There's more than one way to groom a cat
Well, it finally happened. We have to take Amos to the vet on Monday to.... get him shaved. The upside is, he'll finally be free of all those matted knots and our house will be free (for a while) of his shedding. The downside is, of course, that he'll be the subject of widespread mockery and derision in the kitty world. He may not leave the house. Because, when you take a cat to a groomer, it's not the same as a person going to a hair salon. While your hair stylist wants you to look good and be admired when you leave, the groomer really doesn't care whether or not other cats think that your cat is gay. So they wind up making them look like this:
This is how Sally's cat, Alex, looked a few summers ago after a trip to the groomer. I know that Amos will come home looking like that, and I only hope that he will forgive us, in time. Hopefully he'll be confident enough to leave the house.