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wrote on 8/19/04 10:48 PM: Cats shed; some more than others. For most cats, summer is spent shedding the winter underfur. It takes all summer to do this. It ends just in time for them to start growing new underfur for the new winter. It makes no difference whether the cat lives down south or up north; they seem to grow the same amount of underfur. The only difference is in the cat breed; and in some cases, in the individual cat. It is well known that Persians are veritible fur-factories. So are Maine Coons and other long-haired breeds. But what some people don't know is that some short-haired cats grow just as much underfur and shed just as much as the long-haired breeds. And then there are the individual oddities. They don't seem to have a seasonal regulator. They continually grow underfur and shed all year long. You can spend a considerable amount of time combing and brushing said cat until you are sure there is no underfur left. Next week the cat has just as much underfur as you just brushed out! My boy cats, Robin and Djoser, are normal short-haired cats. They shed in the early summer and in the fall start growing another winter coat. Oh, there is some small amount of loose hair all the time. But that is not the same as the shedding of winter underfur. Winter fur will fill the comb or brush in one swipe down the body. But Sheba is a different story. She is one of the oddities. She sheds copiously all the time. And it never stops! Most of the dust bunnies in my house are composed of her fur. I keep a blanket on top of my bedspread for her to shed on, because it is easier to wash than a big fluffy, hairy spread. She walks across my pillow and I have to brush off the hair. As much as she sheds, you'd think she would have thin hair. But no. Her hair is so dense it stands straight out. She grows new hair as fast as she sheds! Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. A few times I have had my son hold her while I quickly brushed and combed as much as I could while Jeff is desperately hanging on to a squirming cat and trying not to get clawed. Usually, he suddenly remembers something he needs to do at grooming time. But today I figured a way to get the job done. I thought it all out in detail and made preparations beforehand. Then I went to get Sheba. Normally, she is right in the middle of the pathway of wherever it is most inconvenient. This time I had to hunt for her. She was under the table among the chair legs. Fortunately, the chairs have rollers. I was able to grab her and lug her considerable weight to the grooming parlor, normally known as the bedroom. I plopped her onto the middle perch of the cat tree and deftly slipped the harness over her head. It wouldn't go all the way over until I got it out of her mouth. I got the left arm through the side and reached for the end of the clasp. I had to pry her jaws open to get the clasp. At last I had her snapped in the harness. The leash was run over and under the upper perch with the clip run through the hand loop. I lifted Sheba up and clipped the leash to the harness. Now, I thought, she will stand and I can groom her just fine. Suddenly, her backside sagged and she twisted in the harness. I used my left hand to hold up her belly while I ran the slicker over her. I had to stop and clean it frequently. The slicker works great for her underfur. It has many fine wires bent backward to grab the hair. The comb doesn't work so well on her fur; but it is ideal at cleaning out the slicker. That is when she slipped out of the harness. I finally managed to get it back on her. Then we had some more fun. She grabbed the sisal on the pole to get some really good purchase, trying to get away. But that put her tail base and hiney in a better position to get the copious pantaloons off her. Finally I got all the underfur and started with the brush to get the loose stuff floating on the surface of her upper half. She loved it and didn't even fight to grab it when I ran it down the lower half of her body. It must have felt soothing after the pulling of the slicker. When I removed the harness, she just lay there purring and rubbing her face on the brush. I looked at the trashcan I put the hair in; it was half full! I wonder how long it will take to grow back? A week? ~sigh. -- CATherine Hey, you can get a workout, grooming session and training session done all at one time! |
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in article , CATherine at
wrote on 8/19/04 10:48 PM: Cats shed; some more than others. For most cats, summer is spent shedding the winter underfur. It takes all summer to do this. It ends just in time for them to start growing new underfur for the new winter. It makes no difference whether the cat lives down south or up north; they seem to grow the same amount of underfur. The only difference is in the cat breed; and in some cases, in the individual cat. It is well known that Persians are veritible fur-factories. So are Maine Coons and other long-haired breeds. But what some people don't know is that some short-haired cats grow just as much underfur and shed just as much as the long-haired breeds. And then there are the individual oddities. They don't seem to have a seasonal regulator. They continually grow underfur and shed all year long. You can spend a considerable amount of time combing and brushing said cat until you are sure there is no underfur left. Next week the cat has just as much underfur as you just brushed out! My boy cats, Robin and Djoser, are normal short-haired cats. They shed in the early summer and in the fall start growing another winter coat. Oh, there is some small amount of loose hair all the time. But that is not the same as the shedding of winter underfur. Winter fur will fill the comb or brush in one swipe down the body. But Sheba is a different story. She is one of the oddities. She sheds copiously all the time. And it never stops! Most of the dust bunnies in my house are composed of her fur. I keep a blanket on top of my bedspread for her to shed on, because it is easier to wash than a big fluffy, hairy spread. She walks across my pillow and I have to brush off the hair. As much as she sheds, you'd think she would have thin hair. But no. Her hair is so dense it stands straight out. She grows new hair as fast as she sheds! Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. A few times I have had my son hold her while I quickly brushed and combed as much as I could while Jeff is desperately hanging on to a squirming cat and trying not to get clawed. Usually, he suddenly remembers something he needs to do at grooming time. But today I figured a way to get the job done. I thought it all out in detail and made preparations beforehand. Then I went to get Sheba. Normally, she is right in the middle of the pathway of wherever it is most inconvenient. This time I had to hunt for her. She was under the table among the chair legs. Fortunately, the chairs have rollers. I was able to grab her and lug her considerable weight to the grooming parlor, normally known as the bedroom. I plopped her onto the middle perch of the cat tree and deftly slipped the harness over her head. It wouldn't go all the way over until I got it out of her mouth. I got the left arm through the side and reached for the end of the clasp. I had to pry her jaws open to get the clasp. At last I had her snapped in the harness. The leash was run over and under the upper perch with the clip run through the hand loop. I lifted Sheba up and clipped the leash to the harness. Now, I thought, she will stand and I can groom her just fine. Suddenly, her backside sagged and she twisted in the harness. I used my left hand to hold up her belly while I ran the slicker over her. I had to stop and clean it frequently. The slicker works great for her underfur. It has many fine wires bent backward to grab the hair. The comb doesn't work so well on her fur; but it is ideal at cleaning out the slicker. That is when she slipped out of the harness. I finally managed to get it back on her. Then we had some more fun. She grabbed the sisal on the pole to get some really good purchase, trying to get away. But that put her tail base and hiney in a better position to get the copious pantaloons off her. Finally I got all the underfur and started with the brush to get the loose stuff floating on the surface of her upper half. She loved it and didn't even fight to grab it when I ran it down the lower half of her body. It must have felt soothing after the pulling of the slicker. When I removed the harness, she just lay there purring and rubbing her face on the brush. I looked at the trashcan I put the hair in; it was half full! I wonder how long it will take to grow back? A week? ~sigh. -- CATherine Hey, you can get a workout, grooming session and training session done all at one time! |
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Sheba sounds like my Smokey - sheds enough hair every day to make another
cat out of it! -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "CATherine" wrote in message ... Cats shed; some more than others. For most cats, summer is spent shedding the winter underfur. It takes all summer to do this. It ends just in time for them to start growing new underfur for the new winter. It makes no difference whether the cat lives down south or up north; they seem to grow the same amount of underfur. The only difference is in the cat breed; and in some cases, in the individual cat. It is well known that Persians are veritible fur-factories. So are Maine Coons and other long-haired breeds. But what some people don't know is that some short-haired cats grow just as much underfur and shed just as much as the long-haired breeds. And then there are the individual oddities. They don't seem to have a seasonal regulator. They continually grow underfur and shed all year long. You can spend a considerable amount of time combing and brushing said cat until you are sure there is no underfur left. Next week the cat has just as much underfur as you just brushed out! My boy cats, Robin and Djoser, are normal short-haired cats. They shed in the early summer and in the fall start growing another winter coat. Oh, there is some small amount of loose hair all the time. But that is not the same as the shedding of winter underfur. Winter fur will fill the comb or brush in one swipe down the body. But Sheba is a different story. She is one of the oddities. She sheds copiously all the time. And it never stops! Most of the dust bunnies in my house are composed of her fur. I keep a blanket on top of my bedspread for her to shed on, because it is easier to wash than a big fluffy, hairy spread. She walks across my pillow and I have to brush off the hair. As much as she sheds, you'd think she would have thin hair. But no. Her hair is so dense it stands straight out. She grows new hair as fast as she sheds! Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. A few times I have had my son hold her while I quickly brushed and combed as much as I could while Jeff is desperately hanging on to a squirming cat and trying not to get clawed. Usually, he suddenly remembers something he needs to do at grooming time. But today I figured a way to get the job done. I thought it all out in detail and made preparations beforehand. Then I went to get Sheba. Normally, she is right in the middle of the pathway of wherever it is most inconvenient. This time I had to hunt for her. She was under the table among the chair legs. Fortunately, the chairs have rollers. I was able to grab her and lug her considerable weight to the grooming parlor, normally known as the bedroom. I plopped her onto the middle perch of the cat tree and deftly slipped the harness over her head. It wouldn't go all the way over until I got it out of her mouth. I got the left arm through the side and reached for the end of the clasp. I had to pry her jaws open to get the clasp. At last I had her snapped in the harness. The leash was run over and under the upper perch with the clip run through the hand loop. I lifted Sheba up and clipped the leash to the harness. Now, I thought, she will stand and I can groom her just fine. Suddenly, her backside sagged and she twisted in the harness. I used my left hand to hold up her belly while I ran the slicker over her. I had to stop and clean it frequently. The slicker works great for her underfur. It has many fine wires bent backward to grab the hair. The comb doesn't work so well on her fur; but it is ideal at cleaning out the slicker. That is when she slipped out of the harness. I finally managed to get it back on her. Then we had some more fun. She grabbed the sisal on the pole to get some really good purchase, trying to get away. But that put her tail base and hiney in a better position to get the copious pantaloons off her. Finally I got all the underfur and started with the brush to get the loose stuff floating on the surface of her upper half. She loved it and didn't even fight to grab it when I ran it down the lower half of her body. It must have felt soothing after the pulling of the slicker. When I removed the harness, she just lay there purring and rubbing her face on the brush. I looked at the trashcan I put the hair in; it was half full! I wonder how long it will take to grow back? A week? ~sigh. -- CATherine |
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Sheba sounds like my Smokey - sheds enough hair every day to make another
cat out of it! -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "CATherine" wrote in message ... Cats shed; some more than others. For most cats, summer is spent shedding the winter underfur. It takes all summer to do this. It ends just in time for them to start growing new underfur for the new winter. It makes no difference whether the cat lives down south or up north; they seem to grow the same amount of underfur. The only difference is in the cat breed; and in some cases, in the individual cat. It is well known that Persians are veritible fur-factories. So are Maine Coons and other long-haired breeds. But what some people don't know is that some short-haired cats grow just as much underfur and shed just as much as the long-haired breeds. And then there are the individual oddities. They don't seem to have a seasonal regulator. They continually grow underfur and shed all year long. You can spend a considerable amount of time combing and brushing said cat until you are sure there is no underfur left. Next week the cat has just as much underfur as you just brushed out! My boy cats, Robin and Djoser, are normal short-haired cats. They shed in the early summer and in the fall start growing another winter coat. Oh, there is some small amount of loose hair all the time. But that is not the same as the shedding of winter underfur. Winter fur will fill the comb or brush in one swipe down the body. But Sheba is a different story. She is one of the oddities. She sheds copiously all the time. And it never stops! Most of the dust bunnies in my house are composed of her fur. I keep a blanket on top of my bedspread for her to shed on, because it is easier to wash than a big fluffy, hairy spread. She walks across my pillow and I have to brush off the hair. As much as she sheds, you'd think she would have thin hair. But no. Her hair is so dense it stands straight out. She grows new hair as fast as she sheds! Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. A few times I have had my son hold her while I quickly brushed and combed as much as I could while Jeff is desperately hanging on to a squirming cat and trying not to get clawed. Usually, he suddenly remembers something he needs to do at grooming time. But today I figured a way to get the job done. I thought it all out in detail and made preparations beforehand. Then I went to get Sheba. Normally, she is right in the middle of the pathway of wherever it is most inconvenient. This time I had to hunt for her. She was under the table among the chair legs. Fortunately, the chairs have rollers. I was able to grab her and lug her considerable weight to the grooming parlor, normally known as the bedroom. I plopped her onto the middle perch of the cat tree and deftly slipped the harness over her head. It wouldn't go all the way over until I got it out of her mouth. I got the left arm through the side and reached for the end of the clasp. I had to pry her jaws open to get the clasp. At last I had her snapped in the harness. The leash was run over and under the upper perch with the clip run through the hand loop. I lifted Sheba up and clipped the leash to the harness. Now, I thought, she will stand and I can groom her just fine. Suddenly, her backside sagged and she twisted in the harness. I used my left hand to hold up her belly while I ran the slicker over her. I had to stop and clean it frequently. The slicker works great for her underfur. It has many fine wires bent backward to grab the hair. The comb doesn't work so well on her fur; but it is ideal at cleaning out the slicker. That is when she slipped out of the harness. I finally managed to get it back on her. Then we had some more fun. She grabbed the sisal on the pole to get some really good purchase, trying to get away. But that put her tail base and hiney in a better position to get the copious pantaloons off her. Finally I got all the underfur and started with the brush to get the loose stuff floating on the surface of her upper half. She loved it and didn't even fight to grab it when I ran it down the lower half of her body. It must have felt soothing after the pulling of the slicker. When I removed the harness, she just lay there purring and rubbing her face on the brush. I looked at the trashcan I put the hair in; it was half full! I wonder how long it will take to grow back? A week? ~sigh. -- CATherine |
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Sheba sounds like my Smokey - sheds enough hair every day to make another
cat out of it! -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "CATherine" wrote in message ... Cats shed; some more than others. For most cats, summer is spent shedding the winter underfur. It takes all summer to do this. It ends just in time for them to start growing new underfur for the new winter. It makes no difference whether the cat lives down south or up north; they seem to grow the same amount of underfur. The only difference is in the cat breed; and in some cases, in the individual cat. It is well known that Persians are veritible fur-factories. So are Maine Coons and other long-haired breeds. But what some people don't know is that some short-haired cats grow just as much underfur and shed just as much as the long-haired breeds. And then there are the individual oddities. They don't seem to have a seasonal regulator. They continually grow underfur and shed all year long. You can spend a considerable amount of time combing and brushing said cat until you are sure there is no underfur left. Next week the cat has just as much underfur as you just brushed out! My boy cats, Robin and Djoser, are normal short-haired cats. They shed in the early summer and in the fall start growing another winter coat. Oh, there is some small amount of loose hair all the time. But that is not the same as the shedding of winter underfur. Winter fur will fill the comb or brush in one swipe down the body. But Sheba is a different story. She is one of the oddities. She sheds copiously all the time. And it never stops! Most of the dust bunnies in my house are composed of her fur. I keep a blanket on top of my bedspread for her to shed on, because it is easier to wash than a big fluffy, hairy spread. She walks across my pillow and I have to brush off the hair. As much as she sheds, you'd think she would have thin hair. But no. Her hair is so dense it stands straight out. She grows new hair as fast as she sheds! Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. A few times I have had my son hold her while I quickly brushed and combed as much as I could while Jeff is desperately hanging on to a squirming cat and trying not to get clawed. Usually, he suddenly remembers something he needs to do at grooming time. But today I figured a way to get the job done. I thought it all out in detail and made preparations beforehand. Then I went to get Sheba. Normally, she is right in the middle of the pathway of wherever it is most inconvenient. This time I had to hunt for her. She was under the table among the chair legs. Fortunately, the chairs have rollers. I was able to grab her and lug her considerable weight to the grooming parlor, normally known as the bedroom. I plopped her onto the middle perch of the cat tree and deftly slipped the harness over her head. It wouldn't go all the way over until I got it out of her mouth. I got the left arm through the side and reached for the end of the clasp. I had to pry her jaws open to get the clasp. At last I had her snapped in the harness. The leash was run over and under the upper perch with the clip run through the hand loop. I lifted Sheba up and clipped the leash to the harness. Now, I thought, she will stand and I can groom her just fine. Suddenly, her backside sagged and she twisted in the harness. I used my left hand to hold up her belly while I ran the slicker over her. I had to stop and clean it frequently. The slicker works great for her underfur. It has many fine wires bent backward to grab the hair. The comb doesn't work so well on her fur; but it is ideal at cleaning out the slicker. That is when she slipped out of the harness. I finally managed to get it back on her. Then we had some more fun. She grabbed the sisal on the pole to get some really good purchase, trying to get away. But that put her tail base and hiney in a better position to get the copious pantaloons off her. Finally I got all the underfur and started with the brush to get the loose stuff floating on the surface of her upper half. She loved it and didn't even fight to grab it when I ran it down the lower half of her body. It must have felt soothing after the pulling of the slicker. When I removed the harness, she just lay there purring and rubbing her face on the brush. I looked at the trashcan I put the hair in; it was half full! I wonder how long it will take to grow back? A week? ~sigh. -- CATherine |
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CATherine wrote:
.. Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. snips -- CATherine Catherine, I comb a friend's cat, who is also difficult to groom. He also tries to wrestle with the comb or brush. What works for me is to put an oven mitt on my left hand (I'm right-handed) - he can wrestle/bite the mitt and I can comb him with the other hand. When he goes for the comb, I distract him with the mitt. So far, it's worked - and I also get a kitten's worth of hair out of him every two weeks! Good luck! I'm just glad our copious shedders also love to be combed and brushed. Kalynnda |
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CATherine wrote:
.. Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. snips -- CATherine Catherine, I comb a friend's cat, who is also difficult to groom. He also tries to wrestle with the comb or brush. What works for me is to put an oven mitt on my left hand (I'm right-handed) - he can wrestle/bite the mitt and I can comb him with the other hand. When he goes for the comb, I distract him with the mitt. So far, it's worked - and I also get a kitten's worth of hair out of him every two weeks! Good luck! I'm just glad our copious shedders also love to be combed and brushed. Kalynnda |
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CATherine wrote:
.. Sheba is difficult to groom. If I run the brush around her face and throat, she loves it, and even tries to help by grabbing the brush if it strays too far from her face. When I use the comb and the slicker on her body, she lies down and uses all four sets of claws to grab it and bite it; inevitably clawing my hands in the process. I don't get the chance to get much of the fur before I have to give up and wash the blood off my hands. snips -- CATherine Catherine, I comb a friend's cat, who is also difficult to groom. He also tries to wrestle with the comb or brush. What works for me is to put an oven mitt on my left hand (I'm right-handed) - he can wrestle/bite the mitt and I can comb him with the other hand. When he goes for the comb, I distract him with the mitt. So far, it's worked - and I also get a kitten's worth of hair out of him every two weeks! Good luck! I'm just glad our copious shedders also love to be combed and brushed. Kalynnda |
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"CATherine" wrote snip When I removed the harness, she just lay there purring and rubbing her face on the brush. I looked at the trashcan I put the hair in; it was half full! I wonder how long it will take to grow back? A week? ~sigh. LOL! That must have been a sight! Good luck for your next grooming session. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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