We just adopted a shelter cat and his hair is every where! Even after I wash our clothes it’s still embedded in them. It’s on the couch, floors, clothes…well if you have a cat you know. I’ve been vacuuming every day but it’s a losing battle.
I am hoping it will get better soon.
He is now on a much better diet, we brush him and I am assuming that he is getting used to his new surroundings so his stress levels will diminish & his hair loss will at least slow down. (fingers crossed)
Any tips on what to do in the mean time?
Thanks oodles 🙂
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In pet stores and supermarket cleaning products areas there are special brushes and devices that are supposed to remove shed fur from furniture, etc.
But your first approach is in brushing/combing your cat. The best brushes are those that have prongs on one side, and a brush on the other. The prongs help get off undercoat fur.
It is possible that the stress of a new home can result in more shedding than normal.
I’d just say give him a good brushing.
You could shave the cat (JK JK), learn to live with the hair or you could invest in lots of sticky tape.
Why sticky tape? Well I’m glad you asked!
Take a length of sticky tape and wrap it around your hand – the sticky side facing out. Then take your hand and press it on the surfaces that you need to remove cat hair from. Works a treat, is safe to use on most surfaces (haven’t found one that its not safe on), and best of all its cheap!
BTW Good on you for adopting your new fur-baby!
The best thing I’ve found for getting pet hair off clothes and furniture is to wrap packing tape, sticky side out, around your hand and use it to pick the hair up. Incredibly time-consuming, but worth it.
Good luck bunches. We had to get rid of our cat even though we loved her very much, for the very same reason. You can try to minimize it to a certain degree, but at times you will feel (like you said) a losing battle. A good healthy diet, low stress, cool surroundings, Brushing EVERY morning and a good, large sized Lint Brush (more effective than vacuuming) will come handy.
The best thing you can do to prevent this is brush your cat every day. It will remove excess hair, relax you, and you will form a very neat bond with your cat.
The occasional shampoo helps a lot, too. More than brushing, but its kind of up to the cat if you bathe him or not!!!! Just go slow and talk sweet, keep the water lukewarm, use "no more tears", and be prepared for much kitty unhappiness!!
you shouldnt be doing anything to the cat except for brushing him. they make special combs that get underneath really well to get hair that is loose underneath. do not give him baths( i know some people do), it will just stress him out more. make sure he gets neutered if he’s not already. that causes stress if he is wanting a female and cant have one
a razor and brush it
My cat is also shedding at the moment, i think its because of the weather or its like this time of the year cats do that
I just constantly brush out her hair and its kind of slowing down
Here’s a little trick my mum showed me and it really works well on carpet and furniture. Get an old hand towel, get it damp but not dripping. Wipe as if you were cleaning up a really big puddle of liquid.
Up comes the hair. Rinse in a bucket when the clothe becomes too icky. A lot less time consuming than sticky tape.
I have never met a vacuum cleaner that was able to pick up all the hair. This will help reduce the amount of hair in the clothes too.
After doing a wash load make sure you wipe the drum.
This is something that needs to be done a lot more than most people know. Take the vent filter out of the dryer and vacuum out the vent system. Take the back hose off and vacuum it as well.
If you have a longer haired cat you will probably have more hair and more problems. Ours are medium haired and I always seem to go to work with a clump of fur. I think they do it on purpose to make sure I remember them all the time.