Horace Gets His Hair Cut

Horace went to the vet last week for a check up. He’s stopping taking the medication, just taking a tiny dose now and he’ll stop completely next week. While we were there I asked about getting his hair cut as last time they had to sedate him, but we didn’t know about his condition then. I wanted to make sure that there wouldn’t be a problem with them sedating him – but the vet said it would be no problem at all. I made a note of the sedation tablets they give him, so we will be able to cut his hair at home next time.

So he went back on Friday to get trimmed. Goodness me, when he came out he was tiny! I remember being surprised last time too. His fur is very thick and when it grows it really bulks him out and we forget what a tiny body there is underneath it all. What we can see now he is trimmed is what good condition he’s in. Although I have problems feeding him, he doesn’t look too thin and his fur is lovely and shiny.

Unfortunately this time, when he came home, he seemed to have been set back a bit. It took over a day and a half for him to bounce back to his normal self. I think part of it might be that they used quite a strong smelling shampoo or something on him and he smelled of apples quote noticeably. Although he doesn’t have a great sense of smell, I wonder if the fact that he smelled of apples unsettled him.

He would also have ‘felt’ different. He would be used to his hair being a guide for moving around and suddenly it had gone.

I’m glad he’s back to his normal self again now.

The car is back from the garage – which is just as well as it has to go in for the equivalent of an MOT on Friday. Fingers crossed it will pass again this year!