What's the most effective way of getting feathers

[dulcefarniente]

Off carpet? Come down to another bird massacre - how do you all get rid of the feathers?

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Hoover?

[cozietoesie]

Hand pick the bigger bits and then a hoover.

[cozietoesie]

The biggest mess I ever had was actually out on a lawn - and that was a predator bird strike and not a cat. That was a hand pick and then leave the smaller stuff for the wind and the lawnmower.

[dulcefarniente]

My hoover is just sending clouds of feathers into the air and the nozzle doesn't seem that effective. Does damping the feathers down work?

[marmaladegranny]

I think damping down feathers may help - distant memories of grandmother damping them down when replacing ticking on feather pillows and plucking pheasants!

[cozietoesie]

Is the Hoover actually working properly? It sounds as if the nozzle/tube is jammed with something at least - it shouldn't be blowing them around.

[Fluffycloudland77]

You need a Miele cat and dog vacuum. They have a powerful suck on them.

Your vacuum sounds like it's broken.

[dulcefarniente]

I'll check it out - my hoover is a pet one.

[cozietoesie]

It sounds as if it's blowing and not sucking. Aren't there some models that you can actually make do that eg to inflate things? (Perhaps I dreamed that. )

[dulcefarniente]

Took hoover apart and eventually found a blockage

[cozietoesie]

Well done for taking it apart!

[dulcefarniente]

Thanks - I think it would suck up a whole pigeon now :)