Hi all. I'm new here and was hoping to get some advice for shaving our beautiful long hair cat, Thelonious (aka BabyT). He just gets the most awful hairballs, no matter how often I brush him, and I think it's time to try something more serious. I'm just terrified that he's going to choke one day. In addition to the hairball problem he tends to get poop stuck around what I will call "his pants." He's almost 10 now and I'm not sure if he's just getting lazy when it comes to taking care down there or we also moved from a very warm climate to a milder one so maybe he's just not shedding as much??

He does really well when we bathe him provided my husband and I do it together. And I routinely cut his hair with scissors but have yet to try electric clippers.

Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!