Eunice K
SerpAPI
This was my first time getting my seal lynx point cat a haircut. It's been hot in LA so he's been shedding a lot and would have tumbleweeds of his fur roaming everywhere at my house. Whenever I give him baths, he's very difficult to work with and requires at least 2 people to get it done, so I was worried that he would be a difficult cat for the groomers. But luckily, Desly's Pet Grooming got it done!
You have to call in to set an appointment time for your cat. They don't do anything else besides shaving down the fur; so no lion cuts here. I didn't care i just wanted him shaven anyway. They said the price would be between $60-90. Since he's a bit cat with long hair, at the end the total was $80. Yeah it's pricey, but at other places, the base price is $80 so I'm not complaining. Plus they took very good care of my baby so it was worth it!
There's no designated parking lot so you have to street park. I didn't have trouble finding parking spots in front of the store though. When I went during my appointment time to drop him off, I filled in some paperwork and answered some questions about my cat regarding how his temperament is and if he's gonna be easy or difficult to work with. I told them honestly that he might scratch and bite because he hates getting his paws touched and hates baths. They seemed a bit worried but assured me that they'll do their best, but if he's too difficult, they won't continue because they don't want to traumatize my cat. I thought that was really sweet and admirable of them and I agreed that it's okay for them to not continue if he's extremely difficult to work with. After all that, they took him to the back and I went back home to wait.
The lady (I think she's Desly? I'm not sure..) called me to let me know that they were going to start on Fynny and updated me on his status. She said she opened his carrier to get a feel of the space and he stopped meowing at that point, so she took extra steps to make sure that my cat felt safe. My cat must have picked that up because as seen in the screenshot of our text conversation (see photo), he was cuddled up in her arms with a shaven body. He trusted her and I could see that in the photo. She was extremely nice to him and that's why I give this place 5 stars.
I dropped him off at 10:30am, and he ended up finishing at around 3:30pm. It took him a while because she said that he didn't seem to like the dryer at high speed so in order to not traumatize him, she doing it low and slow. Again, I reallyyyy appreciated that and the level of care that was demonstrated to my baby.
I'll definitely be back here again when my cats need grooming. Thanks again to Desly and the staff for going above and beyond to make my cat feel safe!