SpotsandBays
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What’s the best brush for defluffing short haired cats? My little one is having her first proper moult and the brushes we have are abit naff
Best brush for cat?
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Snow Falcon
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What? You're able to actually brush your cat? I'd have no chance of staying alive or in one piece if I tried to get a brush near Shadow.
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Crazy_cat_lady
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We use the Furminator, it's like a shedding blade, theres different lengths we have one for short haired for SS and a long hair one for PD
The only thing to be mindful of is it can't be used on knots or Matts
The hair pours off them when using it! Just had a look on Amazon and it looks like the hair lengths are also split into whether the cat is big or small - we have the big ones!
We also have a slicker brush for more casual sessions, and a comb for PD's knots but it's a bit rubbish - sometimes it's better for her to just trim them off so she doesn't get upset
The only thing to be mindful of is it can't be used on knots or Matts
The hair pours off them when using it! Just had a look on Amazon and it looks like the hair lengths are also split into whether the cat is big or small - we have the big ones!
We also have a slicker brush for more casual sessions, and a comb for PD's knots but it's a bit rubbish - sometimes it's better for her to just trim them off so she doesn't get upset
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Boulty
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I’ve got a tiny slicker brush that is mostly tolerated. I’ve also got a furminator but that is less well tolerated so I only use that if really moulting. Probably my cat’s favourite is the zoom groom but it’s not the best at actually getting a decent amount of hair out, does give him a lovely massage though. Strangely I was using the dog’s pet teezer on him the other night cos the cat was sitting still & letting me brush it whilst the dog acted like I was trying to murder him & that did an ok job & cat seemed to enjoy it
Crazy_cat_lady
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Start of shedding season session! Can't remember if this is one or both!
Bluewaves
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I use a cheapo tangle teaser type human hairbrush I got in Primark. They love it and it removes loads of fluff.
FinnishLapphund
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Whatever the cat accepts.
I often use the same for both my cats and dogs. When the Furminator came, I felt they were way too expensive for something I didn't knew if it really worked when the real shedding started, so I bought something similar for half the price. It wasn't terrible, but I wasn't impressed.
Eventually I did buy a real Furminator, and I should've just bought the real thing from the start, you still have to do the work, but they do make grooming so much easier when they're shedding a lot.
The Furminator I have worked both on my Lapphunds, and my late Cilla the moggy's shorter coat while she lived. But I also have a really fine dog comb (the teeth are so close it almost looks as if there's no gap between them), which I also used occasionally. That simple comb worked better than one might think.
For days when being petted was acceptable, but not getting brushed/combed, I have both one of those grooming gloves with rubber things on one side, but I also have a mitten that is in all fabric, and works like a lint brush.
For Fröjdis a bit longer hair, I might use any of what I've already mentioned, but for her I also have a slicker brush, and occasionally I also simply use my own Tangle Teezer hair brush if that one happens to be closest at hand.
I often use the same for both my cats and dogs. When the Furminator came, I felt they were way too expensive for something I didn't knew if it really worked when the real shedding started, so I bought something similar for half the price. It wasn't terrible, but I wasn't impressed.
Eventually I did buy a real Furminator, and I should've just bought the real thing from the start, you still have to do the work, but they do make grooming so much easier when they're shedding a lot.
The Furminator I have worked both on my Lapphunds, and my late Cilla the moggy's shorter coat while she lived. But I also have a really fine dog comb (the teeth are so close it almost looks as if there's no gap between them), which I also used occasionally. That simple comb worked better than one might think.
For days when being petted was acceptable, but not getting brushed/combed, I have both one of those grooming gloves with rubber things on one side, but I also have a mitten that is in all fabric, and works like a lint brush.
For Fröjdis a bit longer hair, I might use any of what I've already mentioned, but for her I also have a slicker brush, and occasionally I also simply use my own Tangle Teezer hair brush if that one happens to be closest at hand.
SpotsandBays
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Oh I’ve got one of them stashed in a drawer! I’ll give it a try!
SpotsandBays
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Thanks all! It depends on her mood really. I have one of those cheap groomy gloves but it doesn’t seem to work on her as well as it did our old cat. The other brush we bought was just a very cheap one and she thinks it’s more fun to play with!
Nasicus
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I really like these:
They do a really good job of pulling out shed undercoat without being scratchy or risking pulling out too much (I might have accidentally balded the cats back with a furminator back along, in my defense she was loving it!)
They do a really good job of pulling out shed undercoat without being scratchy or risking pulling out too much (I might have accidentally balded the cats back with a furminator back along, in my defense she was loving it!)
Ratface
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I've got a pin brush to groom Madam Carrie Cat. She loves it, and winds round me in figures of eight. This makes grooming quite difficult, so I do it twice a day. She has a really dense coat and probably hadn't had much regular grooming prior to that. grooming. She also loves her human hair bristle brush, but that's not so effective, as it doesn't do much except buff up the coat shine.
SEL
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Got a slicker brush for the yard cat which brings out loads. We were using one of the horse's magic brushes but the slicker gets more out.
Use nothing on home cat - I'd die!
Use nothing on home cat - I'd die!
fetlock
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My Siamese barely moults so don’t have the same problem but she does love to be brushed and I use a very soft bristled one.
My previous cat did shed a lot but just couldn’t tolerate any sort of brushing. She would tolerate being wiped with a soft cloth now and again but nothing more. It was only after her death that I read up on this and felt so bad to think my brushing attempts probably caused her pain.
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My previous cat did shed a lot but just couldn’t tolerate any sort of brushing. She would tolerate being wiped with a soft cloth now and again but nothing more. It was only after her death that I read up on this and felt so bad to think my brushing attempts probably caused her pain.
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HollyWoozle
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The hair coming out of our short-hair at the moment is insane. An old-fashioned, fine-tooth flea comb works really well (and he loves it) but what actually dislodges the most old hair for us is the Kong rubber one like this: https://www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/kong-cat-zoomgroom-brush
I used that one first and then fine-tooth comb to help collect the hairs.
I'm surprised we have any cat left with the amount coming out!
I used that one first and then fine-tooth comb to help collect the hairs.
I'm surprised we have any cat left with the amount coming out!
Highmileagereindeer
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A human hair brush with metal pins. My old cat loved being vacuumed, my son used to have a video of him stretched out whilst I ran the hand held stair attachment over him.
Ratface
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I'm sure that I have a Kong brush which I used for the late lamented GSD. Must have a ferret about and see if I can find it.
Ratface
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Madam Carrie Cat says that she sees that, and will raise you by 3!
She has a multi-level thick coat and is groomed x 3 a day.
I've got three sizes of pin rake, a Furminator and a small curry comb. She likes the small pin rake best, tolerates the Furminator, which really doesn't touch the sides, and stalks off from under the curry comb.
Right, Ma'am: small pin rake, plus two cat sweets it is.