I have 4 cats. I love them very much.

They also produce more fur than there are grains of sand in this God forsaken earth. There’s fur in my clothes, food, mouse, ceiling fan, body crevices.

Help. Me.

  • Nisciunu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Robot vacuum. We programmed it for morning and evening cleanup so the built up is okish. You have to accept that this is your life meow

    • burt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      We have two cats and a dog, like you, the robot runs twice a day and we do a thorough vacuuming once or twice a week.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Do those reusable ones actually work okay? Or do I need the disposable paper ones?

      • MeowdyPardner@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        I have one of these and it works surprisingly well. The gray squeegee looking flap flips back and forth as you roll it causing the red strips to take turns sliding into the cylindrical housing where they get wiped off so the hair collects inside. It essentially relies on the red strips short fibers snagging hair better than the fabric you’re wiping it on which is usually smoother (the only thing I could see it not working on would be like a really fuzzy soft sweater or something with its own stiff short fibers that catches hair). Static might be helping there too.

      • Leaess@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        I got these in January. I’ve started to replace household single-use plastics and this one turned out to be a pretty good buy. They’re great for sturdy, unpatterned material. I use it to defuzz the cat tree and it is so satisfying. I only use it on one of the couch covers, though, as the one with a pattern in the surface of the material catches and snags. The vacuum takes care of the rest. The rest that I notice, anyway.

    • riktor@kbin.social
      0·
      1 year ago

      Is there a particular one that you would recommend that is the biggest bang for the buck? Having a robot vacuum would be cool but I know some brands are more expensive than others.

      • atomdmac@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        Can recommended the Eufy RoboVac. Its made a huge difference and requires little effort to set up. I run it every other day and its basically eliminated “tumbleweeds”.

        • riktor@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Thanks! I’ll check that one out. Ha, I have hardwood floors so tumbleweeds between the cat hair, dust, and them ripping apart their cat tree they are a pretty common site. Having this around would definitely help!

  • AidsAcrossAmerica@kbin.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    I have a Collie. I just keep getting the most expensive vacuums I can until all the hair inevitably binds to our pores and turns the whole family feral.

  • xylan@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    Badly :-) Two golden retrievers create a lot of hair every day and at some point you just learn to live with it. Even if you regularly clean then there will be fur tumbleweeds behind and underneath everything. It really helps having hard flooring through the ground floor of the house (my dogs don’t go upstairs), as that’s easier to keep clean, and regular grooming reduces but certainly doesn’t eliminate the shedding.

    People have said that a good vaccuum cleaner helps, which is true, but my last Dyson (pet edition) got so clogged with fur that the motor caught fire! Now using a Henry vaccuum which seems to be working pretty well.

    • Rhaedas@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Using a robot vacuum when pet hair is concerned is a lot like running a dryer on things that have a lot of lint. You need to regularly stop it and empty the buildup for a few cycles, otherwise it’s just going to be pushing things around. I can’t speak for the self-empying ones, I suppose for them it depends on how well the sensor works to get them to dump.

  • CheeseChief@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Easy, just make your entire existence about constantly cleaning. But seriously, we just do what we can and the rest is what it is.

  • emcon_delta@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    We have a labrador. He gets brushed with a Furminator brush every few weeks, and we vacuum EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. Otherwise the shedding is out of control.

    We discovered shortly after we adopted him that I am allergic to dogs, something I never noticed growing up with dogs, likely because my family’s house was larger than our small apartment. So now the solution is being better about cleaning, as well as a daily dose of zyrtec for the life of our dog.

  • mika1111@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have Golden. I just accepted that, robot vacuum help a little but fur in the coffee is just part od morning routine

  • soft_frog@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

    We have two cats, we vacuum once a week, and brush them every two weeks, and the fur buildup is really not that noticable.

    We also have them on a vet diet which has been incredibly good for their skin and fur, so they don’t seem to shed as much.

    They’re trained not to go up on the countertops and cabinets to prevent fur getting into food. They do it when I’m not around, but it still reduces fur up there.

    It probably scales up linearly for 4 cats, so vacuum twice a week and brush them weekly.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldOPM
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oooh I really like that idea, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll order one for sure!

      • Chetzemoka@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        I can also vouch for the gloves. Figure out which of your cats sheds the most and target brushing them at least twice a week, maybe more, if you can get them to hang out while you’re watching TV.

        Only one of my two cats really does 90% of the shedding, and since I started using the gloves, the level of fur tumbleweeds collecting in the corners of my house had decreased dramatically.

        You can also use the gloves to brush the couch to remove fur!

  • ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Robot vacuum. Dusting all the time. I mean dusting every single surface that isn’t vertical once a week. That includes windows, doors, molding, blinds, fans, lighting, etc. I also don’t let my pets on the furniture and they’re totally ok with it. People who let their dogs on their couch have a couch that smells, and I don’t want to sit on it. Also, furniture used by animals age more quickly. I don’t like replacing big expensive items. It is wasteful. Animals have their own beds etc. It’s good for them to have something that is theirs.