Rosed...beautiful cats. Does Miel have green eyes and is he long-haired? Oh yes, cats are clean, no matter what some believe. They preen their coats/paws daily. Yep, cats are lickers too. lol. FPT..You're lucky you have an aunt who grooms..Do they remember her? Are hey content when she grooms them? LOL, I know what you mean about lopsided haircuts..Poor Coco looks crooked after our home-made trim..lolol When their fur grows, does it knot? Tangle? Resemble dreadlocks. Oh, your doggies are still youngin's. It feels like we recently adopted Coco, but he turned 5, Aug 15th. We didn't want another dog since we had an English Mastff..Sam..Sam was the weight of two dogs..lol.. Coco was physically and mentally abused..My brother 'policeman' took him in, but couldn't care for a pet w/his hours. He pleaded w/me to adopt Coco..On Christmas Day, 2007, (by then, 4-months-old) while at my sister's house, brother brought Coco along. Well, how can you say NO to a little puppy, especially after knowing the circumstances. Coco was fearful of everything..so innocent. I cried when I learned of his background. DH and DS looked a tad teary-eyed, too..Dh didn't protest when I said, yes. Since Christmas Day, 2007, Coco is our newest child. :) Yep, I feel the same way you do..should have taken him to a groomers from the start.. Other dogs who were being groomed just sat calmly while the groomers trimmed and brushed their fur..Coco went wild. lol. They told me to bring Coco to the vet, sedate then groom him. Turns out our vet don't groom, so, it's home-made hair-cuts..similar to a home perm..lol. Perhaps your vet will prescribe Valium or some type of anti-anxiety medication? But, be certain the vet knows what he/she is doing. We took in a stray cat..'long ago.' He/Mike had fleas and a broken leg. The vet I brought my cats to at the time, over-medicated Mike..I was devestated and angry..Mike passed away. I never went back to that man...even though he was honest, admitted it was his fault. He did a good job treating our other cats, but still............ Funny, I was going to say the same thing you did.. our last cat, 17-yr-old 'Halloween' looked like Isabelle...until reading Isabelle had white on her chest. I think most black cats look very similar. lol. They're black, but sunlight makes black fur brown-ish. Good luck if you decide to take your cuties to a groomer. RoseD. Actually, Halloween was no angel. lol. I had a large D. Corn Plant. He liked kneeding its cane. I ended up using cardboard...cutting a half-circle in the center of each piece, then set the cardboard on top of the soil, surrounding the cane. Once he jumped on the cardboard, he jumped off. Some people believe this cruel, but sprinkling Cayenne Pepper around the edge of a plant pot, on soil, keeps cats away..They can smell the scent several feet before approaching a plant w/o harm..I'd never hurt my pets, ever. The pepper worked..from then on, Halloween didn't bother my Corn Plant.nor did our other cats..pepper or cardboard wasn't needed..they ignored plants. LOl, Isabelle wearing a bikini. Funny location for a triangle. Rose, I'm terribly sorry about Papi. Has he lost weight? In pain? Oh God... Rose, if you decide to adopt another cat, or two...don't think about it as a replacement.. Papi's memories will always be with you, and by adopting, you're doing a good deed. And yes, I agree..Adding a cat or two might cheer you up. They say, 99% white cats are deaf. Wonder why? We once bought a long-haired, half-Persian cat we named Pyewackett, like the cat in the movie, Bell, Book & Candle. He was taken to the vet constantly, and a 24-hour ER..his bones were brittle and fractured easily. He was nearing 3 when he went to kitty-heaven..He was beautiful though..very unfriendly towards our other cats..a hermit for sure. Is it possible to adopt both cats? What's one more? :) Thought I had a digital photo of Halloween, but can't find it. However, have several pics taken the old-fashioned way..regular camera.

Hahahaha! Before I opened your link, I just knew what it was going to be! I have that one pinned to one of my Pinterest boards. It cracks me up!

Even before Jen posted this, I was telling my husband about hearing it and being sad that I missed seeing Sedaris in my backyard. Then he suggested maybe we could do a road trip to catch another performance. He was probably thinking a place like D.C. I said well, I have checked the schedule and he'll be in Australia in January. I may have overplayed my hand. I think I'll recheck the schedule and see if there's a city - with a sports team - that we haven't visited and see about a weekend away. Unfortunately, we've already been to Dallas but I suppose we could repeat, we had a nice time.

The title of the thread is "is it ok", and personally, I don't think it is. Sure physically it doesn't hurt the cat, but usually it will scare it. To be blunt, they don't understand why they have that crap on them, it's uncomfortable, even unnatural for them (which is why they struggle to get it off) and while it may look cute or funny to some, the reactions from people over it can actually scare them even more because they don't understand "funny". For owners who start dressing their animals at a pretty young age, it may be less of an issue, but if you have a cat who has never experienced that before, think about it from the cat's perspective first and find another way to entertain yourself and/or your party guests.