Oh my how Edwina HATES being brushed. My husband does it outside (my allergies) and she loses LOTS of hair no matter the time of year -- although even more in the Spring. She growls, she hisses, she uses language I don't know where she learned

The squirrels use her fur for their nests (better than the lining on the furniture covers or stuffing from cushions which they snatch.)

She has never coughed up a fur ball.