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April 29th 04, 10:47 AM
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Freshly shaved cat wants to go outside
We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? TIA, Peter 
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April 29th 04, 01:48 PM
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We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? TIA, Peter Hi Peter--are you talking about letting him outdoors to roam by himself? If so, I don't think I would use a jacket or vest. He could snag it on something and get caught. I know what it's like to have a cat begging to outside--it's hard to say no. But he's awfully "exposed" right now. It would be sort of like us going outside naked. Besides getting chilled, he's more susceptible to injury. Good luck. Hope the fur grows in fast. Sherry
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April 29th 04, 01:48 PM
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We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? TIA, Peter Hi Peter--are you talking about letting him outdoors to roam by himself? If so, I don't think I would use a jacket or vest. He could snag it on something and get caught. I know what it's like to have a cat begging to outside--it's hard to say no. But he's awfully "exposed" right now. It would be sort of like us going outside naked. Besides getting chilled, he's more susceptible to injury. Good luck. Hope the fur grows in fast. Sherry
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April 29th 04, 04:03 PM
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From: itty (Sherry )
Besides getting chilled, he's more susceptible to injury. and sunburn too I would think. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm
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April 29th 04, 04:03 PM
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From: itty (Sherry )
Besides getting chilled, he's more susceptible to injury. and sunburn too I would think. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm
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April 29th 04, 08:02 PM
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:47:36 +0300, "Peter"
wrote: We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting. He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? TIA, Peter He's better off inside.
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April 29th 04, 08:02 PM
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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:47:36 +0300, "Peter"
wrote: We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting. He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? TIA, Peter He's better off inside.
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April 30th 04, 02:34 PM
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In article ,
enlightened us with... We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting. He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? Keep him in until some grows back. He can't go out unattended (really, he shouldn't anyway, but...) with anything on him that could get caught or snagged on trees and such. Plus, he could get sunburn. You may want to take him to the groomers more often to get trims if he has a matting problem and you don't have time for daily combing. -- -- ~kaeli~ Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
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April 30th 04, 02:39 PM
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We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive
matting. He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health? Keep him in until some grows back. He can't go out unattended (really, he shouldn't anyway, but...) with anything on him that could get caught or snagged on trees and such. Plus, he could get sunburn. Yeah, I know all that. It's tough on us (and him) to keep the poor shmuck inside... especially when his mate can go out as she wishes  Will do as advised. Thanks all! And we'll probably change the food, methinks it is the new Royal Canin formula to blame. He didn't have matting problem previously, even on old "version" of RC. Peter
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