cat owners - the hair!

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We recently got a cat (oldish kitten really) and, even though she's short haired I'm really struggling with the hair she leaves everywhere!

She climbs onto the clothes horse so all the clean washing gets covered (nowhere to put it away until kitchen extension next year)

I have to wipe the kitchen counters, the hob, the big bay windowsill in the living room, the couch.... Every day

She's not keen on being brushed - would brushing cut down on the hair much if we persevere with it?

We don't let her upstairs because I don't want more rooms hairy!

Dp has had cats before and isn't bothered about it but it's really bugging me!

Any tips gratefully received!

With cards I use tiny pegs & peg them to gingham ribbon. Twee but pretty & stops cards driving me mad.

I have just spent half an hour looking at the furminator. It says it's a blade. They look quite extraordinary. My Persian has just had a lion cut,he matts very very easily. Has anyone used it on a long hair cat?

I could hAve posted this myself.

2 kitties and I'm sure I empty a whole cats worth of fur out of the hoover every week.
anything black is covered in white fur.

I love my kitties but it isn't half a bloody nuisance

Following for tips :-)

We've given up on cards and flowers - just don't display them anymore :-(

Our female hates being brushed so we use an exfoliating glove and stroke her which she likes and it picks up some of the loose fur. She's tabby and white so the white hair gets everywhere in my dds room. She is always in there.

My boy cat will tolerate brushing and then attacks the brush, killing it with his back legs.

I Hoover a lot.

Rubber gloves. You stroke the cat wearing them (better doing it outside) and the loose hair comes out easily.

Another use for them - and this is weirdly very therapeutic and satisfying - is for getting hair out of carpets and sofas. Wearing the gloves, vigorously stroke the carpet/ sofa and you will be staggered how much hair there is. Don't run too hard though as it can generate quite a bit of heat!! (Honest!)

RE: hovering a cat...I did this once many years ago. MIL had accidentally put anti flea carpet powder on the cat instead of the flea powder to be used on cats. The instructions said to not even have the cat in the room when applying it, never mind putting it onto the cat and massaging it in! Unsurprisingly she was really upset and worried. I knew we had to get it off him before he attempted to groom himself so it was either hoover or bath...the cat hated baths and I liked having all 8 pints of my blood so went with the hoovering option. Got said cat in the kitchen, turned hoover on (low) to get him used to being in the same room with it on; all good. Then hoovered close to him; still good. Then gently passed the brush attachment over his back; still good.... he enjoyed being hoovered so much that not only did he let me hoover him, he rolled over to let me hoover his tummy

MIL said that after that, everytime she got the hoover out to clean the house the cat used to follow her about begging to be hoovered

Mind you he was an exceptionally laidback the best cat I've ever known.