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Post by MichyM on Mar 17, 2019 15:44:44 GMT
It’s that time of year. The girls (my two cats) are shedding like nobody’s business. One I can brush with the Furminator, the other I absolutely cannot-it’s just too much touching for her. So, any tips or tricks, or tried and true new tools I may be missing on how to easily get the fur off my furniture? Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 15:49:55 GMT
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Post by crazy4scraps on Mar 17, 2019 15:58:56 GMT
I so, so, SOOO do NOT miss having a bunch of dogs that shed in my house! (I miss the pets yes, but all the freaking fur tumbleweeds not so much.) I only have one tiny non-shedder now and it’s so nice!
For furniture, one of the cheapest and easiest things you can do is get a pair of rubber gloves like for dishwashing, put them on and rub your hand across your furniture. The fur will roll right off in clumps. For floors, a good vacuum is much better than trying to sweep it up. Back when we had three shedders I would have to vacuum almost daily when they were blowing out their coats and it was still close to impossible to keep up with it.
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Post by MichyM on Mar 20, 2019 1:20:56 GMT
@stitch thank you. I'd never heard of this before. It arrived today. I've tried so many different things...I've had cats all my life. This could be life changing, it works great! |
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Post by birukitty on Mar 20, 2019 2:43:29 GMT
I'm sorry but I don't have anything to add for advice.
We use the Furminator on Jesse, our Traditional Siamese. He's shedding a lot right now.
What I wanted to add was just yesterday someone in my Siamese Facebook group says she puts the fur she combs out of her Siamese in the bushes around her house so the birds can use it to make their nests. She says she does this also with the dryer lint. The birds love it. Isn't that a great idea?
After DH brushed Jesse tonight he couldn't wait to take the brushed out fur to our bushes outside.
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Post by mom2samlibby on Mar 20, 2019 3:37:59 GMT
What I wanted to add was just yesterday someone in my Siamese Facebook group says she puts the fur she combs out of her Siamese in the bushes around her house so the birds can use it to make their nests. She says she does this also with the dryer lint. The birds love it. Isn't that a great idea? I just saw this posted on facebook from a wildlife association. No, it's not a good idea. This is the post: Please DO NOT offer yarn, string or human hair for birds to build nests! Every year St. Francis Wildlife receives wild birds, both babies and adults, with this material wrapped around their feet. It can sometimes result in the bird losing its foot or entire leg from the yarn/string/hair slowly tightening and cutting off circulation . DO NOT offer laundry dryer lint either. The lint collected in your dryer filter may seem like ideal nesting material, but it isn’t. It will soak up water and may be steeped with chemicals unhealthy for birds, such as remnants of detergent and softener. Also a warning about offering pet fur. If your pets are treated with flea/tick/lice treatments which stay on the fur, this can be harmful to birds collecting it for nesting material. DO NOT offer pet hair that has been exposed to any chemicals. Birds have plenty of natural materials for nest building: twigs, dried leaves, grass and flower stems, pine straw, shed snake skins, Spanish moss, lichen, etc. Thank you! |
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Post by birukitty on Mar 20, 2019 20:13:51 GMT
What I wanted to add was just yesterday someone in my Siamese Facebook group says she puts the fur she combs out of her Siamese in the bushes around her house so the birds can use it to make their nests. She says she does this also with the dryer lint. The birds love it. Isn't that a great idea? I just saw this posted on facebook from a wildlife association. No, it's not a good idea. This is the post: Please DO NOT offer yarn, string or human hair for birds to build nests! Every year St. Francis Wildlife receives wild birds, both babies and adults, with this material wrapped around their feet. It can sometimes result in the bird losing its foot or entire leg from the yarn/string/hair slowly tightening and cutting off circulation . DO NOT offer laundry dryer lint either. The lint collected in your dryer filter may seem like ideal nesting material, but it isn’t. It will soak up water and may be steeped with chemicals unhealthy for birds, such as remnants of detergent and softener. Also a warning about offering pet fur. If your pets are treated with flea/tick/lice treatments which stay on the fur, this can be harmful to birds collecting it for nesting material. DO NOT offer pet hair that has been exposed to any chemicals. Birds have plenty of natural materials for nest building: twigs, dried leaves, grass and flower stems, pine straw, shed snake skins, Spanish moss, lichen, etc. Thank you! Thank you so much for posting this advice and correcting my post. I had no idea. We don't treat Jesse with any chemicals or anything for flea/tick/lice. He is our only pet (no dogs in the house) so that makes it easier. So because of that I think it'd be okay to leave out his fur. But I will not leave out dryer lint. Thanks again for the warning. I certainly don't want to harm any birds or any animals. |
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