Got some questions about my guy. He's around 10-12 yrs old and has come a long way since I bought him home from the shelter.

He's a mixed bag. Has manners and build of English shorthair with the thick dense blue fur but the head is more American shorthair. Very much a four on the floor kind of guy.

When I got him touching his paws and clipping claws was a traumatic thing for him, but now it's no problem. The ongoing problem is brushing him. He goes nuts. Won't hold still and is always trying to ram his face into the brush. I've tried to sneak the brush out when he's laying on my lap but immediately he jumps up and starts rubbing his head on it. I have an all in one soft plastic brush that I don't mind him doing that too much but the other one has wire bristles that do much better to get the fur out...if I can get him to calm down enough that is. I'm so afraid he's going to take an eye out the way he buts his head on the brushes. And suggestions for how to get him to calm down during brushing times?

The other thing is his tendency to gulp or inhale his food, then throw it up. He is much calmer now than he used to be about food. But he still has a tendency to swallow food without chewing it. He doesn't get much wet food at a time, a third of a can twice a day. But his dry food is out all the time. He does have set times for snacks. He does love yogurt and gets to lick the cup clean.

There was one more thing but I've forgotten.