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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... On 2005-03-15, Mary penned: "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... How do you keep her tail out of the way? I have trouble holding Oscar *and* lifting her tail out of the way. Buddha is a tuxedo shorthair and has a trim, pretty short little tail. Oscar's is long and fluffy. You could put a towel under Oscar and wrap it up in a way that the tail is caught up in it, and hold that part of the towel with one hand while you tend to the front half of Oscar with the other. You might have to lie down for this. You know, I never wanted a longhair. They never appealed to me. But don't tell Oscar! Now, of course, I have a very different attitude. If Boo's a shorthair, why does she need a trim? She's err, um, just a bit thick in the middle. Okay, okay, she's huge. She ought to be 8 lbs but she is more like 18. We did not do this to her. It's a long story. So I think she is too fat to reach parts of her nether regions. We are working on it. |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... On 2005-03-14, Mary penned: We lay Buddha on the floor on a couple of towels on her back, and I hold/distract her while my husband uses those hair clippers they sell for home haircuts. She hates it, but it's fast and pretty easy. How do you keep her tail out of the way? I have trouble holding Oscar *and* lifting her tail out of the way. I would have her stand while you hold her body still then let your husband hold her tail up with one hand and weild the clippers with the other. The trouble with this is cats make their legs disappear when they are unhappy with what you are doing. :0) Like at the vet, Cheeky is suddenly legless. He cannot even get her leg straightened out to feel for her linear granuloma. I think they are retractable. If the clippers aren't working you might want to invest in a pair of professional pet clippers. Pet groomers put cats on a leash hooked to a stand and then hold the tail with one hand while shaving with the other - so you might try putting her in a halter and leash tied to something and then you can steady her and hold her tail up if your husband use both hands. How do they keep the cats from tucking their legs?? |
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote: Hrm. I think her problem is more with the "pantaloons" than with the area immediately around her rear. Her actual anal area is clean; she gets litter stuck to the backs of her legs, where she has very long hair; some of it is probably several inches long. Is there a term I could use when talking to a groomer to clarify this, or should I just say what I just typed? I would be very specific about what you want. You described it here perfectly. -L. |
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On 2005-03-15, Mary penned:
"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... If Boo's a shorthair, why does she need a trim? She's err, um, just a bit thick in the middle. Okay, okay, she's huge. She ought to be 8 lbs but she is more like 18. We did not do this to her. It's a long story. So I think she is too fat to reach parts of her nether regions. We are working on it. Poor girl. Man, if someone told me they'd be taking clippers to my butt until I lost weight, I'd be dropping pounds like crazy! Too bad you can't tell Boo why she has to be shaved =/ -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote i Okay, okay, she's huge. She ought to be 8 lbs but she is more like 18. We did not do this to her. It's a long story. So I think she is too fat to reach parts of her nether regions. We are working on it. Poor girl. Man, if someone told me they'd be taking clippers to my butt until I lost weight, I'd be dropping pounds like crazy! Too bad you can't tell Boo why she has to be shaved =/ She is such a chow hound she might not even care. Her first owner did not know how to show love except with "want a goody?" So she became disfunctional about food. I can distract her with play but she spends a lot of the evening waiting by the food dish even AFTER she has been fed. Here is the weird thing: she has a severely hyperactive thyroid--yes, hyPER. She was obese before we checked it with Tapazole, now she is worse. The vet said it happens sometimes that these cats are fat, he does not know why. He looked at me with his eyes bugging out when we put her on Tapazole and said: "You realize she is going to GAIN weight, right?" But it is better than what can happen if we allow her thyroid to go unchecked. She is very agile except for the butt thing, believe it or not. She zips around and "cuts a shine" every night. She is on a diet now. Purrs couldn't hurt though. She is 10 and I love her to pieces. She's got moxy. |
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On 2005-03-15, Mary penned:
She is such a chow hound she might not even care. Her first owner did not know how to show love except with "want a goody?" So she became disfunctional about food. I can distract her with play but she spends a lot of the evening waiting by the food dish even AFTER she has been fed. Here is the weird thing: she has a severely hyperactive thyroid--yes, hyPER. She was obese before we checked it with Tapazole, now she is worse. The vet said it happens sometimes that these cats are fat, he does not know why. He looked at me with his eyes bugging out when we put her on Tapazole and said: "You realize she is going to GAIN weight, right?" But it is better than what can happen if we allow her thyroid to go unchecked. She is very agile except for the butt thing, believe it or not. She zips around and "cuts a shine" every night. She is on a diet now. Purrs couldn't hurt though. She is 10 and I love her to pieces. She's got moxy. Ah, yes, I remember her weird weight vs. eating issues from h+b. How she doesn't lose weight even on a small amount of food. I hope you can find a way for her to safely lose some weight. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... On 2005-03-15, Mary penned: She is such a chow hound she might not even care. Her first owner did not know how to show love except with "want a goody?" So she became disfunctional about food. I can distract her with play but she spends a lot of the evening waiting by the food dish even AFTER she has been fed. Here is the weird thing: she has a severely hyperactive thyroid--yes, hyPER. She was obese before we checked it with Tapazole, now she is worse. The vet said it happens sometimes that these cats are fat, he does not know why. He looked at me with his eyes bugging out when we put her on Tapazole and said: "You realize she is going to GAIN weight, right?" But it is better than what can happen if we allow her thyroid to go unchecked. She is very agile except for the butt thing, believe it or not. She zips around and "cuts a shine" every night. She is on a diet now. Purrs couldn't hurt though. She is 10 and I love her to pieces. She's got moxy. Ah, yes, I remember her weird weight vs. eating issues from h+b. How she doesn't lose weight even on a small amount of food. I hope you can find a way for her to safely lose some weight. Thank you. Boo is a wonderful girl, and a prime example of how wrongheaded expressions of love--esp. when only given as food!-- can be. |
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"Karen" wrote in message ... "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... Oscar has very long, wispy fur all over, including her rear end. Unfortunately, this means that she sometimes gets litter stuck to the fur, which doesn't please anyone in the household, and it's not easy to get Oscar to tolerate a butt-washing. Usually she ends up doing it herself, which worries me because of the litter. Anyway, we've been talking about shaving her for a while, and yesterday we finally tried. DH got out the clipper attachment to his electric razor, and I held Oscar wrapped in one of my sweatshirts. Well, it was somewhat successful. The very longest hairs are gone. Oscar protested vehemently while we were doing this, but she didn't appear to be upset at us afterwards. I think fully half of her anger stemmed from being held upside down; the other half from having something buzzing near her bum. DH has suggested taking her to a groomer, but she hates her carrier and cars, and I can only imagine the kind of trauma a groomer would cause. Any suggestions from the guardians of long-haired cats on butt-shaving techniques? Would a scissor work better? DH said that it was hard to shave her because her fur is so light that it just gets pushed away rather than being cut. I wouldn't use scissors. My vet just lifts their tail up and zips up on both sides and poof it is done. Maybe setting her on a surface would be a better idea and make the clipping easier. Now, personally, I would use scissors. I would get someone to hold her and lift her tail and snip away without grabbing hold of the hair to pull the skin away from the body, when you can easily accidently cut them. I, too, would set her on some sort of worktop. If she became afraid I would cover her face with a tea towel before I did it. This is a nice way to get the thigh fur down to about a quarter inch or even less without scaring them with a buzzy machine. Tweed |
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