Amy - I have a Furminator, but I'm just too luxurious for a straight-edged groomer. It just sort of sinks into my fur, and doesn't dislodge any more than my Shed'N Blade. My human gives me a good vigorous combing with the Shed'N Blade, following behind with a slicker brush to catch up all the clouds of fluff.

Giz - I definitely want to rub my itchy face lesions on the Furminator, but that makes them bleed, and my human hates it when I bleed. She doesn't even like to get the Blade too close to my face, which is probably why my mane gets tangles sometimes. She'll gladly scratch my itchies with her flat, root-digger, fruit-picker fingernails, which I'll admit feels just fine, and doesn't end up making as much of a mess as my precision hunting tools - and, really, what cat likes a mess?

Boo - do you ever get that sort of stuffy, twitchy feeling in your skin, like it's not getting enough air? Too much loose old fur can really be uncomfortable! And having it pile up in your belly when you wash can feel nasty too. See if you can get your humans to buy a "grooming arch," where you can rub any part of yourself against it at your own pleasure, kind of like a bear does.

Love, Smudge