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Furminated
For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur! She has a very
thick undercoat. I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it! I highly recommend it). It was long overdue. I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this. She purrs like mad. Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place. Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat. We live in southern South Carolina. The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her. Win win. Jill |
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On 2018-12-26 3:19 p.m., jmcquown wrote:
For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur!Â* She has a very thick undercoat.Â* I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it!Â* I highly recommend it).Â* It was long overdue.Â* I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this.Â* She purrs like mad.Â* Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place.Â* Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat.Â* We live in southern South Carolina.Â* The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her.Â* Win win. My first long-haired cat was Cinnamon. Is Cinnamon, actually. She's a gorgeous cat, and quite generous with her fur. This photo doesn't really do her justice. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~cperkins/cinnamon.html A friend of mine adopted her first long-haired cat a few years back. Jake is a big fellow - not fat, but tall and long. He can easily stand on his hind legs and wrap his front paws around a door handle, although he prefers his slav....humans to open doors for him. And he's got more fur than Cinnamon does. He lives in a two-story house, and is particularly good at depositing belly fur on the stair carpet as he goes up and down. -- Cheryl |
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On 1/7/2019 7:17 AM, Cheryl wrote:
On 2018-12-26 3:19 p.m., jmcquown wrote: For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur!Â* She has a very thick undercoat.Â* I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it!Â* I highly recommend it).Â* It was long overdue.Â* I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this.Â* She purrs like mad.Â* Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place.Â* Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat.Â* We live in southern South Carolina.Â* The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her.Â* Win win. My first long-haired cat was Cinnamon. Is Cinnamon, actually. She's a gorgeous cat, and quite generous with her fur. This photo doesn't really do her justice. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~cperkins/cinnamon.html A friend of mine adopted her first long-haired cat a few years back. Jake is a big fellow - not fat, but tall and long. He can easily stand on his hind legs and wrap his front paws around a door handle, although he prefers his slav....humans to open doors for him. And he's got more fur than Cinnamon does. He lives in a two-story house, and is particularly good at depositing belly fur on the stair carpet as he goes up and down. Beautiful! Jill |
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On 26/12/2018 18:49, jmcquown wrote:
For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur!Â* She has a very thick undercoat.Â* I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it!Â* I highly recommend it).Â* It was long overdue.Â* I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this.Â* She purrs like mad.Â* Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place.Â* Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat.Â* We live in southern South Carolina.Â* The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her.Â* Win win. Jill My girls came with lots of accessories, including a Furminator. I tried it, but it ruined their coat. They are exotic shorthairs and their coat is supposed to look like a teddy bear, a soft toy. What I have to do is groom them every day, and tease apart the undercoat that they cannot totally maintain themselves because their coat is so thick and comb it through. They are called "the lazy man's Persian" but I disagree, they need a great deal of coat and eye care. The Furminator is a great tool, but it's overkill for my girls. It shouldn't be required if you groom your cat daily. Not only that, I've never had a hairball from them, apart from one two days after I got them. Exotics shed like crazy but Zoom Grooming them daily and combing them has put a stop to hairballs. They love the Zoom Grooming, hate the eye care. |
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On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 6:49:50 PM UTC, Jill McQuown wrote:
For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur! She has a very thick undercoat. I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it! I highly recommend it). It was long overdue. I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this. She purrs like mad. Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place. Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat. We live in southern South Carolina. The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her. Win win. Jill |
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On 1/18/2019 6:38 PM, Lesley Madigan wrote:
On Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at 6:49:50 PM UTC, Jill McQuown wrote: For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur! She has a very thick undercoat. I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it! I highly recommend it). It was long overdue. I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this. She purrs like mad. Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place. Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat. We live in southern South Carolina. The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her. Win win. Jill Petting her, absolute win win. She's so sweet and she purrs very loudly. Still, getting rid of the undercoat seems to make her feel more frisky and happy. Me too! I'm not having to run the big sucky monster as often! Jill |
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On 1/16/2019 4:57 AM, Tina wrote:
On 26/12/2018 18:49, jmcquown wrote: For a short haired cat Buffy sure has a lot of fur!Â* She has a very thick undercoat.Â* I just used the Furminator de-shedding tool on her (she loves it!Â* I highly recommend it).Â* It was long overdue.Â* I swear I collected almost enough fur to knit another cat. She always feels so good after this.Â* She purrs like mad.Â* Now she's batting around a golf-ball sized bright orange whiffle ball and dashing all over the place.Â* Apparently it feels good to lose that excess fur. It's not as if she needs a winter coat.Â* We live in southern South Carolina.Â* The temps are in the 60's (farenheit) here at the end of December. Buffy's happy, I'm happy I am not seeing fluffs of fur wafting every time I pet her.Â* Win win. Jill My girls came with lots of accessories, including a Furminator.Â* I tried it, but it ruined their coat. So sorry to hear that. Wonder why they included it. They are exotic shorthairs and their coat is supposed to look like a teddy bear, a soft toy. Yes. You do keep saying how exotic they are. Buffy is as soft as a rabbit. She's not exotic. Just very soft. What I have to do is groom them every day, and tease apart the undercoat that they cannot totally maintain themselves because their coat is so thick and comb it through. They are called "the lazy man's Persian" but I disagree, they need a great deal of coat and eye care.Â* The Furminator is a great tool, but it's overkill for my girls. It shouldn't be required if you groom your cat daily. Well, hey, I don't have to groom my cat daily. I'm not prepping her for a cat show. She loves the Furminator and is more comfortable without the excess undercoat. Sorry if the Furminator doesn't work for you and yours. Â* Not only that, I've never had a hairball from them, apart from one two days after I got them. Exotics shed like crazy but Zoom Grooming them daily and combing them has put a stop to hairballs. They love the Zoom Grooming, hate the eye care. No need for eye care with my cat. Buffy licks her paws and washes her face and eyes all by herself. No gunky stuff around the eyes to deal with. No hairballs, either. I don't care if I can't call my cat an "exotic". She's just a soft fluffy orange moggie Jill |
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