Cat, dog and other pet hairs... Aggghhh

lipidicman

If you think cats are a problem....

....get yourself a chinchilla. Now that's some fine hair (the worlds finest - a hundred hairs per follicle) - and they can release it at will (in the wild, to escape bird's clutches - what a great mechanism, at home its whenever you want to pick them up, no matter how nice you are)

blossom30

I am a "mummy" to 3 adorable moggies. Anyway I have had the problem with fur getting everywhere for 15 years now and the best way to deal with excess fur and the cats love it . Invest in a pair of black hardwearing rubber gloves get a pail of water , dip your hands into the water (with your gloves on) and shake excess water off and run down the cats back and then dip your hands back into the pail again and the fur will come off into the pail. You can also use this method for cleaning fur off upholstery and carpets,the fur just gathers into wee balls. Hope this helps. Good luck

Queenie

lipidicman wrote:

If you think cats are a problem....

....get yourself a chinchilla.

My furbaby IS a "chinchilla" ( a cat "chinchilla" )

lipidicman

Whats a cat "chinchilla"? cats with fine hair? got a link with a pic?

- edit: just had a look - a type of persian.

Now this is a chinchilla!

Bargain_Rzl

Am still at my mum's, along with mum's dog and two cats.

Her hot tip for getting pet hair out of clothes and removable covers etc. is to put them in the tumble drier, on the cold setting, before washing. Shakes them about enough to get the hair off the fabric and into the filter, apparently, and she says she does this with the throw off the sofa (which the dog sleeps on) and it comes up a treat

Murtle

Bargain_Rzl wrote:

Am still at my mum's, along with mum's dog and two cats.

Her hot tip for getting pet hair out of clothes and removable covers etc. is to put them in the tumble drier, on the cold setting, before washing. Shakes them about enough to get the hair off the fabric and into the filter, apparently, and she says she does this with the throw off the sofa (which the dog sleeps on) and it comes up a treat

Thanks for this, I might take all our bed linen to the laundrette....we don't have a tumble drier...and let it all get caught in their filters.... :rotfl:

--Tony--

Trust me I have the answer to this problem.

When I was on holiday in Hong Kong a few years ago I found one of these for less that a pound:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20751&item=4382953094&rd=1
(Auction is nothing to do with me)

Anyhow they have a rubber pad with little rubber spikes, now my cat would tear me to bits if I used a brush on him but with this glove you just stroke him and he loves it!!!!

Its so good you get a mat of hair on the glove that you simply peal off and throw away.

Thanks Tony

tigs78

My cat's purpose in life is to spread her gingerness around the entire house... She successfully did this for many years until I discovered the amazing 'Safari' cat shedding comb.

It looks like a normal metal cat comb but it has two rows of teeth , one long the other short. It appears pretty unspectacular but this thing is magical, the first time I combed my shorthaired cat with it I had a ball of hair the size of her head (not just a ball of fluff and air either, I squished it all down!).

I think the principal of it is that the long teeth collect the longer outer hairs and the short teeth kind of rake the undercoat out. I got mine from e-bay ages ago, this one looks the same here also found it on this site here It's the 11th item down.

My life is not completely ginger free now but sometmes it's nice to be miles away from home and find a little piece of my princess on me!

Sheel

tigs78 wrote:

but sometmes it's nice to be miles away from home and find a little piece of my princess on me!

We're always reminded of our cats when we are away on holiday too. It's just impossible to find any clothes that are hair free in our house , although it doesn't help when the cats are forever getting into the suitcase whilst we are packing :rolleyes:

We've got one of those combs and find them to be very effective too. Also got one of those mitts which is ok when you have to be quick and you can just manage a quick stroke

Your cat looks lovely and a lot like our ginger cat , Angus

Curry_Queen

Well both my cats have white base hair and as I only wear black clothes it don't quite camouflage it somehow :doh:

Despite giving them a variety of beds to use they still end up sleeping on our beds and I have to hoover them off periodically :rolleyes: