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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2005Any fabric designed to act as a "hairbrush"
I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. However, it occurred to me that while she resists brushing, she likes to roll around all the time quite happily, and if a fabric was designed to remove hair, that would be the best solution? Any ideas? Kiran I saw a scratching post with some comb bristles on it at petsmart a few months ago, you might want to give petsmart a try. :I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. : [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] : :Kiran There's also a gizmo out that you place on a corner (its called KittyKorner). It has a brush and you put catnip in it and attach it with velcro on a corner wall. The cats will begin to rub their heads and body against it. Ole" no more cat brushing...you only need to clean it out when it gets dirty. I have ordered a couple to see if this will work with my long haired who is forever being knotted with fur but hates to be brushed. >I saw a scratching post with some comb bristles on it at petsmart > a few months ago, you might want to give petsmart a try. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > : > :Kiran : There's also a gizmo out that you place on a corner (its called : KittyKorner). It has a brush and you put catnip in it and attach it with : velcro on a corner wall. The cats will begin to rub their heads and body : against it. Ole" no more cat brushing...you only need to clean it out when : it gets dirty. I have ordered a couple to see if this will work with my long : haired who is forever being knotted with fur but hates to be brushed. Thanks and good luck, please post your experience after you have tried it. : There's also a gizmo out that you place on a corner (its called : KittyKorner). It has a brush and you put catnip in it and attach it with [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] : > : : > :Kiran In the pet shop they had this free brush on offer (I love offers!) when you bought a bag of Royal Canine food (which I didn't need, but I got the brush!). Great brush - it really takes the fur out, but the cats hate it. I suppose the brush has to be gentle enough on the cat and hard enough to be effective. Btw - they eat the food, but not excitedly ... carola >I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Any ideas? Try an Evercare Magik 2-Sided Lint Brush - I got mine at Walmart, in the brooms section I think. I have cats that refuse to be groomed with normal tools, but all twelve of them love this thing, probably because it's so much like a large dry cat tounge.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. This is kind of funny I have a calico who goes nutso over the lint brush. You'd think she was in love with it the way she purrs and rolls around when you rub this thing over her fur. It's one of those cheap red ones it doesn't even remove any decent amount of hair but she just loves it. Celeste > >I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > with normal tools, but all twelve of them love this thing, probably > because it's so much like a large dry cat tounge. > I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Kiran I recommend Zoom Groom by Kong. It's a big, rubber thing with chunky bristles. It picks up fur by static, and since there's no scratchy wire, most cats tend to like it quite a bit. Three of our four will purr deeply while getting brushed and I get out SO MUCH HAIR!. The fourth...hates everything, so what can you do. --Fil > > I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > purr deeply while getting brushed and I get out SO MUCH HAIR!. The > fourth...hates everything, so what can you do. I just got one. Hodge's behaviour didn't change -- he still rolls around and attacks whatever is in front of him, then turns around and attacks the hand with the brush, which then ceases and desists for a bit. :) The Zoom Groom seems to get the coarser top hair (in his case, the orange/red stuff). The rake seems to get all white hair, which also seems finer. SignatureWeb site: http://www.slywy.com/ Message board: http://www.slywy.com/phpBB2/ Journal: http://slywy.diaryland.com/ > I just got one. Hodge's behaviour didn't change -- he still rolls around > and attacks whatever is in front of him, then turns around and attacks > the hand with the brush, which then ceases and desists for a bit. :) The > Zoom Groom seems to get the coarser top hair (in his case, the > orange/red stuff). The rake seems to get all white hair, which also > seems finer. Can't win 'em all I guess... my Nocturne despises the notion of being groomed by stupid humans, and I can usually only get two or three brushes done before she's biting me. Still, I can groom 75 percent of my cats easily with that Zoom Groom...and zero percent with my wire brush. --Fil I hope my KittyKorner Komb helps my cats brushing. I think its the catnip in the Komb that will attract them..not the brush. I know Ms Kitty hates to be brushed and tries to bite me,too...and she is in sad need of a good brushing (I do get a few brushes in every so often). You can try Purr Pads, which cats love to sleep on. They do have something in the fabric that collects the cats' hair. They can be purchased at pet stores, Wal Mart, and many other places. Gail >> > I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. >> > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > orange/red stuff). The rake seems to get all white hair, which also > seems finer. I forgot...in regards to hairballs, they do have some kind of "treat" in a tube. Its salmon flavored to help keep hairballs under control. But that doesnt take the place of keeping a cat groomed. It's like us, You wouldnt think of going a week w/o combing your hair. > You can try Purr Pads, which cats love to sleep on. They do have something > in the fabric that collects the cats' hair. They can be purchased at pet [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> orange/red stuff). The rake seems to get all white hair, which also >> seems finer. > I forgot...in regards to hairballs, they do have some kind of "treat" in a > tube. Its salmon flavored to help keep hairballs under control. But that > doesnt take the place of keeping a cat groomed. There's another product by Pfizer, called Lax'aire. It's also in a tube; contains codliver oil, soybean oil, peptonized iron and liquid petrolatum. It's a laxative. Doesn't eliminate hairballs, but it makes it much easier for the cat to get rid of the hairball. And my lot can't resist the taste! I guess your cat has long hair so this may not help however my cat used to enjoy firm stroking sometimes and I used to get HUGE amounts of hair off him just by running the palms of my hands firmly down his body from head to base of tail. He would sit on my lap for ages (I usually got bored before he did) and I could get about a 2L ice cream tub of (non-squashed down) hair off him. He would also *sometimes* tolerate a nylon bristled brush but never the other side which was wire bristled. Kate zoom groom and the furminator .. amazing inventions! even if the cat doesn't like being groomed, you can achieve so much in such a short time with these devices! > I want my cat to avoid hairballs and do try to brush her everyday. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Kiran > zoom groom and the furminator .. amazing inventions! even if the cat > doesn't like being groomed, you can achieve so much in such a short time [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Kiran Just a thought: Have you seen those door mats made to resemble green grass? I have some on m patio and my cat likes to roll on them. |
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