Thread: Maine Coon Grooming Basics

Originally Posted by RoxyKitten

On a slightly different note, I was wondering if anyone has the answer to this question: about 9 months ago we had Roxy spayed and the vet told me it would be a lot less painful for her (and would heal more easily) if she did the incision on the side flank. Naturally to make this operation and recovery as easy as possible for Roxy I agreed and I think it was the right decision as it took no time at all for Roxy to recover and she had very little pain or trauma. So...now she has had a bald 'patch' for the last year (where the vet shaved off her fur) which has been slowly filling in with new fur. Roxy is a silver tortie tabby, and the 'patch' is right on her swirly side pattern. The fur that has been growing back seems to be mostly her light undercoat - does anyone know how long it will take for her to re-grow her darker top coat which makes up the pattern? It will grow back, won't it...????

I haven't known one not to grow back & normally you find that if there is a lighter patch now by the time she has had the next coat change it should all be back to normal....x