in the domestic long hairs. Short haired cats don't dread. Long haired cats and dogs do if not groomed regularily.
I know a cat of a friend of mine had locks everywhere when they got it, so they had to shave a lot of hair away, it wasn't nice for the cat, so if your cat has locks cut them, probably hurts the cat..
Does he wear a collar? Is something rubbing him in that spot constantly and is making it hard for him to groom himself there?
no my cat does not wear a collar he's by no means a mountain cat or anything my family and i take good care of him.
I hope you don't think I was implying that you didn't take care of your cat. Cats usually groom themselves sufficently, well... short haired cats at least. I was only attempting to come up with explainations to the dread situation.