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trinityvixenI've given Oscar--my fluffy black and white kitty--a haircut.
This isn't a cosmetic thing (truth be told, it looks terrible; it's as weirdly and blockily layered as Jem's hair). This isn't a "I'm a bad cat mommy" thing either. Not even a "I'm bored, so I'm going to abuse my cat." Anyone who thought that last was even remotely likely is no longer even my friend.
It's because I've given up trying to tame the snarls in Oscar's hair otherwise. It hurts him to brush it too hard, and his hair is redonkulously tangled because he's too dim (love him dearly, but he's an idiot) to clean himself properly. I cut like an entire second cat's worth of hair off of him, and there are still really tightly bound knots of hair that are really close to his skin on his belly. That will take a more two-person approach to get rid of, but I'm determined to get rid of all the tangles and start fresh with grooming him now so that when his hair is long again, it stays relatively snarl-free. I have never had a longer-haired cat like this before; when we got him as a kitten, I thought he'd stay the way he was then, with mostly short hair with the occasional strands that were longer. His hairs are three inches long on a good strand. So, new plan is: start from scratch and groom, groom, groom.
And it's amazing how skinny he is now. Under all that fluff, Oscar is skinner than Wally. I miss his fluffiness, but he's got really soft under fur (he's also a lot whiter/grayer now, since a lot of the black is only at the end of his hair). I want it all to grow back nicely, though, so I must keep up with trimming until all the snags are gone. Before it grows back. Otherwise, this is an exercise in futility (if it's not already).
Aww, writing this? I feel guilty. Like a bad cat-mommy for butchering my cute widdle kitty's hair. Must remember that it's for the greater good. Yes.
Totally still on track to be a crazy cat lady, y'all.
This isn't a cosmetic thing (truth be told, it looks terrible; it's as weirdly and blockily layered as Jem's hair). This isn't a "I'm a bad cat mommy" thing either. Not even a "I'm bored, so I'm going to abuse my cat." Anyone who thought that last was even remotely likely is no longer even my friend.
It's because I've given up trying to tame the snarls in Oscar's hair otherwise. It hurts him to brush it too hard, and his hair is redonkulously tangled because he's too dim (love him dearly, but he's an idiot) to clean himself properly. I cut like an entire second cat's worth of hair off of him, and there are still really tightly bound knots of hair that are really close to his skin on his belly. That will take a more two-person approach to get rid of, but I'm determined to get rid of all the tangles and start fresh with grooming him now so that when his hair is long again, it stays relatively snarl-free. I have never had a longer-haired cat like this before; when we got him as a kitten, I thought he'd stay the way he was then, with mostly short hair with the occasional strands that were longer. His hairs are three inches long on a good strand. So, new plan is: start from scratch and groom, groom, groom.
And it's amazing how skinny he is now. Under all that fluff, Oscar is skinner than Wally. I miss his fluffiness, but he's got really soft under fur (he's also a lot whiter/grayer now, since a lot of the black is only at the end of his hair). I want it all to grow back nicely, though, so I must keep up with trimming until all the snags are gone. Before it grows back. Otherwise, this is an exercise in futility (if it's not already).
Aww, writing this? I feel guilty. Like a bad cat-mommy for butchering my cute widdle kitty's hair. Must remember that it's for the greater good. Yes.
Totally still on track to be a crazy cat lady, y'all.
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Date: 2007-07-06 12:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-06 03:00 pm (UTC)And I still haven't cut out the worst snag. It's difficult to get at because it's on his chest and it's really thickly tangled (it looks like a hair-tumor because it's thick and, like, hard). I'm determined to try again, though, but first I have to win back his good opinion of me.