!@#$%! Cats Are Shedding! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

I vaccuumed and mopped the floors yesterday, and today there are cat hair tumbleweeds blowing around my house. I forgot that spring brings the annual shedding festival from hell. I could vacuum all over again today. The hair is clinginf to the wood furniture too! :wtf:

Someone should invent a silent pet vacuum so that you can vacuum at the source.

:rant:

[ET Awful]

1. Wouldn't it be easier to just vacuum the cats?

Forget silent, just strap 'em down.

:)

[nickinSTL]

2. my cat actually liked being vaccuumed

that is, once he got over the fear of the loud noise

[VOX]

3. They are hard-wired to shed with the brighter/longer days...

If you live in a place with strong artificial light, the shedding can be a year-round process.

That said, I feel your pain! Interesting how you can check the airflow in your house by noting the areas of clustered fur-bunnies on the floor, etc.

All you can do is brush, brush, brush the critters and look forward to summer!

:hi:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. When I brush them, it's amazing-there's lbs of hair coming off them

but they're not bald! :P

[LynneSin]

4. I swear I could make a new cat from all the fur I've gathered from my two

My dark blue sofa is now a shade of grey very similiar to Evita's

:grr:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. I could make a coat from my two boys

They're 13 and 15 lbs respectively-and not fat. Just big boys!

[LynneSin]

8. My Abbott is like that too

He's 15lbs and the Doc says that's a good weight for him - he's just a really big ol Tom cat. But most of the fur is coming from Evita, who has this long grey fine hair. She's shedding like she's trying to take off her entire coat.

[Cannikin]

5. Try a cat AND Golden retriever.....tumbleweeds from hell.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. Golden Retriever hair clings like a mo-fo! I grew up with one

and was constantly finding hair even after he died. :-(

[Samurai_Writer]

10. Try living in Florida...

when they shed YEAR ROUND. I have no sympathy. OK, I do, but you have to have more sympathy for me, who has cat-fur balls year round. :)