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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2008Bubba vs The Furminator - Round 1
<http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> I can't say either of us particularly enjoyed the experience but it certainly was worth doing. Hopefully round 2 will be a bit less of a melodrama. I thought my cats made a mess > <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> > > I can't say either of us particularly enjoyed the experience > but it certainly was worth doing. > > Hopefully round 2 will be a bit less of a melodrama. >I thought my cats made a mess > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >> >> Hopefully round 2 will be a bit less of a melodrama. Almost an entire Bubba worth of hair gone and probably that much again yet to go when I work up the nerve to go through the crying and hissing and scratching act again... :^) next time give him a lion cut ;-) >>I thought my cats made a mess >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > :^) >next time give him a lion cut ;-) I'd be afraid to go to sleep afterward with him in the house. :^) What's amazing is that he looks absolutely the same after losing that much hair... >>>I thought my cats made a mess >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> :^) >>next time give him a lion cut ;-) > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > What's amazing is that he looks absolutely the same > after losing that much hair... ROFLMAOPIMP They know how to get revenge specially at 4 am >>>>I thought my cats made a mess >>>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>> >>> :^) >>I thought my cats made a mess >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > :^) Sounds like Sammy when I try to brush her! 20+ pounds of angry cat is not fun at all! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >>>I thought my cats made a mess >>> [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >CatNipped Round 2. http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator02.jpg He actually went from purring to hissing and back again this time... Cats. Who can figure them out??? ><http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> > > I can't say either of us particularly enjoyed the experience > but it certainly was worth doing. > > Hopefully round 2 will be a bit less of a melodrama. It looks as if Bubba had been saving up. Bud >><http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >It looks as if Bubba had been saving up. Ever since I got him a few years ago I've combed him out every week or so. When I got him from the pound it looked as if no one ever had brushed him at all. His belly fur was so matted that I had to have a professional groomer shave him.(I didn't want his first impression of me to be that. LOL). A normal comb-out usually gets about a softball sized ball of hair. The Furminator really gets in there... I can tell that there are still spots that need it. I'm gonna wait a few days though. Even though I'm sure it doesn't actually hurt him he's such a drama queen about it I want to give him time to forget before round 2... > <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> OMG, that's a heck of a lot of fur. I don't get nearly that much off my 2 cats with the furminator. But then again they're short haired. Your cat doesn't look to happy in that pic, lol >> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> > >OMG, that's a heck of a lot of fur. I don't get nearly that much off >my 2 cats with the furminator. But then again they're short haired. >Your cat doesn't look to happy in that pic, lol I'm not sure cats are smart enough to connect happenings, but he seems to be happier without that extra fur. There's almost that much more to go in round 2... > <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> > > I can't say either of us particularly enjoyed the experience > but it certainly was worth doing. > > Hopefully round 2 will be a bit less of a melodrama. I bought a Furminator and I think I'm the only person I know who doesn't like it. It only works because there's a razor embedded in the comb and it shaves off the hair rather than combing out the dead hair (there used to be a "Ronco" product like this for humans - it used to be advertised in commercials for moms to give their husbands and kids haircuts at home). As long as I brush the cats with it I'll keep getting hair out endlessly, but then I feel a rough kind of "stubble" when I pet them. I stopped using it thinking that eventually my cats would end up almost bald. Hugs, CatNipped >> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >but then I feel a rough kind of "stubble" when I pet them. I stopped using >it thinking that eventually my cats would end up almost bald. Yeah I hear you as far as the stubble. With Bubba, though, the first couple of times got mostly undercoat. He pretty much looks the same even though his coat doesn't seem quite as smooth to the touch. I'm hoping that the smoothness will return in a bit. The only real alternative here in the desert is the dreaded Lion Cut. He gets really miserable in the late summer. My AC can barely keep the house in the 90s when it is 115-120 outside... He finds the spot where the AC blows and lays on his back there with his legs in the air for most of the day. Maine Coons just aren't desert kitties although the couple of bobcats I've seen seem to have as much fur. They'll have to find someone besides me to help them with it. :^) >>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>> [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > seem to have as much fur. They'll have to find someone > besides me to help them with it. :^) Sammy would have that problem here in Houston too, but DH keeps our AC on deep freeze so she's usually in a sunny spot trying to warm up! ;> Even so, I've considered using it on just Sammy still cause, as you've demonstrated, Maine Coons seem to have enough hair for 4 or 5 normal cats. It gets especially bad in the spring and fall when she's shedding - that's when the mats start showing up. Hugs, CatNipped >>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >> Yeah I hear you as far as the stubble. >> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > CatNipped A friend of mine inadvertently shaved a patch of fur off her cat with the furminator. I prefer this: http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755173 I got one of these a couple of years ago for my cat Tigger. She had arthritis and wasn't able to groom herself any more and was building up an accumulation of under-fur. I was able to comb out a lot of it with the rake. We recently used it while getting mats out of a long-haired cat we rescued. He had been outside for years so you can imagine what his fur looked like. We did have to cut some of the mats out and have the vet shave the tummy but the rest we got out with the rake and the kitty didn't seem to mind. He lay across my lap for a good 2 hours while we worked on him. I guess he was just glad to get the mats out. Some of them were so tight they were pulling the hair out by the roots when he moved. W >>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > W I've never seen these at PetsMart - it looks like it would work well on a Maine Coon with their thick undercoating (combs, slickers or brushes with teeth close together tend to snag and hurt). I'll have to ask about it next time I'm there, thanks! Hugs, CatNipped >>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >> [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > >CatNipped FWIW, after a few days the texture of Bubba's coat has more or less returned to normal other than being way less thick. I can see how it would be possible to overdo the Furminator. >>>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>> [quoted text clipped - 65 lines] > > I can see how it would be possible to overdo the Furminator. LOL! Yeah Maine Coon's hair grows back so fast you can almost watch it move! ;> Seriously, I could brush Sammy every single day and get a wad of hair out as big as my head! Hugs, CatNipped >>>>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>>> [quoted text clipped - 69 lines] >move! ;> Seriously, I could brush Sammy every single day and get a wad of >hair out as big as my head! I'm going to try the regular comb again in a day or two and see what happens. His coat is still noticeably thinner than pre-Furminator but the stubble effect went away after a couple of days... I wish I had seen the PetSmart comb first, though. It's way cheaper. >>>>>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 84 lines] > > I wish I had seen the PetSmart comb first, though. It's way cheaper. Tell me about it - we spent $40 on the Furminator! Hugs, CatNipped >>>>>>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 86 lines] > >Tell me about it - we spent $40 on the Furminator! $20 on the 'bay, shipped, but still... I'll use it again in a few weeks when all the hair's back. :^) >>>>>>>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 98 lines] > > I'll use it again in a few weeks when all the hair's back. :^) You have a Maine Coon - the hair will be back tomorrow!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >>>>>>>>>>>> <http://members.cox.net/claudevl/Bubba-Furminator.jpg> >>>>>>>> [quoted text clipped - 100 lines] > >You have a Maine Coon - the hair will be back tomorrow!! ;> It already is... and it's 96 degrees out already. Poor Bubba.
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