A month after his shave..

[StillMedusa]

Obie looks like a cat again instead of a giant ginger slug
He is so much happier without his thick coat and best of all he is letting me gently groom him. I bought a comb recommended here with has teeth which rotate and don't pull (he HATED the furminator) and his sister likes it too.
We are contemplating getting some proper Oster clippers to see if we can do him ourselves in future as it seems to be the way forward for him.
Meantime you can see he has suffered terribly... not!
(shaved and now shots included!)

What a cuddler!

And great news about the increasing tolerance to grooming.

Gorgeous boy. Glad to hear you are having greater success with grooming. I used to have to catnip my old girl before she would allow me near her!

Oh bless him! He's lovely.

I'm trying to resist the temptation to lower the tone, but honestly... he was a shaved pussy...c'mon - that's hysterical! 😸

Only partially shaved!

I thought he looked pretty handsome as well - quite leonine.

He looks great now as his mane still stands out but his furry legs look more blended with his body. His fat belly is still swinging gaily underneath, but looks a bit less like old mens' testicles now it has a covering of fur

He is snoring beside me as I type :)

He's sexy and he knows it

He looks like an adorable lion

I was also thinking he looked like a lion

Which is the comb you were recommended? BogBastard is a Siberian so similar issues. Am reluctant to give him the giant ginger slug treatment but if he insists on coming in wearing half the hedge, and then attacking the comb after thirty seconds ...

I always wonder what animals make of us. I looked at your shaved pic and imagined a thought bubble along the lines of "why the feck did she take my hair? Weird ass lady".

I reckon he'd be thinking "Thank Christ on a bike that I don't have to clean off my cling-ons with my tongue."

Bogburglar.. it's this one
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C7DKAL2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Looks really basic but because each tooth rotates as it goes through it doesn't tug half as much!

I also bought this to go with it www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00N0Y2DHG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 which is also quite effective.

My other Maine Coon (who wasn't shaved!) seems quite happy to be groomed with these, and we are working on Obie while his still short :D

Dudsville.. Obie seemed to barely notice his nudey state... his sister however did... don't ever tell me cats don't have facial expressions, because hers clearly said ' FUCK!! What happened?!?!?!'

He looks so chilled out. We had to have our boy shaved too after he'd been missing for 5 months! He was really badly matted and was wincing when we stroked him. He's so much happier now but he's gone from a totally black cat to black and white! His fur underneath is Snow White and he looks quite odd now. Will he stay like this or will it go black again I wonder? Before and after included

Beautiful cats. tillyann his new fur is spectacular