DragonTangram88@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoShe looks like she's ready to drop an album.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1194arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1imageShe looks like she's ready to drop an album.lemmy.worldDragonTangram88@lemmy.world to aww@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDragonTangram88@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoShe gets hairballs. She also runs through the agricultural fields around us, which causes her to pick up stickers and foxtails in her fur.
minus-squareStrykker@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·6 months agoAll cats get hair balls, that’s not a reason to cut their fur, it rarely grows back properly when you do.
minus-squareDragonTangram88@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 months agoMy veterinarian said it was fine. In the past, he offered to have his staff shave her. During summer, the weather is typically above 105 degrees Fahrenheit, too. I shaved her a little early this year, but it is really for her own good.
minus-squareLowtierComputer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoJust to respond to your temperature comment, it has been down that trimming/shaving a cat’s hair can actually make it harder for them to stay cool.
She gets hairballs. She also runs through the agricultural fields around us, which causes her to pick up stickers and foxtails in her fur.
All cats get hair balls, that’s not a reason to cut their fur, it rarely grows back properly when you do.
My veterinarian said it was fine. In the past, he offered to have his staff shave her. During summer, the weather is typically above 105 degrees Fahrenheit, too. I shaved her a little early this year, but it is really for her own good.
Just to respond to your temperature comment, it has been down that trimming/shaving a cat’s hair can actually make it harder for them to stay cool.