In spite of her long and thick fur coat, my cat can't wait to get out the =
door when I get home, even when the temp. is 96 and the heat index is 105. =
She doesn't do anything of course, just finds a shady spot and lies down, =
but it has to be outside. We're supposed to get some relief by Friday, =
but I've heard that before.
Gerry Strey
Madison, Wisconsin
It's nice that so many companies take resumes by e-mail. Probably the only
way I could get them out the door without cat hair attached.
My furry friends are hair factories in this heat.
Esther
Esther Czekalski wrote:
> It's nice that so many companies take resumes by e-mail. Probably the only
> way I could get them out the door without cat hair attached.
> My furry friends are hair factories in this heat.
You're not kidding! To be forced to wear a fur coat in this type of weather
seems cruel! I combed one of mine last night and had enough fur on the comb to
make another cat!
Carol
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Speaking of cat hair....
My lady friend is getting older. She's also starting to get matted hair in
season, and she doesn't want any grooming help getting them out. Does
anyone have good hints for getting those things out without driving both of
us to distraction.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
Dorsett wrote:
Both of mine have the same problem. I managed to get Nell's fur fairly clean
and am now instituting a regular brushing routine. Kelsey's is beyond help
unless I can simple cut the lumps out one at a time and then keep up the
brushing.
Carol
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It was 100 degrees Farenheit at about five-fifteen p.m. this afternoon in
Rochester, NY. Whew. Definitely not the usual for August.
Aren't cats originally from the desert? I used to live in a house with
radiators that got **hot**, almost too hot for me to touch, and my cats
would lie on top of them.
Edith
In spite of her long and thick fur coat, my cat can't wait to get out the
door when I get home, even when the temp. is 96 and the heat index is 105.
She doesn't do anything of course, just finds a shady spot and lies down,
but it has to be outside. We're supposed to get some relief by Friday, but
I've heard that before.
Gerry Strey
Madison, Wisconsin
My bad cat, Milo, also gets mats in his fur. They got so bad that I =
asked the vet for a small dose of "happy juice" (a mild liquid =
sedative). I tell you what, 10 minutes after that was in his system, I =
was able to get him in the sink, suds him up, and he was purring!! This =
from a cat who does not like to be held or handled much.
I did the same thing before I took him to the groomer's once to have the =
mats cut out. Now, I'm just trying to keep him brushed, so hopefully we =
can avoid the mats. I have gradually gotten him used to short brushing =
sessions with a soft slicker brush from Wal-Mart. If I start petting =
him first, then add the brush without him seeing it first, he takes it =
better.
Good luck!
Elizabeth
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dorsett
To: GARDENS@LSV.UKY.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: OT cat hair
Speaking of cat hair....
My lady friend is getting older. She's also starting to get matted =
hair in
season, and she doesn't want any grooming help getting them out. Does
anyone have good hints for getting those things out without driving =
both of
us to distraction.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
Hi
My tip from long haired cats and an afghan dog in dealing with mats.
1. try not to get in the first place. . .especially check the "problem"
areas (behind the legs)
2. if cutting out completely will make the pet look a tad weird try
cutting through the mat and then tease it apart
3. Good luck
Same here... Kali has had a terrible summer with matted hair around her
neck. I cut them all out and also instituted a regular combing routine. Each
morning when I sit at the computer to check email, Kali jumps up on my lap
and I give her a thorough combing. All that long hair can get out of
control real quick!
Lee Ann
> Both of mine have the same problem. I managed to get Nell's fur fairly clean
and am now instituting a regular brushing routine. Kelsey's is beyond help
unless I can simple cut the lumps out one at a time and then keep up the
brushing.
Carol
<<
Well,
too. My cats do much better than my dog did in heat. But Winnie likes hard
surfaces like the glass topped coffee table and I think that's because it
cools his belly.
Sweet Kitty sleeps on a window sill.
Esther
but
I had to have the same thing done a couple of times to my sadly departed =
oragne tabby Gus, whose hair was not only long but very fine and "cotton-y.=
" When he was shaved his stripes disappeared and he was a uniform apricot =
color.
Gerry Strey
Madison, Wisconsin
> gypsy@FRANCOMM.COM 08/09/01 08:30AM >>>
A friend of mine has a beautiful black long-haired cat named, "Bear" (for
obvious reasons). She takes him to the vet when the weather starts =
getting
hot early summer and he gets a Lion cut. There is a ruff around the neck
and at the end of his tail and it is darling! He always acts embarrased =
for
a couple of days and the other cats in the house act like they don't know
him. They even hiss at him. By cool weather, the fur has started to grow
back to its usual length. Before she started having him trimmed he would
get very matted. It was such a struggle to comb him out so this is her
solution to the problem.
ann
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Edith McKlveen
> It was 100 degrees Farenheit at about five-fifteen p.m. this afternoon =
in
We get our long haired cats shaved during the summer (actually all year
round, since one of them had an almost terminal hairball.). We found a
groomer who is used to doing cats and they get cut to about a helf inch or
so. They look very cute when it's done; like freshly shorn lambs.
If your cat has a problem with that kind of thing, you could always give
her a valium before the grooming.
Kari
Kari Whittenberger-Keith
kariwk@oregon.uoregon.edu
Managing Editor, Old House Chronicle
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A friend of mine has a beautiful black long-haired cat named, "Bear" (for
obvious reasons). She takes him to the vet when the weather starts getting
hot early summer and he gets a Lion cut. There is a ruff around the neck
and at the end of his tail and it is darling! He always acts embarrased for
a couple of days and the other cats in the house act like they don't know
him. They even hiss at him. By cool weather, the fur has started to grow
back to its usual length. Before she started having him trimmed he would
get very matted. It was such a struggle to comb him out so this is her
solution to the problem.
ann
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From: Edith McKlveen
We saw a long-haired labrador retriever with a lion cut last week. Funniest looking dog I ever saw.
He/she didn't seem embarrassed though.
George
"Ann B. Mullikin" wrote:
Esther Czekalski wrote:
> Well,
My dogs keep barreling into the laundry room because it only has the
painted concrete floor. They sprawl out and I can't get them out of
there.
> Sweet Kitty sleeps on a window sill.>
The cats are curled up in whichever bed they want! They are still trying
to get out onto the hot porch and spread out! Nutsos!
Jo
NJ
> We saw a long-haired labrador retriever with a lion cut last week.
Funniest looking dog I ever saw.
> He/she didn't seem embarrassed though.
> George
A "Long Haired" Laborador Retriever!! George, you have got to be kidding
:-) Well, let's just say there IS SUCH A CREATURE and, it really IS a lab -
they happen to be the most self-assured dogs I have ever seen. I don't know
what it would take to make one of them embarrassed.
ann
> "Ann B. Mullikin" wrote:
> A friend of mine has a beautiful black long-haired cat named, "Bear"
(for
> obvious reasons). She takes him to the vet when the weather starts
getting
> hot early summer and he gets a Lion cut. There is a ruff around the
neck
> and at the end of his tail and it is darling! He always acts embarrased
for
> a couple of days and the other cats in the house act like they don't
know
> him. They even hiss at him. By cool weather, the fur has started to
grow
> back to its usual length. Before she started having him trimmed he
would
in
> Rochester, NY. Whew. Definitely not the usual for August.
> Aren't cats originally from the desert? I used to live in a house
with
> radiators that got **hot**, almost too hot for me to touch, and my
cats
She loves grooming, as long as we stay away from certain areas...and she's
always been able to manage grooming herself in those areas until now. But
she twelve, and starting to become less active...barely noticeable, but less
active.
She developed a mat between her front legs, and we've all had fun getting it
out. Then she had diarrhea that merited a bath...and mats multiplied along
her haunches because of the bath. She'd jump straight into the air from a
sound sleep any time we even considered getting those mats near her
haunches. We've all had a fun couple of weeks.
Ah...there's supposed to be a hair detangler that will make combing out the
mats easier. We didn't find that at the pet store, but now I know why there
were all those cat sedatives available...a whole line of concoctions.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
It looked like a normal black lab but had longer hair than normal and was cut in a "lion" cut. May
have been a cross-breed but sure looked like a real lab. He/she was riding in the back of a pickup
so didn't get a chance to talk to the owner.
George
"Ann B. Mullikin" wrote:
Could have been a Flat-coated Retriever, George. They're black, long
haired as a golden is, but thinner through the ribs.
Jo
NJ
George Shirley wrote:
All retriever that are black or mahogany look like Labs to me. Miz Anne corrected me on the color,
she says it was just like a mahogany Lab. Next time I see the !@#$% dog I'm gonna follow the driver
until he stops and I can ask him what kind it is. Miz Anne got a better look at the dog than I did
and she said it looked, from the shape of the head and the body build, like a Lab.
George
LJL wrote:
Gosh, George!! Was there a bale of hay in the back of the pickup and a gun
on a gunrack behind the driver? If so, you probably did the wise thing, by
not accosting the driver/owner.
ann
Subject: Re: OT: cat hair
> It looked like a normal black lab but had longer hair than normal and was
cut in a "lion" cut. May
> have been a cross-breed but sure looked like a real lab. He/she was riding
in the back of a pickup
kidding
> :-) Well, let's just say there IS SUCH A CREATURE and, it really IS a
lab -
> they happen to be the most self-assured dogs I have ever seen. I don't
know
embarrased
> for
> a couple of days and the other cats in the house act like they don't
> know
> him. They even hiss at him. By cool weather, the fur has started
to
> grow
> back to its usual length. Before she started having him trimmed he
> would
> get very matted. It was such a struggle to comb him out so this is
her
afternoon
We has friends, years ago, who had a mixed breed cross between a Gol.
Ret and a black Lab. He turned out looking like a long haired black lab.
Jo
NJ
George Shirley wrote:
