Easy (Well, EasiER) Like Sunday

Thankies so furry much, effurykitty, for alla yur suggestions and advice and purrs about our big Alpha Bruther Brainball! You really helped put Momma's mind at ease. She felt so bad about what poor Brainball was goin through -- he was a furry unhappy boy!

Brainball's doin bettur with his baldy spot today -- it's still annoyin him, but he's less stressed out today than he was yesterday. His skin is nice and pink, not red, so that's good. The goop you see is where Momma put bag balm on him after she and Daddy cutted out his big mat.



Brainball's still grumpy cuz of his shaved spot, but he's been doin his Alpha Cat Patrols and lookin out the windows at the snow we gotted last night.



Momma and Daddy keep tellin him he's a Good Ol' Brainball and to hang in there, that his furs will grow back soon.



Here's Dorydoo on Momma's bookieshelves, sayin, Hang in there, Brainball... we love you!



Here's me, sayin the same thing. Brainball's such a great bruther, and it makes the rest of us Ballicai sad when he's feelin out of sorts. Cuz he's our Fearless Leadur in addishun to our wunnerful big bruther.



And here's Marilyn, blowin Brainball a kissie from the laundry basket (one of her new favrit spots fur nappin).

Need Advice About Brainball

The Ballicus Mom here. As readers of the Ballicus Blog know, Brainball is a big, floofy cat. He's prone to getting mats on his back, near the base of his tail. It's the only place he gets them. In the past, we've cut his mats out -- we can easily do that with our clippers, and he hasn't minded.

Well, last night, we cut a mat off Brainball which turned out to be a lot bigger than what we'd thought. He now has a big shaved spot on his back, near the base of his tail.



He's had shaved spots there in the past, but this one is bigger, and it's bothering him. He's doing a lot of hissing (very unlike Brainball -- he's not a hissy kitty) -- not at the other Ballicai but at us (hubby and me). Can't say I blame the big ol' boy.

We thought that perhaps the hair over the top of his bald spot was tickling him, aggravating him; that patch of skin is probably sore and tender because of the mat that was there. To try to bring him relief from the tickling, we trimmed back some of the floof over his bald spot, and then we thought perhaps bag balm might soothe his skin.

I applied some, and it seems to have made poor Brainball even more agitated. Too late I realized he hates the goopy consistency of the bag balm. He's hissy, upset, frustrated, and stressed out, and I'm at a loss as to what I can do to help him. I don't want to make things even worse.

I'd appreciate any suggestions or ideas as to what I can do to help my big Alpha Boy.