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[linnea]

Yeah, as we've already established, the damn moggies rule my life.

So for the past few days my gatos have been filling up my apartment with prodigious amounts of shedded fur. I typically blame Milan (AKA "The Fluffy One" or "Little Fluffy") because he is the one with a luxuriant, fluffy coat. Lennybruce is a much more svelte guy with a coat that is short and to the point. Milan has what I call "fluffy britches" on his hind legs that he hates for me to pet. Anyway, that reminds me that I have to buy some more Miele vacuum bags because I've filled most of mine up with kittyfur.

Every day that I've come home there has been a ridiculous hairball in the living room. Always on the carpet right next to the linoleum. Since the only one I've heard hacking has been the sweet Milan, I always figured that he was the miscreant with the tummy full of fur. Not so! I came home today to find Lennybruce wrestling with a hairball demon of his own. I immediately got a paper plate (I always cut it in half and find it to be very handy for cleaning up) and my bottle of Nature's Miracle and a fistful of paper towels. Nothin' like a hairball straight outta the cat (gaaaaag).  >:(

The little boys hate the Hairball Remedy, they HATE IT TO HELL. I always feel terrible about putting it on their coats, but they run whenever they see the tube. I imagine that it must feel like getting slathered with sewage, because they always run fiercely, look terribly embarrassed, and hide for a long time afterwards.

[wombat]

Have you tried different brands of hairball remedy? They taste different. I mean, they appear to - I say this not from personal experience but from observation of the cats' reactions to them.

Otherwise shave the little bastards. That'll teach 'em.

[Sub_Topical]

Otherwise shave the little bastards. That'll teach 'em.

Holy crap, you're not the kinda zookeeper my preconcieved notions thought you were. My respect for the wombat grows.

[wombat]

Why thank you.

I suppose you assumed I was some kind of bunnyhugger type.  But I suggest that if you slaved over animals all day, you'd probably feel like slapping one upside the head once in a while too.

[linnea]

Man, omba, you are merciless. Now I have to wash kitty grease spots off my furniture, 'cos they've got no fur to absorb their natural skin oils.

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[FlipConstantine]

heh heh you shaved your pussy.

[theinevitable]

and also got a new cat. and also, one lost an eye. and also, their eyes changed colors.

I mean... um... shaved pu$$y! woohoo!

[V-Adore]

Plus their ears spontaneously de-folded. Thorough, Linnea!

[robot_god]

WTF ARE THOSE THINGS

[wombat]

Damn, where's the emoticon for 'diabolical laughter'?

[slink]

I like the corn rows...

[wombat]

Those aren't corn rows - they are wrinkles.  The poor things really don't have a hair on their heads.

THIS IS WHAT CATS ARE LIKE DEEP DOWN.  Don't let them fool you!

[Drygioni]

They look like Pinky and the Brain.

Except, y'know, they're cats.

[linnea]

Hahaha, those are "Sphynx" kittens. Aren't they pathetic-looking? Those poor little rats. They look so forlorn without their fur.

And the thing I said about washing them is true, without the fur they leave kittygrease on the furniture and whatnot. Mmm.. cat grease stains on the sofa. Plus you have to clean their ears when you bathe them, and use artificial-tears eyedrops to clean their eyes.

A nekkid Scottish Fold would probably be the most pathetic and horrifically-genetically mutated cat ever. However, they are making the "Allerca" cats that are genetically engineered to be hypoallergenic. I think they cost about $4K apiece, though.

[CortJstr]

However, they are making the "Allerca" cats that are genetically engineered to be hypoallergenic. I think they cost about $4K apiece, though.

http://www.slate.com/id/2150870/