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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2004question re: grooming gloves
Has anyone used a grooming glove on their cat? I'm talking about one of the ones with sisal, horsehair or wire bristles. Not the ones with rubber teeth or little bitty rubbery dots. Brenna is having some chronic hairball issues and I want to try to get more of the hair before she does. However, she will only let me use a soft bristle brush on her, and then only for a few minutes at a time. I'm hoping that something more like petting would be allowed for a longer amount of time. She is very short haired, but is shedding like crazy. If I can't find something to help groom her soon, I'll be buying (and recommending) stock in hairball remedy and Resolve carpet cleaner. The TED office says that unless she gets blocked up or stops eating they don't need to see her. And I've asked them twice. So I'm giving her the hairball remedy per their instructions. Fortunately, when she needs it, she loves the stuff. Denise - hoping to help her hurking kitty > Has anyone used a grooming glove on their cat? A damp wool or cotton glove works just as well if you keep removing the accumulated fur in between strokes. > Has anyone used a grooming glove on their cat? I'm talking about one of > the ones with sisal, horsehair or wire bristles. Not the ones with [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > the hairball remedy per their instructions. Fortunately, when she needs > it, she loves the stuff. I haven't used the gloves thing. Have you tried a carding-brush for Brenna? Thea & Bono just loves them and they - the carding things - are really good at catching the under wool. T&B are Abys with short but kind of "thick" fur with quite of lot of the wool under the top coat. Here's a pic of a carding-brush, I see it's called a "slicker brush" http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/product1.asp?pf_id=2104723&affiliateCode=PF012803 Thea & Bono are asking to be brushed *a lot* ever since I got that type of carding brush, they do accept a normal brush too but it's not as good - of course they prefer a great deal of the brushing to be directed at the chin and neck ... :) What you are saying about Brenna "when she needs it, she loves the stuff" goes for T&B too, they are much more interested in the "kattmalt"/hairball remedy when they are changing in to new seasonal coat by shedding the under wool. :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi > Has anyone used a grooming glove on their cat? I'm talking about one of > the ones with sisal, horsehair or wire bristles. Not the ones with [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > the hairball remedy per their instructions. Fortunately, when she needs > it, she loves the stuff. Don't know about grooming gloves, but I've got this self groomer that I've screwed onto the leg of my computer table. It's plastic and goes around the corner and you can put catnip in behind it so it smells really good to cats. Vino loves it and always brushes up against it when he walks by. When he's really trying to make me feel guilty, he stands in front of it and scritches his own chin and cheeks! Of course that always gets me and I give him more scritches myself! Purrs for Brenna's hairball problems to resolve themselves soonest. -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Don't know about grooming gloves, but I've got this self groomer that I've > screwed onto the leg of my computer table. It's plastic and goes around the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > his own chin and cheeks! Of course that always gets me and I give him more > scritches myself! Your post reminded me of a product I'd seen somewhere ages ago. It's a cat brush that looks like a bottle brush that has been fastened to a sheet of plywood or something like that, making an arch big enough for the cat to fit into and under. The cat then brushes him/herself by passing under the arch, and can rub real itchy spots for as long as he/she wants to. Now if I could only remember where I saw it... Well at least Petsmart seems to have it by the name "Feline Fantasy Self Grooming Arch": http://tinyurl.com/272vq They also have a "Cat-A-Comb Corner Mounted Brush", which is a brush that you can fasten to a corner and the cat can brush him/herself on it, probably similar to the self groomer you're talking about, Britta. http://tinyurl.com/3e6uf  SignatureChristine in Vantaa, Finland christal63 (at) yahoo (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 > > Don't know about grooming gloves, but I've got this self groomer that I've > > screwed onto the leg of my computer table. It's plastic and goes around the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > probably similar to the self groomer you're talking about, Britta. > http://tinyurl.com/3e6uf Yeah, that second one is it! Except I mounted it on the table leg instead of a wall corner. Our walls are pure concrete and it's really hard to make holes. I swear that this is the one thing besides furry mice that I've ever bought at the pet store that Vino actually likes! -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >> Don't know about grooming gloves, but I've got this self groomer that I've >> screwed onto the leg of my computer table. It's plastic and goes around the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >passing under the arch, and can rub real itchy spots for as long as >he/she wants to. Now if I could only remember where I saw it... I bought something like that at WalMart. Sammy loves it, but I've never seen Rocky or Little Bit use it, although Little Bit does ocassionaly nap on the board it's mounted on. >Well at least Petsmart seems to have it by the name "Feline Fantasy Self >Grooming Arch": http://tinyurl.com/272vq >They also have a "Cat-A-Comb Corner Mounted Brush", which is a brush >that you can fasten to a corner and the cat can brush him/herself on it, >probably similar to the self groomer you're talking about, Britta. >http://tinyurl.com/3e6uf SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >Don't know about grooming gloves, but I've got this self groomer that I've >screwed onto the leg of my computer table. Oh, we had one of those years ago. Luke just loved it. He could pet himself anytime he wanted to. I should get another one. Sherry I use a grooming glove. But it took me forever to find one with rubber teeth that were long enough and sharp enough to actually brush the cats. They love it. Jo > Has anyone used a grooming glove on their cat? I'm talking about one of > the ones with sisal, horsehair or wire bristles. Not the ones with [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Denise - hoping to help her hurking kitty |
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