[redwitch]

Thanks, Nanci. I'll give them a call. Strangely, I don't mind tranqing Pickles for this -- I had planned to do it anyway. She is terrified riding in the car and I've gotten used to giving her a little something just so she doesn't have to go through that trauma (this was at the recommendation of her old vet -- he'd never seen a cat so scared and said the pill was better than the abject fear).

I'm like you -- there is no way I would try to do it myself. Heck, she runs when I try to cut a mat out. But I can brush her for hours and she doesn't mind if I get mats out that way (which hurts wayyyyy more) -- go figure.