Hiya BetterMost friends.
Hope that everyone is doing ok after the heatwave!
I've been doing some online jigsaw puzzles. Haven't done a real one in a while, but doing them online is fun!
Saw the parents and cat this weekend, and Blaze is doing better lately! Mom had been worried about him, as she felt he was walking funny and thought he was in pain from arthritis or a leg issue. Blaze is a very large cat, and about 13 now, so he is not as limber as he once was, meaning he doesn't groom himself so well. Mom brushes him, but she felt he needed more care (he's a long-hair cat) so she took him to the vet to have the fur trimmed down to almost the skin, to cool him for the summer.
When she went to pick up Blaze after the appointment, he told her that he did have some knots on his sides, however, he had a few big knots between his hind legs, which must've been pulling on him, causing his strange walk. Now that the fur is all cut away, he's walking much better.
Mom has decided that instead of doing this for the summer, she'll have it done three or four times a year, so that he's always neater, and the knots won't have time to get out of control.