Thread: Shedding like mad (I hope Darcy isn't going bald)

My boys are shedding quite a bit and the fur gathers up in balls on the carpet. Brushing is the answer... I think. I have enough hair after brushing to make a fourth cat...

I have never known it so bad as this year for shedding coat,Merlyn is leaving it in great big clumps & I am also combing it out of them all in fistfulls,even Bruce who never normally shed much coat is joining them this year but I also did wonder if it was due to him being so poorly & the coat had got out of condition.I normally end up getting the cleaner out at least twice a day now to track all the fur down. Can we do something constructive with it all ? I have a niggle at the back of my mind that somebody did have their MC's coat spun & made up into something but then that could be me just have been dreaming about all the piles off it that goes into the bin...

Yes our house is resembling a duvet stuffing factory at the moment! I did know someone that had her collie dogs fur made into a jumper so I think it would be possible to do the same for a maine coon. Think it was quite expensive to have it spun into wool though.

They’re shedding like there's no tomorrow over here as well. I heard someone say it’s because the weather has been so variable… cold one week, warm the other.

On the Dutch MC forum someone suggested we collect all the Coonie fur and donate it to make little jumpers for the poor shivering Sphynxies. Now that I call charity.

Hi

In Oz they are shedding like mad as well - I find the slicker brush is brilliant for getting the clumps out of any carpet or off of scratching posts. My brown tabby is dropping it absolutely everywhere but a quick slicker across the carpet and it is like new

I too am brushing off giant tufts of fur! It's mad!! I was really worrying something might be wrong but I keep checking her and no skin irritation or anything. I think it must be the weather. We've had a crazy hot summer and then about 2 weeks ago it got cool and now bounced back up to hot and on Monday will only be in the 70s! So we're definitely having up and down weather here.

I say we all save our MC fluff. I can spin fiber into yarn LOL

This is 10 minutes worth of brushing (regular brushing not an undercoat rake)