The Cure works! We know a lot of you understand that already; however, it's only week three and the Green Cure has already changed our lives. We just weren't expecting that.
Basically, we knew going into this process that controlling our cats' hair was going to be one of our biggest problems -- the biggest thing we needed cured.
We're both slightly allergic to our cats and their hair gets everywhere. We washed our bedding and lint rolled obsessively. But neither one of these pseudo-solutions was actually working (plus, the lint rolling thing seriously offended our green sensibilities -- SO wasteful, but we were desperate).
Then, we posted a picture of the boys to the Green Cure Flickr Group.
Our caption: "Controlling their fur: Obstacle #1"
A few days later, we checked back on our pictures and the wonderful j_fer_rose had commented, recommending something called a Pet Hair Magnet.
We'd never heard of it before, but it sounded cool.
We bought one at PETCO for $12.99, brought it home, and proceeded to remove trashcans worth of hair from places we thought the cats avoided. The thing pulls hair out of fabric and upholstery and balls it up for easy removal.
It was gross. It changed our lives. No more wasting roll after roll of lint rollers -- we've been saved!
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Does anyone know if this works as well for dog hair?
This just hit the list for the next trip to Petsmart.
Just think -- we'll find out the actual shade of beige of the sofa!
Omigod I wish I'd had one of those when I lived with a bunch of cats...
Would it work with lent period?
this gadget didn't really work with my dog's hair, maybe because the hair is more of a fur, the kind that is stiff and works its way into fabric instead of just coating it. i use my dyson animal for everything.
Hi everyone! Here's a simpler solution that will save you the trip to Petco/Petsmart (and the gas you'll spend). A simple rubber glove! For better fur and dander removal, you can dampen the glove a little. The person who suggested this to me uses this trick to get dog hair out of her furniture so I will assume it works on dog hair too.
I attack this problem at the source -- the cats themselves. The best thing I've found for my rescues is the Zoom Groom. It works sort of like a curry comb for horses. Widely spaced large teeth made from some sort of very flexible polymer (they call it "rubber" but it's not) grab the hair much more efficiently than brushes and slickers. And they're a lot easier to clean than a bristle brush; a little soap and water and all of the allergens are removed.
The non-bristle side of the brush works just like the squeegee shown above; it pulls fur off fabric readily. But nothing beats the ease of vacuuming with a Dyson.
I just bought a Furminator http://www.furminator.com/ at a veterinary trade show in Kansas City. You use it to groom the cat and the amount of fur it takes off my big orange cat is amazing. I'm waiting to see if this reduces the amount of fur on my black wool pants this winter. Alas, blackdaisies is right about a latex glove. Non latex gloves don't work as well because they lack the rough texture. I keep one in my purse and one in my car.
Whoops! ALSO, not ALAS
im gonna try everything.. my boys are 18 punds of funny orange and gray fur.
but definitely a dyson will be my next investment. everybody say it's amamzing with any kind of hair... so if you have a hairy BF go for it!!! hehe..
we got the pet dyson at an amazing price (i somehow managed it get it for $250 brand new) and we couldn't live without it. we have a little pembroke welsh corgie who sheds like crazy. amazingly he's not bald yet since everytime we vaccum, usually everyother day, sometimes everyday, we pull a wad of hair out of the carpet the size of a softball. and he gets brushed everyday too removing another ball of hair... but getting it off our clothes is another story, we have a lint removing mitt, that is falling apart and need something a little more durable.
Ooo, I'll have to try one of these, thanks!
Re the furminator mentioned above: yes, it does work as advertised and removes an amazing amount of hair. However, the few times I tried to use it, my cat bit the hell out of me, rendering this tool useless to me.
For whatever it's worth, Dyson consistently comes mid-pack in consumer reports' tests. A Kenmore that's $250 less seems to be a much better vacuum.
Thanks to all for posting about this!! I thought I was resigned to daily sweeping and lint rolling. I will try several of these suggestions and I know my home will be greatly improved.
our cats don't seem to be too fond of grooming unfortunately which makes it hard to brush them on a regular basis when they keep running away. but the item we've found is best for cleaning hair off the carpet and furniture is the grooming brush - it is amazing, though, i'm willing to pick up the pet hair magnet and give that a try as well.
Somehow I missed this post the first time around, but I'm so glad it helped!