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Okay, so what's this?

11 years ago

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caflowerluver

11 years ago

That is what happens when you rub Rogaine on your hand.

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susanjf_gw
11 years ago
a shaggy hand warmer? or guinea pig? although I never have seen a shaggy one...
Lindsey_CA
11 years ago
I give up.
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pekemom
11 years ago
Hair you brushed off a dog?
gyr_falcon
11 years ago
Raccoon tail?
Alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
Haha . . . I like Caflowerluver's guess. One of you is somewhat close (but it isn't Caflowerluver). :-)
arkansas girl
11 years ago
last modified: 11 years ago
It just looks like a hair knot(giant mat) from a dog or a farm animal, maybe from an alpaca?
blfenton
11 years ago
A giant caterpillar indicating what a horrible winter you are in for next winter.
TulsaRose
11 years ago
Long-haired guinea pig?
plllog
11 years ago
It's not a dog? I thought I saw a nose in there...

If it's not alive, it looks like a shaggy natural version of those stroke me things made out of stuffed animal fur that we put on our arms like that as kids, but I really thought it was a dog.
lucillle
11 years ago
Guinea pig
Alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
Oh, boy--I hope BLfenton is wrong! LOL

She must be, because Arkansas Girl is RIGHT!!

It's a long, thick, giant mat from a small longhaired cat. Scruffy developed it (and others) over the winter, and managed to remove all of them, with my help, except for this one. It sat like a shelf atop her back. I was sure I'd have to take her to the vet to have it removed, but the other morning she appeared without it. Yay!

It's not the most appealing looking thing in the world, but I figured it was time to get the KT guessing again. Thanks for playing!

Here's Scruffy this past winter, pre-mat.
Jasdip
11 years ago
Wow Susan!! I've seen some mats in cats......both long and short-haired ones, but that one takes the cake! How did he remove it himself? That would have scared me silly if I saw that laying in the hallway, kitchen etc. LOL
Alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
I noticed it was gone, and then went looking for it, so it wasn't scary to find. Whew!

I've seen her biting at the mats, but given the location of this one I didn't think it was possible for her to reach it. I was able to cut off bits of it, but I was always afraid of catching her skin, so I stopped. She's so soft now! And she really is little. It was pretty amazing.
Yayagal
11 years ago
Looks like Scruffy is wearing a flannel plaid shirt now lol.
Alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
LOL Yayagal. That was the plaid cover on her microwavable warmer inside the cats' dog house. :-)
jeff-1010
11 years ago
It's what mom said would happen when I was a teenager ;-)
jeff-1010
11 years ago
My level twin just posted the previous line. I had nothing to do with it.
Lindsey_CA
11 years ago
Susan, you should be "brushing" Scruffy daily -- especially this time of year when it's getting warmer and cats don't need as much fur -- to remove the excess hair. It saves the cat from licking and swallowing it (and later hacking up hairballs) and also saves your furniture from excess shedding.
Alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
Trust me, Lindsey--I've had many (!) cats over the years, and I've done (and do) a lot of brushing. Scruffy was a stray I had spayed, and she stayed on. Like Rocky, her pal, she doesn't get along with the inside cats, and stays outside. (See my comment about her heated dog house, above.) A cat brush has a permanent place on the porch.

All the matting takes place in winter, when she seems to run into burrs on a regular basis. After our experience last year, I promised myself to keep up with brushing out the mats this past winter. But clusters of burrs were just plastered to her skin, and between that and the Raynaud's that makes it difficult for my hands to function in the cold, I admit I eventually gave up. Happy to report we're back in brushing mode now.

Jeff, your evil twin is very funny!
pekemom
11 years ago
I was close, said dog hair instead of cat...throw me a bone....
matti5
11 years ago
Dye it orange and send it to Donald Trump :)
kathyg_in_mi
11 years ago
Achoo!!! I wondered why I was sneezing when I opened this thread!
gyr_falcon
11 years ago
Oh, my goodness. That thing is huge! I bet Scruffy feels much better now.

What I used to do to safely cut them off for cats I was working with was to work an afro comb with metal teeth, or something similar, through the mat. Then I could safely cut all of the hair above the comb without the risk of cutting any skin.
Alisande
Original Author
11 years ago
That sounds like a good idea--thanks, Gyr! I have a couple of dog combs, but probably an afro comb or pick would have much wider spacing and work better.
caflowerluver
11 years ago
Poor kitty cat! I had a long hair dog once and was always sweepng up clumps of hair. I now have a smooth coated Dachshund. Little black hairs everywhere, but at least not big piles.

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