As is plain to see in the photo, Lacey is a girl of girth. That along with a bit of arthritis impedes a old puss's ability to scale lofty heights. In the photo ↓ the red arrows indicate the path that she must take to her lookout. At one time, she could omit stage 2 and just go from 1 to 3. In fact, it was almost like she could fly on by landing 1 and go directly to the top. Almost, but not quite.
Now, have another look ↑ at the box outlined in orange — the one behind the basket-shaped container way at the back of the desk. It stays there out of her way. But when I had to access it recently, somehow or other some of Lacey’s fur had made it’s way into that little, isolated box.
Yes indeed: in previous Caturday posts, I have described how she wafts fur. She never upchucks furballs because she never has to sallow her fur. It just sails hither, thither and yon, madly off in all directions and to all elevations.
The day after the discovery of fur in that box, a new brush came from an online order. The two events were not planned to be synchronous. They just happened to coincide.
I applied said brush to her royal coat and have never seen a brush gather so much fur so easily. This ↓ is what I gathered in just a few short minutes with hardly any effort at all. There is even a lifting mechanism to extract the fur from the wires for very easy cleaning. The fur reveals that the girl has dandruff, and consequently, I have a plugged nose and itchy eyes.
In case you are interested, this nifty brush is described on Amazon Canada as
Garstor Cat Dog Brush, Self-Cleaning Slicker Brush, Pet Grooming Brush, Easy to Remove Loose Undercoat, Mats and Tangled Hair, Comb for long & Short Haired Dog and Cat, Effective Deshedding Tool.It will come in handy, especially right now, for she is beginning to drop clumps of fur in addition to the habitual wafting. Somehow, her body is preparing for spring. It must be from the increasing light, for the weather remains wintery. In point of fact, the mercury read -28C/-18F this morning at 6AM. The indoor temperature was 15C/59F, but the furnace was kicking in, and it has warmed up pretty well since then.
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I should add this about the brush. With the old one in need of replacing, Sue had put it on our wish list. Some days later, Alexa notified us that it was $10 off the original price. Would we like to buy it? Yes Alexa, we would. And so it was done, just by speaking to Alexa. Amazing really.
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I don’t think a lot of animal owners know how much their critters shed. When I visit their house and am immediately coated head to toe in fur and they keep insisting I should get another pet, I wonder about their eyesight. A good brush and regular brushing would go a long way.
Sometimes the best thing is a bath. When we had Annabelle, I would just shave her. We've a pet groomer near us. Thankfully, she adopted Annabelle from us when we had to rehome her.
I love long hair cats. Their dander doesn't love me...but I have enough other allergies I could and did live with cats for years. That brush looks like a dandy answer...and apparently your furball tolerates it well.
I've had both long and short haired cats, and the short hairs are much harder to get out of fabric, clothes, furniture. The cats were all treasured but sometimes with gritted teeth as I tried to get my black skirt wearable again.
You remind me that I need to start brushing our critters more frequently.
That will come in handy for Miss Lacey.
We have a blue version of that exact style of brush we us on our cat AND dog. Our dog is a terrier, so she does not shed really, but it will help her coat a lot and she likes the feel of it. Our cat, is a giant fluff ball and we often (almost daily) can extract balls of fur from him that are perhaps triple the size you show. He too loves to be brushed.
PipeTobacco
Yes, the hair wafts everywhere! I notice the same thing about Mari this time of year and assume it must be the sunlight. She's a short hair but still a messy girl. Mari is jealous of Lacey's cat tree; she doesn't have one.
My last cat loved to be brushed but some of them will put up a real fight.
A well- loved cat she is! And a pretty one too. Our boy Clyde is an outside cat and only comes in when it is extremely cold, and sometimes not then. We have a heated workroom he can get into but sometimes he doesn't bother. At 14, he still acts like his young self. He amazes me.
That brush though. We may need one for our new dog who apparently thinks he should be a mostly inside dog. I will be tolerant until winter is over but then he must learn to hang out with the other guys, outside. But we could use that brush on all 3 dogs.
That does sound like a great brush. Lizzie is getting into shed mode now -- winter coat. This might be a good thing.
I’ve never brushed a cat…sad to say!
She a pretty little kitty.
Coffee is on and stay safe
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