I live in Australia with bastet. She is an aby. Over here now it is summer and one of the hottest that I or bastet has ever been through. She is finding it rougher than what I am and was wondering how to keep her cool. She hates water with a passion so a cool towelling doesn't help. She has been sick from the heat (threw up on the floor her special diet stuff which she doesnt do) and I was told by a friend of mine that they get their cat clipped (not shawn as they do in vet's surgeries) during the summer to keep her cool.

Bastet is a short haired cat and was wondering if this is advisable?

Any suggestions also for keeping kitty cool would be appreciated.