Forgive me, as I have sinned.....

[Cataholic]

Giant hugs to all my friends here! Thank you for making me feel better, and it helps to know that on Friday, the two kitties will feel better!!!


Freedom- I don't think we have 'met' before. Thank you for such a lovely post. The others? They all ready know I love them.

[RICHARD]

Not a huge fan of the 'shaved kitty'


I prefer mine fluffy.

[sasvermont]

Don't feel so badly. I have poor Cinnamon shaved all the time, after the winter of course. Do I have time each day to brush a bunny? No....... The secret is to get over the guilt and schedule the kitties for a semi annual visit to the groomer....or vet....for the shave. Time is valuable.

[lvpets2002]

Now how many whisker head bumps are we going to have to give you for this?? I will admitt I have a thing about combing my babies coats out due to all of the shedding they do.. Now my Autumn & KiKi can matt real fast if I dont keep them checked close due to their furr is so thick.. Calitt is long hair too but her furr lays down real fine & no problems & the other babies are short hair..

[Lobodeb]

I'm sure your kitties would rather be bald than have their fur being pulled by the mats.

Sammy isn't long haired, but he sheds like the dickens and is too fat to reach his back side so, if I don't brush him, mats galore. Luckilly I don't have to do it that often.

You are a full time mom, attorney and cat lover. Certain things take priority over brushing kitty cats. At least you're doing what you can for them even though it's not your ideal.

Jonah, help mommy, would ya?

[shais_mom]

{{hugs}} to you -
oh my I don't relish you having to catch poor Minnie!
I had enough trouble trying to catch Kylie today to go to the vet and she found such a good hiding place (in my 4 room - 600 sq ft house - no less) that I seriously thought she had spontaneously combusted!
Stop beating yourself up.
You are mom to a toddler.
You work Full Time -
you do the best you can.
I get Kylie shaved regularly b/c she feels better. I love her long fur don't get me wrong but she was miserable. I took her to the holistic vet who has some communication skills with animals and I said - I think she feels better and she said she absolutely does. I asked if I should do it every couple months and she said sure. That said - after the visit with the vet today - since this is a family site I won't tell you what she said to me today! You can email me if You want that scoop!
Just hope and pray your vet can't "talk" to them - you might get a "what-for" too!
Update on Montie when you can and
remember - PICS with this new fangled camera!

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Oh no, not my favorite hunk 'o kitty, Tenny!!!!

Actually, I'm with the others, don't feel bad because it happens to the best of us. I've even considered having Peanut shaved because she so dislikes the combing, but I just can't bring myself to do it because then it would really emphasis how skinny she is....and I don't need to see that.

Sooo.....like the others mentioned....maybe have Jonah start helping with the care of the cats. I'm sure he's and expert at interacting with them already, so why not a bit of help with them too?

Now....we really MUST get before and after pics.