Thread: How are you coping at the moment with shedding?

Temps here in the northeastern US are upper 80s this week, it's been quite warm. I'm still vacuuming up globs of fur, and I'm not sure why Mandy is still shedding so much. She started in April and its still coming out everywhere! She loves being brushed thankfully. I have a shedding blade, which is a metal loop with teeth. It works well for her and for my shorthairs but not for Merlin. Mandy's fur is a mix of silky guard hairs and very downy fluff underneath. Merlin's guard hairs are coarse and his undercoat is very long and feathery, with downy fluff only on the underside of his tail. I will have to resort to the scissors if I can't get his crazy fur under control!

My mom's old Coon Tucker also used to get mats on his rear end, and he would get poo all over himself. She took him to a professional groomer who gave him the "butt cut", just a light shave on the britches to eliminate the mess. You might consider this if your cats won't allow you to brush out the knots!