How do you clean your cat trees?

We vacuum the cat tree once a week and it still looks dirty! Its white, so all the dark hair from Livvy, Noel and Basie make it look dirty.

What do you all do?

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Originally posted by NoahsMommy
We vacuum the cat tree once a week
and it still looks dirty!
Its white...

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Itz **white*!?? :eek:

Dad suggestz:

1) Memo to Self ~ Dont get *white* next tyme! :p

2) Go to store; buy 1 gallun Dark Gray dye.

3) Re-color Kat Tree = problemo solved! :cool:

Vacuum???? :confused:
We uzed ta have wunna doze tingz...
Havent seen it fur a Loooong tyme!
Dad sez gray izza *nice* color ~
blendz well wiff muddie paw printz an loose hare! :D

Kelly,

I use a cheap hairbrush to brush all the cat hair out of the cat trees. Works like a charm! Alot better than those sticky rollers and lint brushes.

I vacuum it, and then I take the slicker brush to it. The brush gets all the extra hair out!

Great ideas! Thanks!! :)

I vacuum it, then take a slicker brush to it (not the one i use on bastet) then vacuum it again ... Bastet's pole is cream and green.

If you spray "hairy" furniture, rugs etc lightly with water (I keep an old windex bottle handy) and THEN brush with a hand brush it seems to come up easier.

I have vowed to myself that any furniture I purchase from now on will MATCH MY CAT!!!

I vacuum mine... but the brush is a good idea! I will have to try that. and the water bottle, another good idea!

I vaccum mine, but every two months or so my roomate and I rent a Rug Doctor from home depot for $20 it's a carpet shampooer and we clean the carpets and all the chairs in the house and the cat tree, it works really well.

carpet shampooer, thats another good idea.

A spray water bottle...hmmmm, I'll have to try that!

We use a Shedding Blade .The woman who made the cat tree recommanded this and it does a great job.

Here is somrthing similar if you don't know what I'm talking about
http://www.petsmart.com/images/produ.../inP017949.jpg

Great ideas here, but my cat trees are selected to match the cat(s) so I never really noticed any problem! :D When you rent the Rug Doctor, I gather there's a special attachment for upholstery? I've only done my rugs with one of those -- works GREAT! I'll have to try it on the cat trees next time. :)

We got a dark blue to minimise hair problems and hoover and brush as well.

I vacuum mine and use one of those pet rubber hand gloves to get any excess fur off. It seems to work well. :)