Thanks, people - advice cheerfully will be tried! He's still too freaky to take to the groomer, though, so he'll be makin' do with my aesthetic efforts. My husband complains Snowball's giving him a complex, since the cat still runs and hides from him. I say if he tried not meowing like a cougar in an effort to attract Snowball, it might help. It's hilarious - husband has a deepish sinusy voice, and sounds exactly like a cougar when meowing. Snowball usually hides under the couch or runs for the stairs, where he sits staring wide-eyed at the weird looking monster cat.