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Question for Cat Owners

tumpkintumpkin
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I have two precious girls (see picture in siggy) who I love with all my heart and soul, however, their shedding is driving me nuts! I have to vacuum the entire house just about every 2 days, and that is not fun. I do not let them in the baby's room, so I keep the door closed most of the time (they are very intrigued about all the new baby items). I am also worried about the baby breathing in all the cat hair and being allergic. What do you all do to control the shedding, and how are you all keeping them away from the baby's things?
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  • mediadivamediadiva member
    I had a golden retriever, a long haired sheltie and long haired cat and DD was fine, none where allowed in her room. My golden is with my MIL now and we have SO MUCH LESS FUR ITS INSANE. But honestly, she was fine.
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  • RandomlyEvilRandomlyEvil
    Have you tried bathing them and using a brush on them?  My cat sheds like crazy and those are the only two things I've found that helps at all...she gets regular baths (once every two weeks or so) because she sheds too much otherwise.
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  • water-fairywater-fairy
    I'm keeping my cat away from baby's room and we brush him pretty often so he doesn't shed much around the house. 
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  • Temp67694062501186Temp67694062501186 member

    So far we have just had to keep the door to the nursery closed.  Everytime we open it, they come running and want to go in and check it out.  *sigh*  Hence my post below about a baby/pet gate.

    Otherwise for the rest of the house, I vaccuum once a week and swiffer/dust daily.  I also vaccuum the sofa weekly.

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  • tumpkintumpkin
    We just bathed both of them today. It actually went better than we thought. They are both long-haired which doesn't help with the shedding.
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  • suprchicysuprchicy
    I use a furminator for my long-haired cat.  I also feed really high quality food to cut the dander and shedding (check out this site for rankings). She still sheds, but not nearly as much.  I am also going to do my best to keep her out of the baby's things as much as possible.  Growing up with animals though tends to cut allergy risk, so I'm not going to separate the two, just try to manage the hair.
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  • brinklybrinkly

    imagesuprchicy:
    I use a furminator for my long-haired cat.  I also feed really high quality food to cut the dander and shedding (check out this site for rankings). She still sheds, but not nearly as much.  I am also going to do my best to keep her out of the baby's things as much as possible.  Growing up with animals though tends to cut allergy risk, so I'm not going to separate the two, just try to manage the hair.

    I second the furminator!  You can buy them in pet stores but I found mine on Amazon and it was half the price of the pet store (it was still about $16, but worth it!).

     

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  • BlackvelvetBlackvelvet member
    imagesuprchicy:
    I use a furminator for my long-haired cat.  I also feed really high quality food to cut the dander and shedding (check out this site for rankings). She still sheds, but not nearly as much.  I am also going to do my best to keep her out of the baby's things as much as possible.  Growing up with animals though tends to cut allergy risk, so I'm not going to separate the two, just try to manage the hair.
    It might seem gross but many studies have proven allergies are less likly with early contact with animals.  I have horrible allergies and wonder if pets would have been good for me as a young kid.  We will findout with LO we have two cats a St. Bernard and a lab the house is FULL of hair.
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  • Jen&Joe06Jen&Joe06 member
    Lots of brushing, swiffering and keeping the cat out of the babies room.
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