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<\/p>\nThe animal charity has warned other owners against attempting to groom their pets at home<\/p>\n
Benson is on the mend and in need of his forever home(Image: CSPCA)<\/p>\n
A Persian cat who suffered a seriously bad bazz needs a new home. Mr Benson came to the Cork Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (CSPCA) with a matted coat and injuries after a grooming gone wrong.<\/p>\n
The 3-year-old kitty came to the animal charity from the NSPCA Welfare Officer for Cork. He was so matted that he needed a ‘Number One’ buzz all over. He had also suffered a couple of wounds due to what the charity describes as a “home groom going wrong.” The good folks at Glasslyn Vet Clinic<\/a> took him in for a makeover and medical treatment.<\/p>\n Benson was left with some injuries after a poor attempt at home grooming(Image: CSPCA)<\/p>\n Thankfully, he is now on the mend, and the charity has warned other owners not to attempt anything similar. In a post on social media, they said: “For the safety and comfort of your pet, please consult a qualified professional groomer or your Vet rather than attempting grooming at home.”<\/p>\n Benson is now in need of a new forever home. The neutered male Persian loves food, butt rubs and the chats! He will need regular grooming and spoiling and would prefer to live in a home with older children, a large cat menu and access to the outdoors.<\/p>\n If you think you could be the right fit, you can find out more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n He needs a home where he can be rightfully spoiled (Image: CSPCA)<\/p>\n Also rescued recently by the CSPCA was Debbie the Bichon, who was found wandering in Knocknaheeny. Debbie was saved from a life of suffering and has been adopted by her forever family. The sweet little pup now looks completely unrecognisable after being taken off the streets as a “mentally broken” and life-threateningly ill stray. See her story here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The animal charity has warned other owners against attempting to groom their pets at home Benson is on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[264,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-384153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-animals","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/663226411_1370223725139150_3457387119263486330_n.jpg\")
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