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Is Your Cat Shedding Again?
May 23, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If you share your home with a cat, you know all about their shedding and finding their hair on your clothes and furniture. How many cat owners haven’t seen a frisky ball of hair cavorting across the floor just when company drops by? Shedding in our cats is a normal occurrence and we all know about the many tricks to remove cat hair from our clothes when we are getting ready to go out! If the shedding of your cat seems excessive you may want to check with your veterinarian to rule out other reasons for this hair loss.
Seasonal shedding is normal. The best way to keep this excess hair from clinging to your clothes or furniture is to brush your cat and remove the hair before your cat leaves it on you or your sofa. Hair balls can be another result of your cat shedding its hair. When your cat grooms itself, the loose hair is swallowed and hairballs can be formed. These are unpleasant for the cat and also unpleasant for us to find on our carpet or bed. The best way to keep shedding under control is to brush our cats regularly. My own cats really like it when I groom them; I use the Furminator because I have found it to be the ideal tool to quickly and easily remove the loose undercoat. The Furminator removes the undercoat without harming the top coat of my cats. With regular grooming, I don’t have to worry about my cat shedding again.
Shedding – The Nemesis Of Pet Owners
May 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Shedding is the nemesis of anyone who has a dog or cat living in their home. If there is one reason many people do not own a pet, it would have to be the disgust of having pet hair on their furniture and clothing. My sister and brother-in-law are not pet owners and are totally grossed out when they visit their daughter’s home. My niece owns two cats, and there is always cat hair on the sofa, which really bothers my sister-in-law when she visits. The reality is that pets shed; some shed more than others, but with the proper grooming tools, pet hair on your clothing and furniture can be diminished greatly!
There are many wonderful grooming tools available to pet owners. With regular use, your clothing and environment need not tell people that you own a pet. One tool that has quickly become my favorite for removing large amounts of loose hair very quickly is the Furminator. This tool comes in three different sizes; the newer version called the Furejector actually has a button to quickly release the hair so you never even have to touch it! Both of these tools remove as much as 90% of the shedding hair with very little effort. In a minimal amount of time, your pet will be looking great and so will your furniture! These awesome tools work well on dogs or cats, so with a little effort shedding need not be the nemesis of pet owners anymore.
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