Question for Miss Edwina and Furry Friends like her

[zippy-kat]

psstt.... Stateline Tack has 'em for 3.99

Shedding Blade

(if your walmart has a 'horse' section, they should have them.)

[Edwina's Secretary]

Your Wal-mart has a horse section????????????

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
Your Wal-mart has a horse section????????????

That's the same thing I thought.

Obviously we are much to urbanized around here to have a horse section in our Wal-Mart. Must be neat to live in a place where such oddities are the norm.

[Cinder & Smoke]

Originally posted by zippy-kat
psstt.... Stateline Tack has 'em for 3.99

Thanks, Zipp!
Dad wuz gettin frantik tryin to find a pix of "our" Sheddin Blade!
State Line Tack got wun reel close to ourz...

"Reversible Shed RING"

Ourz got no name on it - and it'z got 4 rings like dis pix (we sed 3 rings affore). Not az fancee a handle az the State Line wun, either! MOST Horsey Storez sell em.

If ya look close at allua pix offered in this thread, you can see that the SIZE of the "teeth" in the rings or blades are different... The Horsey Rings have deeper and more aggressive teeth and work well with larger Dawgs with longer coats. Some of the Horse Shedding BLADES have much finer "teeth" and tend to glide over a dogs coat without doing much hair removal.

The Dawg sizes of Shedding BLADES (often available in Pet Shops) usually have these "finer" teeth.
And the "Cat" size shedding Blade will have the finest teeth.

Also - some outlets have *PLASTIC* shedding blades - !
Save yur munnie - they just skim over the outer hair and are about useless for serious coat conditioning and hair removal.

As said before - the DEEP, Wide, Aggressive "teeth" reach far down in the Dog's & Cat's coat and drag out the underlying dead hair -BUT must be used *gently*!! EXCELLENT for dogs with "Double Coats" (Husky, Shepherd, etc.)

Too "FINE" a tooth - and you may be disappointed with the action you get.

Another tool that works well on both Cats AND Dogs is the "Pin Brush" (similar to "Slicker Brushes).
They come in MANY sizes, shapes, and Flavours...
Here's a reasonably good pix of one of many that PetsMart sells...
PetsMart - "PIN BRUSH"

MANY different ones available - the diameter and length, as well as the Spacing, of the wires is the big difference. Some have rounded Tips (a tiny round ball) on each wire, some are just blunt. The wires are imbeded in a foam or rubber backing which gives some flex to each wire. The one we just used on Boots has Blunt ends - no lil round ball - and digs a lil deeper than the ones with the lil ball on the end of each wire.
"Slicker Brushes" are a similar wire in rubber design - but usually have very fine, short wires, very closely spaced... They Fill Up with removed hair very quickly!

Good places to shop for these grooming tools are stores that cater to Farmers and Rural folks - Horse & Livestock FEED outlets - like "Country Mark", "Farm & Fleet", Co-Ops, Tack Shops, etc. The further *out* of town you get - the cheaper the stuff usually gets!

[zippy-kat]

Originally posted by Edwina's Secretary
Your Wal-mart has a horse section????????????

lol Las Cruces has a *bigger* horse selection than here, but yes!

[Uabassoon]

In Tucson the Petsmart on the outskirt of town has a horse section. I think it's funny that the two in the center of town don't have a horse section but the third one does.

[tuxluvr]

Originally posted by 2kitties
Here' s my photo so you can see my fur.

All I can say is that is one GORGEOUS tuxedo cat!!! I'm in love! (again)

I brush Ritzy daily and she LOVES this routine...all I have to do is get the brush, say "Ritzy, kee kee brush" and she actually COMES RUNNING....this is a purrfest, and she even rolls over so I can do the tummy and, um...."privates".....I use a fine bristle hairbrush that was originally meant for humans....but it is all Ritzy's now - this has done wonders to keep the shedding down, especially in the months where there are temperature changes.

Ritzy sez now you know the seecrit tu my soooper model shiny fur!

[shais_mom]

Missed this thread the first time around!!
I have one that I found at Odd Lots for $2.99 I use it on both Keegan and Kylie. Works wonders!!!

Thanks for the great tip! I have seen that brush in the shop before, but didn't believe it would work on cats!!
Now tham dark t-shirts are ALWAYS covered by cat-furr, I need that brush, and real soon!!

[RICHARD]

WOW!!!


I bought a shedding blade on saturday.

That thing ROCKS!!!!

I found one by Boots and Barkley-the handle splits so you can work larger areas......and it was only 6.99!!!!

I'm going to make a sweater with all the cat hair I took off Eddie!!

[RedHedd]

Originally posted by RICHARD
... I'm going to make a sweater with all the cat hair I took off Eddie!!

And you're going to post a pic on PT so we can all ooh and ahh over it!

[catcrazylady]

You guys are amazing! I'm on my way out the door to get one of those things! Kentucky is horse country so I shouldn't have any trouble finding one! Thanks for all this info because I was ready to start taking the hairball remedy myself!!!

[Barbara]

Originally posted by RICHARD


I'm going to make a sweater with all the cat hair I took off Eddie!!

Knit or weave?

[slick]

Originally posted by RICHARD
I'm going to make a sweater with all the cat hair I took off Eddie!!

OK. You bake. You knit. You are the Prince of Prose. Is there no end to your talents????

[ramanth]

I have a shedding blade for Kia and have used it on the cats now and then. Zam loathes being brushed..... actually all three don't care for it.

I use the Zoom Groom by Kong mostly on the kitties:

That's the handle side... the other side has the rubber "bristles".