poor kitty

[hlmauera]

Poor Frosting got a hair cut tonight. She had terrible mats but she gets so stressed out by any kind of human contact that I hate catching her and reinforcing her opinion of two leggers. But she looked so bad that I decided the mats outweighed the stress. Giving her a haircut entitles wrapping her in a blanket to catch her then a great deal of pressure into the bed with the scruff and one-handed trimming of hair with little tiny embroidery scissors with her hissing, growling and crying the whole time. This time she got so stressed she pooped everywhere. Not a fun experience for either of us but it's done for now. She still has small mats but I just couldn't keep her pinned down long enough to work on them. Hopefully with the fist size ones gone she will be able to groom a little better, or maybe her siblings will do it for her. For now she's semi-denuded from just past her shoulder blades to the base of her tail. Poor baby. I wish she weren't so antisocial so that this wasn't such a difficult thing to do. If I could just brush her regularly it would be better. But if I get within about 2 feet she starts hissing or trying to run. I have no idea why. I've had her since she was 6 weeks old and she's never been mistreated.

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talk to your vet. They should be able to send you home with either a shot or some pills to give her (in yummy food)of some kitty downers to calm her. It won't be enough to knock her out, just make her mellow. Then when you do the mat removal. It will still be a bit of a struggle but not nearly so traumatic for either of you.

The more traumatic the experience, the more difficult the job, and it gets worse as you go along. There are some re-hab type processes you could try with her. They are very time consuming and usually involve isolation. Then again, as I have a cat that is Satan's own spawn, I have to admit that there are some cats that just have a screw loose and you accept them on their terms or not at all.