Why Groom Cats? Don’t they groom themselves?

This is a phrase that professional cat groomers encounter on a regular basis. As feline-only groomers, we have heard this numerous times… usually when someone finds out what we do for a living. At first, they seem startled that someone would be insane enough to attempt this. Maybe they have tried to bathe their cat at home after it got into something, and it didn’t go so well…