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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My guess is that he was very badly matted, so they shaved him at the beginning of "fat camp"

Really obese cats can't groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats (especially long-haired cats)

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Even more likely since it seems like he was a stray. Seems to me, like he cried at everyone around about how hungry he is and found more than one bleeding heart.

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really obese cats can’t groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats

Our households cat is a healthy weight yet he still gets severe matting. He has to be shaved every couple years otherwise the matts will hurt him. Brushing doesn't seem to help. He has a weird, almost silky feeling fur.

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I get that feeling, I have a long-haired orange cat and we constantly have to cut mats out of his armpits XD