Minty Had a HairCut!

I had to do it last week. Eversince he came back from his six-days adventure a few months ago, travelling through forest, rivers, roads, fields and residences, he also adopted and invited some fleas home and had his hair ruffled probably from rolling out in the fields. Well, the flea part was quickly treated by the vet, but the matted hair remains and gets worse, especially after applying the vet's oil treatment. S I took him to the vet again for grooming, in the hope of bringing home a handsome and shiny coated cat. Instaed, shortly after dropping him off, the vet called and explained why they need to shave his hair.

I asked how long will the hair grow back? In two months he will start to look good, and fully grown hair in three months! Wow, that's a long time, isn't it? And Raya is just around the corner!I wasn't too sure. "It'll grow back beautiful..." the vet assured. I finally gave the greenlight.

It was a heart wrenching experience when I took him from the vet. He was still half-asleep from the drug to make him sleep. When we got home, he tried to walk limply, probably feeling funny at the same time. I don't have the heart to take his picture and humiliate him by posting it here. But if you want to imagine how he looked like, imagine a sphinx cat, with a rounded hairy head. Or just have a look at the picture I googled online.

Well, I guess I will need to get used to his scrawny looking for a while, unitl he grows new shiny hair. Just like the shaved cat in the pix, Minty is white underneath.

And by the way, say hello to our new friends!