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The little big cats! Animal haircuts craze sees pets turned into predators.. but is it cruel?
The Daily Mail ^
| February 4, 2014
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 02/04/2014 9:12:07 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
ANY haircut you give to a cat, beyond trimming a long coat to help the cat stay cool, is going to look stupid.
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
02/04/2014 10:25:50 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
To: EveningStar; Slings and Arrows
I wouldn’t trim any of my cats that way.
My late MIL had a long-haired cat, Casey, and she had him shaved at the beginning of Summer every year. They lived in
Culver City, CA, and they had no air conditioning. Casey was much more comfortable than he would have been otherwise.
Thank you for the post and ping.
To: siamesecats
Seconded. My long-haired cat loves lion cuts.
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posted on
02/04/2014 10:33:49 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: TheOldLady
My pleasure. Also, lion cuts are very practical for hot weather.
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posted on
02/04/2014 10:35:57 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Indeed. Casey looked a little funny, but he was happy.
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
02/04/2014 10:40:49 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society. - Aristotle)
To: EveningStar
I've had two long haired cats and ended up shaving both of them. One would lie down in front of me and meow until I figured out that was what she wanted. It was an anti-hairball technique. I had bought that tuna flavored hairball paste by the case until a friend told me it was too high in carbohydrates and was just like candy for her. No wonder she liked it so much.
I started shaving her and did not need the paste anymore and actually got a call from the mail-order pet store asking if the cat was still living. I guess she was a major contributor to their profit margin.
I kept a lion cut on her and she lived to be 16 years, 2 months old.
To: EveningStar
I wonder if James Traficant ever did this to his cat.
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posted on
02/04/2014 11:16:11 AM PST
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TurboZamboni
(Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
To: siamesecats
We have a schnauzer / poodle + unknown others mix. His hair is a problem for him. Way too thick and prone to matting. He loves a short haircut every couple of months. His is not a good mix plus his bark sets your teeth to hurting. He was an elderly neighbor’s pet and we took him when she had to go into a nursing home.
No haircut would be the cruel thing.
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posted on
02/04/2014 12:07:51 PM PST
by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
How kind you are to take someone else’s critter and care for them. God Bless you.
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02/04/2014 2:59:58 PM PST
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siamesecats
(God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
To: siamesecats
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posted on
02/04/2014 4:15:20 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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