Wonderful comb for maine coons!

**Claire** · 29th June 2010, 08:48 PM

I have just bought a FURminator comb. It takes out loose undercoat and boy how it does!!!! The comb is like a curry comb for horses but smaller! Brisca doesn't mind being brushed with it and I'm sure she feels happier and cooler without half her coat. Her top coat is a lot softer too and hopefully it will stop any nasty matting. I am amazed just how much fur came out in a 2 minute brush! I would totally recommend it.

**Menolly** · 29th June 2010, 08:56 PM

We've got one of these - they are amazing! Whisper and Hobbes are OK with being groomed - I just wish I could get near enough Spike with mine to groom him with it - he HATES being brushed (ever since he was a kitten). So he ends up having a "fourpenny-all-off" from Tracy the Cat Wrangler (sorry, Cat Groomer). She leaves him with a furry head, tail and four "moon boot" legs! Which reminds me, I need to arrange his next grooming session - he looks really miserable with all that fur in this weather. I found him sprawled on the bathroom floor this afternoon, trying to cool his belly off on the tiles.

**FreyjaRoMaine** · 29th June 2010, 09:44 PM

I've got a FURminator and when I can actually get the blasted thing near enough to Freyja to run it through her coat it does a great job; problem is that anytime something touches her fir, she assumes it's to play with and tries to wrestle with it and chew it. Hopefully something she'll grow out of when she's stopped teething! I have to settle for a few crafty strokes when she's asleep!

**jckkerrison** · 30th June 2010, 10:35 AM

I would luv to see a photo of Spike after going to to see the "Cat Wrangler",now that has conjured up a picture that would make you laugh,given me the giggles just thinking about it ...
Have to agree about the comb, it has worked well on the two of mine who have really thick dense coats,the show cats have already worked out though that they don't have to run & hide when that one comes out they just sit & watch with a smug look on their faces.

**Karena** · 30th June 2010, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by FreyjaRoMaine

I've got a FURminator and when I can actually get the blasted thing near enough to Freyja to run it through her coat it does a great job; problem is that anytime something touches her fir, she assumes it's to play with and tries to wrestle with it and chew it. Hopefully something she'll grow out of when she's stopped teething! I have to settle for a few crafty strokes when she's asleep!

That is just like Simba only he is nearly 8 months and still attacks whatever I am brushing him with. I can get a bit done while he is eating but he often gets fed up and will run off. I have brushed him two or three times a week since I had him and he still isn't any better. God forbid I ever have to bath him cos I think I would end up in hospital

**dave** · 30th June 2010, 12:24 PM

Did you get the small or large version of the Furminator?

**FreyjaRoMaine** · 30th June 2010, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by dave

Did you get the small or large version of the Furminator?

Think mine's the smaller one - it was the narrowest one I could get - the wider one looked like it was designed to wipe windows with!

**Louie-Louie** · 30th June 2010, 08:13 PM

We got the small one

just need someone to co-operate now

**jckkerrison** · 30th June 2010, 10:06 PM

We have problems grooming one of daughters cats,because she had to do him on her own & he was so big he ended up getting the better of her & if he decided it was a no go he would turn & bite her hand & at the same time stick all his claws into her arm making quite a mess of her,I could do a fair bit on my own with him by just scruffing him & laying across him to keep him down but could never get his tummy done,we now have an answer,one I never thought I would ever have to resort too with a MC,we muzzle him,bliss,what with that & the "wonder comb"we are really getting him sorted.
What we can't make out though is the fact that he used to go to shows & we had no problems bathing or preparing him so about a month ago we put him in the bath,he loved it,dried him with the hairdryer,he went into raptures,combed & brushed him like we would have done for a show,no problem,two days later daughter thought she would just comb him
as he had been so good & she ended up wearing him again,muzzle back on...

**harrymc** · 30th June 2010, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

What we can't make out though is the fact that he used to go to shows & we had no problems bathing or preparing him so about a month ago we put him in the bath,he loved it,dried him with the hairdryer,he went into raptures,combed & brushed him like we would have done for a show,no problem,two days later daughter thought she would just comb him
as he had been so good & she ended up wearing him again,muzzle back on...

That's strange, I wonder why that is ?Have you brushed him without bathing him first ? maybe he knows one follows another with that routine, but is confused when he's only brushed.

Harry is 8 months old now and i've noticed recently that his coat is changing, sometimes he looks really scruffy even though he is brushed/combed a couple of times a week. I am guessing this is because he is getting older and his coat is changing into his adult coat but like I said as Harry is my first MC so I am only assuming this, would this be right ? His tail looks beautiful, although after being in the garden it seems to pick up everything and it takes ages to brush all the bits out. He walks in, tail up looking stunning until he walks past you and you see the underneath of his tail which has half the garden attached to it. Nightmare !