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Shocking photo shows cat under 'pounds' of matted fur after being neglected for 'years'
San Antonio Express-News via San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^
| Wednesday, December 21, 2016
| Madalyn Mendoza
Posted on 12/21/2016 7:37:24 PM PST by thecodont
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See the picture at the link to believe it. They had to sedate the poor kitty to relieve her (him?) of all that matted fur. The cat looked as if he had a bunch of weasel pelts glued to his back.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:37:24 PM PST
by
thecodont
To: thecodont; Slings and Arrows
Dreadlock kitty
glad he’s okay now
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:41:15 PM PST
by
Morgana
( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
To: thecodont
The cat looked as if he had a bunch of weasel pelts glued to his back.I've been around cats for nearly all my life.
Cats take care of grooming their own fur. What's lacking in this article is what prevented this cat from doing the same.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:44:13 PM PST
by
Ol' Dan Tucker
(For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
To: Morgana
To: thecodont
I had to show this to my wife. She was just de-matting our cat today. My cat’s got nothing on that one.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:46:21 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: thecodont
That’s not a cat, it’s a hairy Octopus.
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:46:51 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticides, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: thecodont
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:48:03 PM PST
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
I had a geriatric cat that was unable to “do” her coat, and if I missed ONE day, she had some pretty gnarly mats.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:49:21 PM PST
by
Don W
( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: thecodont
Poor thing looks like Old Deuteronomy.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:49:52 PM PST
by
stylecouncilor
("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
To: thecodont
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:50:04 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
And it basically wasn’t even a LONG-haired cat. Cat fur of a typical short-haired cat normally sheds of itself, and the worst that happens is that a cat may get a hairball. Most of it ends up on the furniture and in the carpet.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:50:24 PM PST
by
alloysteel
(It is OK to use the greeting "Merry Christmas" again. Happy birthday, Jesus!)
To: mass55th
Yes, thanks for the link to Chris the sheep. I was thinking of that too.
To: thecodont
That poor poor kitty. How could it even move to feed itself, get water, or relieve itself? This is gross negligence. I am so glad someone stepped in and got rid of all those mats. Mats are painful to cats, because they pull and pull on a cat’s thin sensitive skin. If the cat’s coat gets dirty, or if they are naturally oily-haired cat, it attracts dirt and the cat can form mats in the wink of an eye. My Maine Coon is very well groomed, but I still have to take her to a professional groomer twice a year because of her oily coat forming mats I can’t get out.
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:57:13 PM PST
by
EinNYC
To: alloysteel; Ol' Dan Tucker
My cat had a medium-long coat. He’d occasionally get mats on his stomach and we’d have to comb or clip them out.
To: Windflier
Looks like a few dreadlock queens and kings I’ve seen walking around.
Can we take THEM to the animal shelter?
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posted on
12/21/2016 7:59:14 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: thecodont
I’ve never had a cat that’s needed a haircut, ever. On the other hand, I have to vacuum the couches frequently.
To: thecodont
Calico, 90% chance of her.
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posted on
12/21/2016 8:00:42 PM PST
by
Ingtar
(.)
To: Ol' Dan Tucker
I looked at the article for the picture and was just about to post exactly what you wrote about weasels and then I saw your post. ;)
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posted on
12/21/2016 8:04:18 PM PST
by
lefty-lie-spy
(Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
To: thecodont
That’s a calico cat, so it’s almost certainly a girl.
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posted on
12/21/2016 8:07:31 PM PST
by
Rufii
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