One of my cats are shedding..need advise

You should make sure that the cat food you do feed your little ones is one that helps with shedding. Many premium brands - even those made for indoor cats - do not.

I have a tool that is awesome for you to try! Its called the Defurminator. I once saw a groomer using the tool and I decided I had to get one for myself. Currently I have 3 cats and 1 dog and the hair is enough to probably start another species. The comb works by removing the undercoat and leaving the topcoat. My cats are ones that don't necessarily liked to be brushed but this they don't really mind at all. I will try to include some photos for you to see for yourself. I found it in a pet store called pet smart but it may be elsewhere to.

What magnificent kitties! A friend of mine told me the best thing to use to stop shedding is activated charcoal. You can buy it in health food stores in capsules. You break open the capsule and mix it in wet food. I haven't tried this yet but since I take the stuff myself, I know it probably isn't going to hurt.

Just a spring time thing. Our bunny has started to shed too. The cats are in and out so much they still have yet to begin to shed. Only one is a longer haired guy and it will not be a problem for us. Keep brushing your beauty and that will become quality time for you.

Keeping up with the shedding problem can be a full time job. I have often used the vaccuum on my smaller cat. Just trying to get the loose hair off of her. I even did the dandruffy dog this morning, although she though it was a game and kept attacking the wand. The bigger male cat will have nothing to do with the vac. When it is turned on, he is in orbit around mars in 2.5 seconds. I have a glove I sometimes use to brush them...if they allow it. I don't know that you can really prevent them from shedding.

Does she normally shed like this? or is this something new? It could be that she is shedding her winter coat. I know you have been having some hot weather there.

My Tortie sheds a lot too. Somedays I think I could make a whole new cat out of the hair she leaves lying on the carpet. I brush her every day too. It's worse in spring because as it gets harder she sheds her winter coat. I have taken to using the vacuum hose with the diffuser tool on it to get off some of the hair. It seems to help a lot. This is a two person job - one person to hold the cat one person to vaccuum. After the cat gets over the initial fear - and gets used to it - they will start to like it.

Oh Margie they are so sweet your babies. Well what I do is wash them but I dont recommend you do it.LOL Because Ive been bathing them since they have been kittens. Bathing them really helps and I know your brushing them good job keep doing that. Also what kind of a brush do you use? You have to use a wire brush it gets out all the excess hair. Thats the kinda of brush I use to use when I was grooming animals.

unfortunately i am allergic to cats but i have had cats most of my life, and turning allerigic was horrible =( However one of mine used to shed alot as well and i used to shower him, that really helped. I have also heard that tuna in oil is supposed to be good for this purpose, but i have never really tried it

Cute kitties. I hate to have to tell you this; but, the shedding is determined by the genes. Some breeds shed more than others. In mixed breed cats, you don't know what the mix will result in as far as shedding goes until they are several months old. I also have a pair of cats and I can brush one and get a HUGE pile of fur in a few minutes. The other cat I can brush for half an hour and berely get any. Same house, same age (withing a couple of months), same food, water, temperatures, etc.; it is in their genes.

It is the type of breed they are. We all know that they shed each season and so forth, but there are some things you can do to help with it. You can buy lesithin and give it to the cats; this will make the coats glossy and not shed so profusely and you can also buy and give brewers yeast. They just love the stuff and it does the same thing as well as help the hair balls.

Margie, My baby sheds like that too. I brush her every morning and soemtimes at other times during the day and still I pet her and she sheds. I thought at first it was because we brought an outside cat in and made her an indoor cat, but it hasn't changed much and she's been inside for six months now. She just seems to leave her hair around, no matter how much I brush her. My solution has been to just accept it and give her olive oil every couple weeks so she doesn't get hairballs...can't have her getting sick. Otherwise, just like your pretty baby, she has soft shiny fur and it's thick and lush...she just leaves it behind when she lays on things.

I usually give them fish oil capsules one a day when the shed too much.I think the oil is good for them.Even olive or corn will help in small doses...Like 1/4 tsp. Hope it helps

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