How often do you vacume your scratching posts/cat trees?

I know this is a silly question lol, but how many of you even vacume your cat trees, and if you do, how often? I try to vacume (sp?) mine every time I vacume. It just keeps them looking nice and not so straggly looking. :p :D

I do mine about every 2-3 weeks but when they are shedding heavily I have to do it more often.

I hear you on the shedding! :eek:

Ewok has gotten so fluffy so fast and the past couple of weeks his fur is all over the house. I noticed a small mat under his armpit so I decided to give him a good brushing and then........a
B A T H! :eek: He hated to be brushed on his underside but doesn't mind the top part of his body being done. I didn't get a chance to get the mat out but figured he will eventually rip it off with that tongue of his. He did fine for the bath though, and I took pics of him all soaking wet, hehe. Oh the shame!

I've never thought of that! :o

I only have an upright vaccum cleaner though.... I'm getting a smaller one soon, so I guess I'll give it a try. :)

I just got the big tree and I have already vacuumed it once. It was already full of hair!!! I made the decision then that I will give it a once over at least once every few weeks. I use a small shop vac on the hardwood floors and furniture. It is the only thing I can find that can handle all of the hair that I have. It's great because I don't have to worry about bags or clogging. I just go along and suck up all the hairballs.:D :D http://petoftheday.com/talk/images/o...es/biggrin.gif

I don't use a vacuum. I use a cheap bristle hairbrush which gets the fur off very well. I have an upright vacuum (Oreck XL) that doesn't have any attachments (that's why they give you a compact cannister when you buy it, which I didn't want). I find the hairbrush works much better.

You mean the one they never use? Its become the family coat rack!

Either way, I vacuum it every few weeks - about the same time I hang all of the coats in the closet (whch by the way is mere INCHES form the scratching post.)

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Originally posted by moosmom
I don't use a vacuum. I use a cheap bristle hairbrush which gets the fur off very well. I have an upright vacuum (Oreck XL) that doesn't have any attachments (that's why they give you a compact cannister when you buy it, which I didn't want). I find the hairbrush works much better.

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Hrmm, that actually sounds a lot easier. As of right now I use my brush like attachment that comes with our vacuum, so I guess it's kinda like the same thing. :p

And thanks everyone. Now I know how to spell vacuum! :D

I vacuum my cat tree around once a month or so. I try to do it more often, but I'm lazy and I forget.

Our wicker laundry basket is Ron's scratching post, so never! lol.

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Originally posted by luckies4me
I noticed a small mat under his armpit so I decided to give him a good brushing and then........a B A T H! :eek: He hated to be brushed on his underside but doesn't mind the top part of his body being done. I didn't get a chance to get the mat out but figured he will eventually rip it off with that tongue of his. He did fine for the bath though, and I took pics of him all soaking wet, hehe. Oh the shame!

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I found a really knowledgeable clerk at Petco who sold me this dematting tool: http://www.petco.com/product_info.as...hedding+Blades
It's pricey but works so well; easily and quickly cutting through the mats without removing a lot of fur. My two aren't crazy about it, but it does the job fairly quickly and painlessly. Their fur-dos look and feel so much better now.

As for those pics of Ewok and his bath, where are they? :p :D

I used to be a groomer and in fact you know what works better? Those tiny little envelope openers with the blades. Their actually a lot safer to as they have a guide that avoids cutting ears and other fragile areas in dogs, I just don't have anymore. :(

Bath pics?!!!! Ok, let me resize them, hehe.

I use an old slicker brush on my cat trees (and all the other carpeted things in the cat room) every week. It works better than a vacuum at pulling the hair out of the pile.

Besides, I have an upright and it's sorta heavy!


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Mary

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Originally posted by luckies4me
I used to be a groomer and in fact you know what works better? Those tiny little envelope openers with the blades. They're actually a lot safer to as they have a guide that avoids cutting ears and other fragile areas in dogs

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What a great idea! I have lots of those -- vendors are always sending me freebies!

I also vacuum the tree each time I vacuum the rest of the house, about every two weeks. (I know I should do it weekly, but ye-gads, huh?;)) About every few months I get out the scissors and trim all the little threads they have pulled loose while shredding the post. It makes it look a lot better and not so bedraggled. Occasionally I will brush the fur off rather than vacuuming. Especially in the summer!

I don't vacuum the cat trees. I brush them.

And I have groomed for 19 years and I would not be without the tool Reddhedd showed. It is THE best thing ever invented!~~~

I don't vac the cat tree! I use an old cat brush to remove the fur from it. It works wonders and saves space in vac for other fur.
Stella

Well as most of you know, Tony is allergic to dust and like 80% of dust is mainly dead skin.. and it just lays in the carpet until You run the Vacumm( SP?) So I run it atleast every 2 days and on the scratching post because they are carpeted.... I even got a speical attachment so I get all the hair off of it......:)

I clean it, but I use a lint brush and a sticky roller that gets the rest. So I don't use a vacuum.

I should clean it more often then I do.:o