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needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

Has anyone tried the Furminator?

halleybird · Hermes

I have a knockoff. It works well -- my dogs are big, so it takes a looooong time to brush them out with something that size, so I don't use it anymore. It would be great for a cat, though! IME it works mainly on the undercoat, not the overcoat, so it would depend how your cat sheds. HTH!

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

It's definitely my cat's undercoat that she's shedding. She's a black, orange, white cat and the hair that she sheds it grey so I'm assuming that's the undercoat anyway. Thanks for the review, I'm thinking I'm gonna have to get it. What's the knockoff product called?

halleybird · Hermes

Mine is called the "Shed Ender" and it's from Walgreen's in the "As Seen on TV" aisle. I think it was $10.

Also, a groomer recommended the Furminator shampoo and shedding treatment. I don't know if it works on cats (do you give cats baths? LOL) but she said it helped a lot. If I could get Sully to sit still long enough, I'd totally be using it.

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

I don't give my cats baths because they'd rip me to shreds lol. They both hate water, I think Furminator has a waterless shampoo for cats though so I might try that. I have hard wood floors and I get tired of seeing the hair tumbleweeds blowing across the floor :)

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Never used this, but it reminds me of a great tool we have at home. You know how it is really hard to vacuum up pet hair off of upholstry and carpet? I finally found something that sucks it up very well! Eureka Quick-Up Stair & Car Upholstry hand vacuum. We have hardwoods, and I use it on our area rugs (I like it better than dragging out the huge upright). It picks up our cat's hair very effectively. Highly recommended.

needsfashionadvice · Kate Spade

Thanks Pollyjean, I'll have to give that a try, my furniture could use a good vacuuming and the vacuum that I own won't get the pethair off.