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2nd September 2011, 05:15 AM #1Elite Cat
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Shedding like mad (I hope Darcy isn't going bald)
About a week ago Darcy started dropping hunks of fluff everywhere. Her fur falls off in tufts. We've had her for over a year but last year she never shed like this when fall was approaching (but she was sick with intestinal issues which being grain free fixed her of)
She's got no bald spots and her fur feels baby fine and super soft. Is anyone else's MC dropping fluff like mad?
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2nd September 2011, 06:22 AM #2Top Cat
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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...
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2nd September 2011, 08:09 AM #3Moderator
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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...
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2nd September 2011, 10:02 AM #4
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.
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2nd September 2011, 11:21 AM #5Top Cat
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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.
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2nd September 2011, 11:47 AM #6Über Cat
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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
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