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Topic: The adventures of shaving my fat cat :)
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pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 7314
From: Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr all within 6 months LOL
Registered: May 2002
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posted August 15, 2004 01:15 PM
 
All right.. I just had to share this.I have a very fat, long haired Calico - Pheobe. She resembles a watermelon with a tiny apple for a head. Yes, I know..why did I let her get fat? I can't help it - she loves food and my orange boy - Fletcher - well he is thin..anyway.. I am going to be dropping them off with my ex for two weeks and I wanted to try out my new Oster animal clippers (used once and almost thrown away by my former employer). Pheobe has a tendancy to get a mat here and there  and I hate to use scissors because I could accidently cut her. I turned on the clippers and instead of running she was like "Hmm...interesting, what is this? Maybe I can EAT it" LOL..no she didn't try to eat it but she wanted to rub against it. Weirdo... Then I started near her rear - to trim up her ultra long hair as well as near her tail. She is a "butt" kitty. Meaning once you touch her near her tail..she raises her butt right up..it's so embarrassing when I have company..they have called her "prison kitty" "Kitty that drops the soap" etc... 
I am clipping away and she does her "Butts up" Thing...Buzzzzz....ooops..Now kitty has a major bald line down her back. 
LOL...she kind of looks like Franken kitty - but she is much happier with her hair cut.
See, I wanted to trim her up because AZ is hot and she needs to be comfortable (I used to work with a vet that shaved her cats bald with the exception of their heads, feet and tails) LOL.. Both cats didn't mind the sound of the clippers - so that is good, but Fletcher still hates the nail clippers. 
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ghanima81
Moderator Posts: 1577
From: MAINE! :)
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted August 15, 2004 01:34 PM
Ha ha ha!!!''Prison Kitty''....still laughing.... Cats are funny!! IP: Logged |
LibraSparkle
Knowflake Posts: 6034
From: Vancouver USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted August 15, 2004 03:32 PM
 Thanks for sharin'! That was a great story! I have a kitty that gets matted too... I usually just snip them off with the scissors... never thought about trying clippers. IP: Logged |
pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 7314
From: Schweinfurt to Grafenwoehr all within 6 months LOL
Registered: May 2002
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posted August 16, 2004 12:48 AM
LOL...I do that too LibraSparkle, but it makes me so paranoid. Once time, when I was a tech, I thought I would snip one out of this really fat persian cat...Well, I snipped too much and got a chunk of skin. The cat was so nonchalent about it..just sat their.Well, we had to stich her back up, thankfully the owner was cool about it, but I'll never forget that LOL...poor kitty. Pheobe is doing okay. She likes her new haircut. I think I will clip more before we leave.  IP: Logged |
Yang
Knowflake Posts: 2296
From: A temporary home
Registered: May 2004
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posted August 16, 2004 03:25 AM
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BloodRedMoon
Knowflake Posts: 932
From: somewhere out there
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted August 16, 2004 02:06 PM
I didn't get a chance to answer this when you posted it but I read it and got a big smile on my face I LOVE KITTIES!!!IP: Logged |
BlueTopaz124
Knowflake Posts: 1382
From: Portland, OR
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted August 16, 2004 08:29 PM
I've never laughed so hard, reading your story...It was the visual...my cat does the same thing when you touch anywhere near her rear end.IP: Logged |
CancerianMoon
Knowflake Posts: 1082
From: Sydney, Australia. Cancer Sun.....Gemini Moon.....Aqua Rising
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted August 16, 2004 08:43 PM
thanks for sharing pidaua..you craked me up..
my baby "amber" (persian puddy cat) died serveral months ago now..been waiting for the right time to find a new kitty..your post has made me think its time to start searching  ------------------
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
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