- To want to laminate the cats?

[sunnygirl1412]

I have two cats, one black, and one black with white shirtfront and paws - and for two fairly small cats, they don't half shed a lot of fur!!

I've just swept the front room, and have got enough fluffy cat fur to knit myself a new kitten, and our lovely cotton duvet covers are always furry and grey rather than sage green or cream - and not because I don't wash them often enough either!!

So, would it be unreasonable of me to laminate the cats - or varnish them perhaps - so that their fur stays on them???

YABU..laminate or varnish will make it difficult for them to climb trees, get some of that stuff you use for keeping christmas tree needles from falling off

Ahhh - I hadn't thought of that, junkcollector - what a good idea!!

Shave them.
Or Immac.

You will have to claim that DCs have allergies and need hypoallergenic cats.

You will also need to knit the cats a bodysuit each to keep them warm, though obviously not using their own fur.

Lol re fluffy slippers. Threatened mine with the shaver after getting up to a furry carpet despite cleaning up before bed last night. Not sure why she's losing so much hair at the moment, its not summer grrr.

White long haired cats and chocolate carpers do not go

Nor do cream duvets and black cats, HappyMummy - I feel your pain.

YABU - you just have to put up with it I'm afraid! I have the same problem with my cat!
Next time get yourself a sphynx cat

Do you brush them? We have to brush our long haired cat and when we do it regularly it does seem to reduce the amount of hair he molts around the house.

Now if only we could do something about the circles of sticky buds he leaves when he's sat and cleaned himself........

I was thinking of hairspray myself, but you're right, lamination may be more effective.

I have 2 cats as well, a longhair and a shorthair but with thick undercoat and my house is full of "drifts" of fluff, like tumbleweed, even 5 mins after I've hoovered. I have to wax my duvet cover before putting it in the washing machine or all my clothes develop body hair.

Does anyone with cats have clothes that are hairfree? How do you do it?

Could you not treat them with sellotape regularly? It's very good for picking up loose hairs from clothes.

We have a black & white cat and a white & ginger cat so we're doomed to wear cat-hairy clothes whatever the colour! We have those hair de-fluffer gadgets all over the place.

Does no-one else brush their long-haired cats?

Look on the bright side, you could make a bit of extra cash...www.knitting-and.com/spinning/ruffy-wool.htm

i put mine through a wind tunnel before they are allowed in the lounge.....the hair we collect is used as loft insulation

I have 2 cats, one of them is white.

Never really seem to have a problem with hairs, except if I wear a black top/ trousers.Then it's guatanteed my big white one will sit on me/ rub round my legs, and cover me with hair.

Our wee kitten is ginger and black and she doesn't seem to leave any hairs.

I have every defuzzer going, from the sticky rolls to this velvet brush thing, but nothing is 100% effective. I do brush my longhair but tbh, he's not really the problem. It's the shorthair who you can spend all day brushing and still pick off tufts. Plus it's the tiype of hair that weaves itself into your fabrics.

It'll have to be immac then

you could invent cat balls, like giant hamster balls .Put cats inside when they are in the house.

this might be a good solution

Ah Yes, MI, the hi tech route

lol! Our cats aren't allowed in the bedroom as DP hates the hair. So he has to put up with their mournful mewing outside the door every morning . One is quite longhaired and she's the one who most likes cuddling up to me. And I like wearing black (sorry, make that streaky grey). Brushing doesn't seem to make much difference and with central heating, they moult all year.

I'm a knitter - had a look at the cat hair spinning site JunkCollector mentioned -and it looks like too much hard work! I like the idea of catsuits though .

would you do mine while you're at it?
I get the brush out and the little buggers run away.
They are long haired as well.

Next time we get a cat i'm going for a rex personally.