Shedding Cat Hair

It is a well known fact that cats shed a lot of hair and it is challenging to keep your home free of excessive amounts of cat hair. Shedding cat hair can be a nuisance when it is all over the carpeting, on the furniture and on your clothing.

It is essential to keep your cat well groomed as regular bathing, brushing and combing will remove the shedding cat hair, dander and the matted hair. Short haired cats shed just as much as long haired cats and need regular grooming. If you spend just a few minutes every day brushing your cat you will have much less hair throughout your home.

A corner comb that attaches to a corner of a wall is a great way to allow your cat to groom himself. He simply rubs up against it and the soft tipped ends remove the loose hair. Pet supply stores also sell special shampoos and brushes designed to minimize cat shedding, so by all means make a trip to the pet shop near you to ask about the products that they carry to help control shedding cat hair.

It is very annoying to have your furniture covered with shedding cat hair. The best way to avoid this is not to allow your cat on the furniture. Have a special place set aside for your cat to sleep in. If your cat insists on sleeping on the furniture you can purchase fabric protector that makes it easier to vacuum the shedding cat hair off of the furniture.

For shedding cat hair that is on your clothing you can use a pet hair roller to remove it quite easily. The sticky surfaces easily picks up the hair. A lint brush is also very effective in this manner. If you feel you are losing the battle of removing cat hair from your clothes then perhaps you should keep your clothes in plastic dry cleaner bags.

Cats make wonderful pets, but unfortunately they shed. It is an on-going process to try to keep shedding cat hair at bay, but with a bit of know-how and diligence, it can easily be done.