08/26/2019
This is my new cat grooming column in the YomiTime, the Japanese community paper in NY. Link:
https://www.yomitime.com/nekos/01.html
Brief translation:
Hairball hell
Last summer, my cat Luffy was suffering an excessive hairballs. She was then 8 years old.
I adopted Luffy when she was 5.5 years old and her former owner simply said to me "she vomits hairball once a week". Well, that was alarming! I had it under control with brushing and hairball remover for 3 years. Until last summer.
My vet concluded it was a "seasonal hairball", and suggested a "lion cut". After screaming to my cat friends for help, I got these wonderful master cat groomers who are based in Brooklyn. I didn't want a lion cut, so they shaved Luffy's sanitary area and all her belly, up to under arms, then shampoo. She got so fluffed up and Boom! No more hairballs!
Groomers rescued Luffy and me from a hairball hell. This is why I became a cat groomer. Cheers.
#猫専門グルーマー columnist @ Queens, New York