Is your life covered in cat hair?

Originally Posted by Zane's Pal

I have heard of people who save the pet hair, have it spun into yarn, and knit with it.

Anyone here do that?

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Originally Posted by Emy4cats

When you find a sluition let me know! The cat fur really isnt a big deal, but the dog sheads like crazy. I can pull dishes out of the dishwasher and there will will dog fur on them. Witch just amazes me becasue Comet is not allowed in the kitchen, she does not eat off are dishes, and she does not get in the dish washer!!

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You may want to check and make sure the drains are clean. Going over her diet might point you to why she sheds a lot, too.


I've accepted it. They honestly don't shed any worse than I do, and at least cat hair has never destroyed a vacuum cleaner. Current count for me is 5 vacuum cleaners and a shampooer destroyed by my hair...

Originally Posted by Zane's Pal

I have heard of people who save the pet hair, have it spun into yarn, and knit with it.

Anyone here do that?

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I saw that on the news once. It was a groomer who would use all of the cat hair from, say, shaving a Persian, and then spin it into yarn and knit things with it. She could knit a (small!) purse from a single long haired cat, so people would pay her to groom the cat, and then pay extra for a purse from the fur she shaved off of their cat.

Yeah, our clothes are constantly covered in it. It's mostly the white hair that sticks out (Mattie's hair). We have a pretty decent vacuum. It's no Dyson but it works well (Eureka with a power paw attachment). I always have lint brushes with me. That's the best I can do!

I want to buy one of those lint brushes that are reusable so I can stop buying the stupid re-fills. (They have the reusable ones at The Container Store).

Originally Posted by Sakura

Yeah, our clothes are constantly covered in it. It's mostly the white hair that sticks out (Mattie's hair). We have a pretty decent vacuum. It's no Dyson but it works well (Eureka with a power paw attachment). I always have lint brushes with me. That's the best I can do!

I want to buy one of those lint brushes that are reusable so I can stop buying the stupid re-fills. (They have the reusable ones at The Container Store).

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Those reusable lint rollers are a lifesaver! I have the big one for my apt and I keep the small one in my purse. It's amazing how much cat hair you trap with those things.

I have to empty the canister on my vacuum cleaner about 5 times every time I vacuum. Yes, I feel your pain.

2 black dogs, 2 black cats and 1 tuxedo (mostly black) cat here. The other 7 cats and dog are red. 95% of the hair I find is black. Go figure.

My friend and I have debated which is the worst offender for sticking out like a sore thumb - white cat fur or black cat fur. We decided it was a tie between cats, but black dog fur wins hands down.

I actually didn't realize how much hair my two long hair orange girls shedded.
I laid down on the kitchen floor to clean some grime off and when I got up the front of my pants were really bad.
And I had just swept.

The worst is their chair, I tried to vaccuum it yesterday, got a swat from Luna and hissing from Morgan.
Its covered in hair.

Right now they are not shedding alot.
Cleo is a sphynx so i do not have to worry about shedding with her.
She does get oily though.

very short answer to your question: Yes.

Originally Posted by missymotus

Not much hair around here, low shedding breed with a short coat

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Ditto, but my labrador on the other hand sheds terribly. She's blowing coat right now and I've been sweeping daily for two weeks and it's still everywhere. The furminator helps but it's never ending!

i have a white short hair. i found that shaving her about once a month for a little bit tames her fur and then i can go a few months before she starts shedding again.


what i did was buy a lent roller. used up the sticky plastic thing that comes with it and bought a wide masking tape. i would tear off a long piece and loop it around the roller (with the used plastic sticky thing on it still, helps to rotate the tape better) and used that to pick up more for. seemed more cost effective for me!

Oh yeah, I hear you Two Himalayans and two cocker spaniels. We had a brand new red sectional in that microfibre material, after 3 months trying to keep that clean it dissapeared to the basment fam. room and I got leather. Life is much better now. The sticky rollers really help alot also, as does my new vacuum.

My sphynx gets oil all over.
The blankets all have oil stains and so do her clothes.

Well, I have a tortie with white and a siamesy-looking guy so, yeah, I'm covered in all colors

I don't worry about it since its just me here. If I ever get a job where fur-free matters, I'm in trouble!

It sounds like I don't get nearly the amount of fur as you do. I'm not pulling it out of my mouth or anything. But I bathe my Persians and that really helps a lot.

when we remodelled this house, I decided I didnt want carpet.. its so dirty, holds allergens.. hard to clean.. with the pets, accidents happen.. hairballs, barf, and my Crested is not 100% housebroken... we put in linoleum.

The hair floats across the floor.. and collects everywhere. I could sweep about once a day and pick up tons of cat hair. Most of its Tabby's I think because its grey. I see brown hairs on the clean towels and pet beds where Gozer likes to lay.. Bo's leaves hair balls.

At least 2 of the animals are hairless.