Freshly shaved cat wants to go outside

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Peter - 29 Apr 2004 10:47 GMT

We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I
was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect
from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing
overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health?

TIA,
Peter

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Sherry - 29 Apr 2004 13:48 GMT

>We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
>He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I
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>TIA,
>Peter

Hi Peter--are you talking about letting him outdoors to roam by himself? If so,
I don't think I would use a jacket or vest. He could snag it on something and
get caught. I know what it's like to have a cat begging to outside--it's hard
to say no. But he's awfully "exposed" right now. It would be sort of like us
going outside naked. Besides getting chilled, he's more susceptible to injury.
Good luck. Hope the fur grows in fast.

Sherry

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PawsForThought - 29 Apr 2004 16:03 GMT

>From: sriddles@aol.comkitty (Sherry )

>Besides getting chilled, he's more susceptible to injury.

and sunburn too I would think.
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m. L. Briggs - 29 Apr 2004 20:02 GMT

>We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
>He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I
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>TIA,
>Peter

He's better off inside.

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kaeli - 30 Apr 2004 14:34 GMT

> We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive matting.
> He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with staying in... I
> was thinking about letting him go out with some sort of vest on to protect
> from sun & cold (it's about 10-20C during daytime, close to freezing
> overnight). Could this work or is it too risky for his health?

Keep him in until some grows back. He can't go out unattended (really,
he shouldn't anyway, but...) with anything on him that could get caught
or snagged on trees and such.
Plus, he could get sunburn.

You may want to take him to the groomers more often to get trims if he
has a matting problem and you don't have time for daily combing.

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Peter - 30 Apr 2004 14:39 GMT

>> We just had to shave our long-furred (?) 3yo cat due to excessive
>> matting. He's used to going outside and is really unhappy now with
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> caught or snagged on trees and such.
> Plus, he could get sunburn.

Yeah, I know all that. It's tough on us (and him) to keep the poor shmuck
inside... especially when his mate can go out as she wishes ;)

Will do as advised. Thanks all! And we'll probably change the food, methinks
it is the new Royal Canin formula to blame. He didn't have matting problem
previously, even on old "version" of RC.

Peter

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