Reply #59: Maybe someone here will know someone who would help

[DuctapeFatwa]

you DNA Oscar and get him his shots without trying to take Oscar away from his home and family.

I am starting to wonder if he could have some porcupine heritage.

I hope your beautician friend can help you. She is sure to have some Mane n Tail, the thing is, for maximum effect it needs to stay on for a few minutes, which Oscar might find uncomfortable.

I would focus on the communication thing, so he will understand that a shampoo might be a new experience, and might involve some sensations that are not immediately pleasurable, but do produce a benefit, and are another indication he is loved.

For the neighbors, find out some animal that it is perfectly legal to have but few people have seen one, and say Oscar is a variety of those.

Could you arrange for him to save someone from danger? Then he will become a local hero.