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  1. I have seven cats and I can tell you the absolute best thing to use is the clothes roller, the sticky one. Yes you might have to use a few rolls for that but it’s the best thing.
    you can also use scotch tape, but choose the widest ones to cover as much of the carpet as possible.

  2. When I was a child, we didn’t have a vacuum. We just used a regular corn broom dipped in water. It’s hard, but it works, and it’s cheap.

  3. A friend of mine with 3 alsation dogs wipes the carpet first with a damp sponge mop, then vacuums.

  4. Cats are supposed to groom themselves, right? Yet your frisky feline leaves hair and fur balls on clothing, the couch or carpet. Cleaning–and keeping–cat hair off your carpet isn’t as challenging as you might think. Here are a few ways to keep the carpet free from cat hair.

    Step1
    Comb the cat’s hair. Regular combing loosens and removes any shedding hair rather than the hair attaching itself to the ottoman.

    Step2
    Vacuum twice a week. The first vacuum is a thorough one–move the furniture, rugs, work on the pillows and drapes. The second vacuum–a few days later–is just a spot vacuum where the cat spends most of her time, such as that certain spot on the couch, bed, or where the sun falls on the floor.

    Step3
    Use an oversize lint roller. Once or twice a week, depending on how much the cat sheds, use a lint roller throughout the house. Look for a roller that has an extended handle and an oversize roll.

    Step4
    Spot clean with a squeegee on your cat’s favorite resting places, the places where the most cat fur accumulates. The rubber edge of a squeegee picks up cat fur.
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    Tips :

    You can find oversize lint rollers in the home cleaning section of most stores. Look where the brooms, mops and dustpans are located.

    Consider a wire brush, shedding blade, soft comb or other cat grooming-specific tool. You can find these online or at most specialty pet care stores.

    Go online and search "shed control" for more ideas on getting your cat’s shedding under control.

    Keep your cat’s fur situation under control to reduce the likelihood of hairballs.

  6. There are several vacuum makers that are making pet hair specific vaccuums. But we bought one that works really great! We have 3 cats (one’s paralyzed in the back end and drags himself across the carpet on his hip so he leaves alot behind) and 2 dogs.
    The one we bought kicks butt… actually it’s kind of scary how much pet hair accumulates in a short time, isn’t it??? We bought the Eureka Altima (it’s not pet hair specific). There are some poor reviews out there on this machine but it’s worked great for us for the last 6 months since we bought it and we use it heavily. We have a 1300 sf house with hardwood and carpet. I think Target has a price cut on it right now.
    Good Luck!

  7. Get a better vacuum cleaner. Kirbys are awesome. If you can’t afford one of those try one of those new vacuum cleaners made especially for people who have pets. Dirt Devil has one, and so does Bissell. We have a Bissell Power Force Bagless, and it does a pretty good job of getting the dog hair out of our carpets.

  8. I have a rubber rake…kind of like a squeegee but it has rubber bristles. It rakes up a lot of the hair and what it doesn’t get, it brings to the surface so the vacuum can get it. The do make huge lint roller things with sticky tape but I don’t find them very helpful. As far as furniture is concerned; I occasionally give the upholstery a once over with a damp cloth.

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