Well, two weeks after Kinko had a hairball obstruction removed and biopsies done (he has small cell lymphoma) there was another obstruction caused by a kink from where the biopsy in the intestine healed. Poor boy had to go under the knife two days after he got his stitches out.
Our vet has recommended shaving the cats and we did purchase a well rated shaver for this purpose. Any good tips on this? I just really can't afford to have 4 cats professionally done every few weeks.
I'm also going to start trying to dedicate at least 5-10 minutes a night to each cat for grooming.
Also - I'm going to begin mixing in a little mineral oil into his food to help ease everything out.
I'm also thinking to keep him separate from the other cats for awhile as well. He loves to groom all of them. We will have supervised visits but I wonder if he may end up having to live separately from now on to cut down risk.
I love my fluffies but if their hair causes all this much trouble, I'll just have to trim them down.
Our vet has recommended shaving the cats and we did purchase a well rated shaver for this purpose. Any good tips on this? I just really can't afford to have 4 cats professionally done every few weeks.
I'm also going to start trying to dedicate at least 5-10 minutes a night to each cat for grooming.
Also - I'm going to begin mixing in a little mineral oil into his food to help ease everything out.
I'm also thinking to keep him separate from the other cats for awhile as well. He loves to groom all of them. We will have supervised visits but I wonder if he may end up having to live separately from now on to cut down risk.
I love my fluffies but if their hair causes all this much trouble, I'll just have to trim them down.